The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) on Wednesday declared Nyesome Wike of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) winner of the March 9th governorship election in Rivers state. The Returning Officer for River state, Professor Teddy Adias of the Niger Delta University Otuoke, Bayelsa state who declared Wike winner of theContinue Reading
Theresa May will ask the EU for an extension to the Brexit deadline to “break the logjam” in Parliament. The PM says she wants to meet Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn to agree a plan on the future relationship with the EU. But she insisted her withdrawal agreement – which wasContinue Reading
Rivers State Governor Nyesom Wike of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) is in the lead so far in the ongoing resumption of collations for the governorship poll. Some of the local government results declared by INEC officials, who have gone on recess for a few minutes, are below: Opobo/Nkoro LGA:Continue Reading
The Police in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) say they have arrested five Nigerians who “stormed a money exchange in Sharjah and fled with Dh2.3 million”. According to Dubai-based newspaper Khaleej Times, the men barged into the exchange and smashed the glass barrier between the customers and the staff, stoleContinue Reading
Governor Rochas Okorocha of Imo State says he is confident that the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) will issue a Certificate of Return to him as the Senator-elect for Imo West Senatorial District. Okorocha expressed this optimism while speaking with State House Correspondents after a private meeting with President MuhammaduContinue Reading
Former President Olusegun Obasanjo on has urged the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) to purge itself of “bad eggs and hypocrites,” whom he said, lacked commitment to return the opposition party to its lost glory. Obasanjo rued that many of the PDP leaders are still preoccupied with what ministers to “theirContinue Reading
Governor Nyesom Wike’s ruthless desire for power was the primary root cause of the political violence in Rivers. The killings of over 120 APC supporters in Rivers State during the 2015 elections campaign has never been disputed and thus need not be re-iterated. However, in November 2018, troops from theContinue Reading
