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Articles, Columnists, Education, NNP Columnists, Odimegwu Onwumere, Rivers, State News
Monday, June 20th, 2011
By Odimegwu Onwumere, Rivers, Nigeria – June 20, 2011 – On 29th May 2011, Governor Chibuike Amaechi of Rivers State was overwhelmed. On this day, he was inaugurated for a second term in office. Among his promises, he avowed that his leadership would take qualitative education in the state seriously. He said that the ongoing […]
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Governors, Rivers, State News
Monday, May 23rd, 2011
Rivers State Governor, Mr. Rotimi Amaechi, has emerged as the new chairman of the Nigerian Governors‘ Forum. Amaechi was a late entrant into the race to succeed the outgoing NGF Chairman, Kwara State Governor Bukola Saraki. The election was held at the Kwara State Government House in Ilorin. The Rivers State governor beat Peter […]
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Headlines, Nigerian Police, Rivers, State News
Saturday, May 21st, 2011
AHEAD of the chairmanship and councillorship election scheduled to hold in Rivers State today, the Rivers State Police Command has deployed 20,000 officers and other security agents to ensure adequate security. The state’s Commissioner of Police, Mr. Suleiman Abba, disclosed this yesterday in Port Harcourt while briefing journalists on the preparedness of police for […]
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Headlines, Rivers, Sports, State News, Track & Field
Tuesday, May 17th, 2011
The Local Organising Committee of the forthcoming National Sports Festival is set to splash gifts on sports fans ahead of the Garden City Games in Port Harcourt. The sports festival holds between June 27 and July 11 in Port Harcourt, but the organisers are building up to the event with a promo that will reward […]
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Abia, Akwa Ibom, Benue, Borno, Ebonyi, Elections 2011, Enugu, Kano, Kwara, Lagos, Nasarawa, Niger, NNP Elections 2011 Updates, Ogun, Oyo, Plateau, Rivers, State News, Top Stories, Yobe
Thursday, April 28th, 2011
Amosun, Ahmed win Ogun, Kwara, Doma loses in Nasarawa Lamido, Amaechi, Fashola, Akpabio, Suswam re-elected Chime, Orji, Geidam, Aliyu retain seats Kwankwaso returns to Kano Govt House Stalemate in Imo, Ajimobi floors Alao-Akala THE wind of change blowing across the polity yesterday swept away some sitting governors and helmsmen of state legislatures. Some outgoing governors […]
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Elections 2011, NNP Elections 2011 Updates, Rivers, State News
Wednesday, April 27th, 2011
THE gubernatorial and state House of Assembly elections in Rivers State were held peacefully, on Tuesday, even as the turnout was also encouraging. Reports from the 23 local government areas of the state indicated that the elections were conducted in a free and fair manner, save for a few number of places, where reports of […]
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Elections 2011, Enugu, Governors, Lagos, NNP Elections 2011 Updates, Ogun, Rivers, State News
Tuesday, April 26th, 2011
Mrs Atanda casting her vote at Methodist Pry School Orile Agege Local Government Area , Lagos State during the Governorship elections on Tuesday. PHOTO; Kehinde Gbadamosi Low voter turn out, violence mar polls, Akala, Shema struggling, Akpabio, Amaechi, Aliyu leading GOVERNORS Babatunde Fashola of Lagos State, Rotimi Amaechi of Rivers, and Sullivan Chime of Enugu […]
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Action Congress of Nigeria, Party Politics, Peoples' Democratic Party (PDP), Rivers, State News
Friday, April 22nd, 2011
The Action Congress of Nigeria (ACN) in Rivers State says it has enough evidence the National Assembly elections in the state was rigged in favour of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) candidates. The party also said the PDP alert that ACN had procured soldiers and police teams to foment trouble on the gubernatorial election day […]
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Rivers, State News
Thursday, April 21st, 2011
A total of 683 in-mates, including two minors, of the Port Harcourt prisons, were on Wednesday granted their freedom by the Rivers State government in this year’s jail delivery. The jail delivery is an annual practice of the Rivers State government on the advice of the Director of Public Prosecution (DPP) to free prison inmates […]
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Action Congress of Nigeria, Party Politics, Peoples' Democratic Party (PDP), Rivers, State News
Wednesday, April 20th, 2011
The Rivers State chapter of Action Congress of Nigeria (ACN) has denied allegation that its supporters plan to unleash mayhem on the day of the governorship election in the State. Also, ahead of next week’s gubernatorial and state assembly elections, the Action Congress of Nigeria (ACN) in Rivers State has called on the Chairman of […]
