The owner of a Ponzi scheme company based in Port Harcourt, Neeni Swanu, is on the run following the closure of his office by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, Port Harcourt’s Zonal Office. Operatives of the anti-graft agency, however, arrested 19 staff of the investment company. The EFCC said the company had defrauded…
Rivers Poly Students Cry Out Over Insecurity
The rising wave of kidnappings, armed robbery and violent crimes in Ogoniland, particularly in Bori and other parts of Khana Local Government Area has begun to take a toll on academic activities at the Ken Saro-Wiwa Polytechnic, Bori, Rivers State. Students of the polytechnic said they have become victims of the onslaught of the criminals,…
Rivers 2019: Deputy Gov’ship Candidate Resigns, Defects to PDP
There is a new twist to the controversy around the 2019 governorship election in Rivers State. The Deputy Governorship Candidate of the African Action Congress, AAC, Akpo Bomba Yeeh has resigned his position and announced his defection to the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP. AAC was the main opponent of the PDP in the March 9…
How Nigerian Army Overran Rivers State
Philemon Kingoli, Chairman of Okrika Local Government Area of Rivers State aptly described what happened in the March 9th governorship and house of assembly elections in the state as a coup by the military, in which he said soldiers overran his local government and took charge of polling. Though the Nigerian Army has denied taking sides…
APC Hails Military Over Rivers’ Elections
Port Harcourt The All Progressives Congress, APC, in Rivers State has commended the Nigerian military for their role in the controversial governorship and House of Assembly elections in Rivers State.In a press statement issued on Tuesday in Port Harcourt, the Publicity Secretary of the party in the state, Chris Finebone, said the military ought to…
How Soldiers Hijacked Election in Rivers
The governorship and House of Assembly elections in Rivers State was generally peaceful but was marked by very low turnout of voters and hijack of materials by men in military uniform.Reports from across the state talked about the overwhelming show of force by the military, who clamped down on leaders of the Peoples Democratic Party,…
Wike Blames Military for Low Voter Turnout
Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Wike has blamed the low turnout of voters in Saturday’s governorship election on the intimidation of voters by the military. Wike, who spoke to reporters after voting at Rumuepirikom Ward, Obio/Akpor Local Government Area, said the action of the military in the presidential and National Assembly elections coupled with their intimidating…
Pre-election Killings, Materials Hijack Mar Voting in Rivers
Killings in two areas in Rivers State dampened turnout for the governorship and State House of Assembly elections in some parts of the state on this Saturday. At Elele Alimini in Emohua Local Government Area, electoral officers had refused to leave the RAC Centre because of threats from some people in the area over the…
Rivers Bloody Election
Presidential election in Rivers State records high casualties raising fears about future elections and safety of the people. Rivers State was unable to cleanse itself of the tar of bloody elections in the last presidential and National Assembly elections when it recorded the highest number of deaths on Election Day. The state had been dubbed…
Killing of Soldiers: Residents Flee Abonnema
Port Harcourt Residents of Abonnema, headquarters of Akuku Toru local government area of Rivers State have been leaving the town in droves following the alleged killing of three soldiers by people suspected to be cultists.A source in the community said the soldiers were killed when they raided the site of an illegal local petroleum refinery…
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