PORT HARCOURT: Rivers State chapter of the Trade Union Congress, TUC has said its members would be part of the planned strike by the Nigeria Labour Congress, NLC The state Chairman of the TUC, Comrade Chika Unuegbu who made this known in a message to Vanguard at the end of an emergency meeting of the […]
By Kenneth Uwadi, Imo State, Nigeria – June 30, 2011 – I was cruising through the East West road, Ogoni axis of Rivers State last week Friday, heading to Port Harcourt from Akwa Ibom State. Ahead of me was an 18 seater Toyota commercial bus. The bus was also heading to Port Harcourt. There were […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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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