Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Wike has declared a total lockdown of the two local government areas that make up the Port Harcourt metropolis with effect from Thursday, May 7th, 2020. The two local government areas are Port Harcourt and Obio Akpor. In a statewide broadcast on Monday, Wike said apart from those authorised to be…
EFCC Seals Ponzi scheme office in PH
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 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…
US Observer Raises Concerns Over Rivers Killings
An international observer from the United States, John Bray has called for an end to violence and deaths associated with the Presidential and National Assembly elections in Rivers State. He made the call on Monday while addressing journalists at the Government House in Port Harcourt after a meeting with the Governor of the state, Nyesom…
Rivers APC Protest Exclusion, Insist on Participation in Saturday Elections
BSome members of the All Progressives Congress, APC in Rivers State on Thursday, marched to the office of the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC in Port Harcourt, demanding that their candidates be relisted on the ballot papers. They caused a holdup along the arterial Aba Road where INEC office is located and demanded that INEC…
2019: Appeal Court Grants Rivers APC Relief
Thousands of supporters of the All Progressives Congress, APC, burst into the streets of Port Harcourt on Monday to celebrate an order by the Court of Appeal staying the execution of the judgment of the Federal High Court, which ordered the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, to remove the party from the ballot for this…
Anxiety in Port Harcourt Over Collapse of 7-Storey Building
The collapse of a seven-storey building in Port Harcourt last Friday has raised concern among stakeholders in the building industry over the safety and regulation of multi-storey buildings in the city. The building, which was located along Woji Road in the GRA part of the city collapsed while still under construction and trapped many of…
Jega Speaks on Port Harcourt Election Protest
Attahiru Jega, chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, has spoken on the election protest going on in Port Harcourt, Rivers State during a press briefing in Abuja this evening. He confirmed that the biggest opposition party, All Progressives Congress, APC, wrote a letter to the Commission urging it to cancel the elections held…
Mounting Tension in Port Harcourt
There is mounting security presence at INEC headquarters on Aba Road, Port Harcourt, Rivers State on Sunday morning. A team of heavily armed police officers have come to replace the one just mobilized and deployed to quell reported protests in Port Harcourt over the outcome of yesterday’s polls which the state ruling party, APC, has…
Streets of Port Harcourt Empty
The streets of Port Harcourt are almost empty on Saturday morning. They may be busy later when people start coming out to vote. The few cars on the road were the ones with INEC stickers, meaning they are on essential duty. Dame Patience Jonathan is not here in Okrika, her hometown to vote. This reporter…
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