Uzodinma Nwafor, candidate of the Action Alliance (AA), has been declared the winner of the chairman seat of Etche LGA of Rivers state. The LG elections were held on Saturday. Adolphus Enebeli, chairman of Rivers State Independent National Electoral Commission (RSIEC), announced the Etche LGA result on Sunday in Port Harcourt, the state capital. Enebeli […]
The Rivers State Independent Electoral Commission (RSIEC) has issued certificates of return to newly elected local government chairmen. Sunday’s event comes a day after the commission’s official declaration of results. This followed the conclusion of the keenly contested election, which, despite initial controversies and threats, was conducted and adjudged to be largely peaceful across the […]
The All Progressives Congress (APC) has won all 23 chairmanship seats in the local government elections conducted in Benue state. Richard Tombowua, chairman of the Benue State Independent Electoral Commission (BSIEC), announced the results on Sunday in Makurdi, the state capital. Tombowua said the APC also won all 276 councillorship seats in the state. The […]
Rivers State Governor, Siminalayi Fubara, will today, Sunday, 6 October 2024, swear in the newly elected council chairmen at the Executive Council Chambers, Government House, Port Harcourt, the state capital, at 4 pm. This is contained in a statement signed by the Secretary to the State Government, Dr Tammy Danagogo, dated 6 October 2024, and […]
The Action People’s Party (APP) has won 22 chairmanship positions out of 23 in the just-concluded local government election in Rivers State. The Chief Electoral Officer of the Rivers State Independent Electoral Commission (RSIEC), Adolphus Enebeli, declared the results on Saturday in Port Harcourt. However, the state electoral umpire suspended the declaration of results for […]
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 in the state. The former caretaker committee chairman of the state APC, Chief Tony Okocha, stated this while fielding questions from newsmen in Port Harcourt about […]
Hoodlums have set the Akwa Ibom State Independent Electoral Commission office in Ibiono Ibom Local Government Area of the state on fire. The Police Command in Akwa Ibom confirmed the attack, leaving many to wonder if this was a deliberate attempt to disrupt the local government elections. The state Police Public Relations Officer, ASP Timfon […]
There is heavy shooting at Rumuepirikom community, the home of the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, Chief Nyesom Wike. A source in the area revealed that earlier some people had come into the community and announced that no one should come out for the polls. It was gathered that when the electoral officers were […]
Voting has commenced in the local government elections in Rivers state. Voters have started casting their votes in some polling units in the state while in some other units, voters are waiting for the arrival of election materials. Earlier, the Rivers State Independent Electoral Commission (RSIEC) commenced distribution of sensitive materials to LGAs for the […]
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 […]
