There is rising tension in Rivers State ahead of the Presidential and National Assembly elections on Saturday as the Ogoni Ethnic Nationality, made up of chiefs, elders, opinion leaders and the entire people of Ogoni land have issued a warning to the Minister of Transportation, Rotimi Amaechi and his political allies, including Victor Giadom and…
How Thousands Dig UP, Eat and Sell Condemned Chicken in Rivers
From Emmanuel Obe There was pandemonium on Saturday and Sunday near the Trailer Park at Ebubu in Eleme Local Government Area of Rivers when thousands of youths, women and children descended on a burrow pit; dug out and took home several tonnes of chicken condemned and buried by men of the Nigerian Customs. The scavengers…
Why APC Wants Rivers, Akwa Ibom RECs Changed
One immediate fallout of the March 28 presidential and National Assembly elections in the sister states of Rivers and Akwa Ibom is the growing call for the removal of the resident electoral commissioners in both states. Amadu Atai, chairman, All Progressives Congress, APC, Akwa Ibom State, has demanded the redeployment of Austin Okogie, the state…
Bird Flu Hits 7 States
Following the recent outbreak of Avian Influenza,commonly referred to as bird flu in some parts of the country, Akinwunmi Adesina, minister of Agriculture and Rural Development,has stressed that the outbreak has not in any way made Nigeria, a bird flu epidemic country,as the disease has only hit seven states in the country, namely, Kano, Lagos,…
PDP Has Majority in Rivers But…
– Lolo Ibieneye, PDP chieftain, River State What is your position when it comes to zoning of the governorship slot in Rivers State? My position is simple. There is rotation, there is zoning properly entrenched in the party constitution, recognised in the national constitution under federal character. Two things are fundamental: The position in PDP…
