Tag: rivers
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Wike approves venue for Atiku’s campaign, sends strong warning to PCC
Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Wike has approved the venue for the campaign rally of the presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Atiku Abubakar, in the State. Wike said he had approved the PDP Presidential Campaign
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2023: INEC kicks off collection of PVCs at registration areas/wards in Rivers
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Rivers, on Thursday said that the collection of Permanent Voters Cards (PVCs) at the Registration Areas/Wards will start from Friday, Jan. 6, till Jan. 15. Mr Mark Usulor, the Head of Department Voter Education and Publicity, INEC, disclosed this in a statement issued to newsmen by the Public Relations…
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‘This election will retire people in 2023’ – Wike
Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Wike has said that some politicians will retire after the 2023 elections. The Governor was speaking during the commissioning of the Rumukurishi flyover in Port Harcourt on Thursday.
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Atiku-Okowa youth campaigner shot in Rivers
A campaigner of the Presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, Atiku Abubakar identified as Mr Rhino Owhorkire has been shot by gunmen suspected to be thugs. Owhorkire, the Director for Youths Mobilization, Atiku-Okowa campaign team in Rivers State was reportedly shot on his way home in Aluu, Ikwerre Local Government Area of the State…
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Appeal Court upturns judgement sacking all Rivers APC candidates
An Appeal Court sitting in Port Harcourt on Thursday set aside the judgment of the Federal High Court sitting in Port Harcourt presided over by Justice Emmanuel Obile which sacked all the candidates of the All Progressives Congress in the 2023 elections.
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NDLEA nabs 40-year-old drug peddler with cash in Rivers
The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) nabbed a 40-year-old drug peddler, Damion Onuoha with 1.6kg of white and brown Methamphetamine in Rivers on Tuesday. NDLEA commander in Rivers, Mr
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Gov Okowa reacts as 5 die in Delta floods
Gov. Ifeanyi Okowa of Delta has called on the Federal Government to build new dams and dredge major rivers in the country to check flooding. Okowa, who made the call while addressing newsmen after visiting flood victims at some Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) camps, said five persons lost their lives to flood in the state.
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16 suspected oil thieves arrested in Rivers
The Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) in Rivers on Tuesday paraded 16 suspected oil thieves involved in illegal refining of crude oil to produce diesel. The corps Commandant in the state, Mr Michael Ogar, paraded the 16 male suspects before newsmen in Port Harcourt.
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PDP crisis: Injustice has been meted to Wike – Ortom
Benue State Governor, Samuel Ortom of Benue has insisted that Rivers Governor, Nyesom Wike is being treated with injustice in the ongoing crisis rocking the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP). Ortom blamed the National Leadership of PDP for failing to use internal mechanisms to resolve the crisis.
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Nyesom Wike’s outstanding pathway – By Carl Umegboro
Recently, I bashed the Rivers State governor, Nyesom Wike over his vacation abroad in company of his Abia state counterpart, Okezie Ikpeazu. Abia governor is always seen flexing overseas with Wike, meanwhile, Abia state is neither here nor there, nothing meaningful in terms of infrastructural development or economic policies since 1999. In the same piece,…