The Rivers State Independent Electoral Commission has issued certificates of return to newly elected local government chairmen. After an exercise held amid heightened tension on Saturday, the Action People’s Party won 22 out of 23 chairmanship positions, while the Action Alliance candidate, won one seat. The Chairman of the Commission, Adolphus Enebeli issued the certificates […]
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The Chairman of the Rivers State Independent Electoral Commission, Justice Adolphus Enebeli (retd.), has declared 22 chairmanship candidates of the Action Peoples Party winners of the October 5, 2024 local government elections in the state. He said the candidates, after collation of results, scored the majority of valid votes cast in two-thirds of their respective […]
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The representative of Ondo East/West Federal Constituency in the House of Representatives, Honourable Abiola Makinde, has assured the residents that he would use his position to reach out to relevant government agencies like the National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) to provide aid and support during this difficult time. Ondo City, Abiola’s constituency, was on Fr[day […]
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Barely six weeks to the November 16 Governorship Election in Ondo State, the ruling All Progressives Congress, APC, said that youths in the state have resolved to rally behind the candidacy of the incumbent Governor Lucky Orimisan Aiyedatiwa. The governor, the candidate of the ruling All Progressives Congress, APC, will contest the election with a […]
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From left: Former Ogun State Governor, Senator Ibikunle Amosun, Ondo State Governor, Hon Lucky Orimisan Aiyedatiwa, his Ekiti State counterpart, Mr Abiodun Oyebanji, former Ekiti State Governor, Dr Kayode Fayemi, Chief of Staff to the President, Femi Gbajabiamila, who represented President Bola Tinubu, Lagos State Governor, Mr Babajide Sanwo-Olu and Ogun State Governor, Prince Dapo […]
Continue ReadingBy Segun Ayobolu Forthe past several years, even before the commencement of this democratic dispensation in 1999, several military regimes and civilian administrations have been forced to organize what has been described as ‘low key’ celebrations to commemorate the country’s independence anniversary on October 1, 1960. It has not been different with the President Bola […]
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The Speaker of the House of Representatives, Tajudeen Abbas, on Saturday, applauded President Bola Ahmed Tinubu for correcting the mistakes of the past by according the House its constitutional status in coffering the Speaker with the Grand Commander of the Order of the Niger (GCON). President Tinubu had during his Independence Day Anniversary address to […]
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The All Progressives Congress in Rivers State has condemned the explosion at its secretariat along Aba Road in Port Harcourt on Saturday morning, saying the party is under attack. The former caretaker committee chairman of the state APC, Chief Tony Okocha, stated this while fielding questions from newsmen in Port Harcourt about the explosion. Recall […]
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At the Badore Primary Healthcare Centre in Eti Osa Local Government, Mrs. Lovett Edwin, a legal practitioner, had come with Samuel, her 2-month-old son, for immunisation. She also took two doses of tetanus injection in pregnancy and plans to take three more doses to complete it. “I took doses of the tetanus injection during the […]
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Buildings and other property were shattered in the early hours of Saturday as explosives suspected to be dynamite shattered the secretariat of the All Progressives Congress along Aba Road in Port Harcourt, Rivers State capital. The explosion brought down the gate of the secretariat while doors, windows, and other property were destroyed. This is the […]
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