Politics
Rivers LG Polls: APP Wins 22 Out Of 23 Chairmanship Positions
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 Election Officer…
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Politics
I don’t have money to marry another wife —Gov Eno
Akwa Ibom Governor, Umo Eno, has ruled out the possibility of taking a second wife due to financial constraints. The governor’s statement comes amidst speculation about…
Politics
Police chase electoral officials, voters in Rivers, seize ballot papers
Officials of the Rivers State Independent Electoral Commission, RSIEC and voters ran for their lives when police officers stormed Elekahia Primary School in Port Harcourt City…
Politics
Akwa Ibom Governor Umo Eno Appoints Daughter As First Lady Following Wife’s Demise
Governor Umo Eno has appointed his daughter, Mrs. Helen Eno Obareki, to assume the role of First Lady of Akwa Ibom State in an acting capacity…
Abuja/FCT
BREAKING: Wike loses polling unit to APP
Former governor of Rivers State and the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, Barrister Nysom Wike has been dealt a serious blow in the ongoing local…
60 million Nigerians gamble daily – Lottery agency DG
Michael Eja, the Director General of Cross Rivers State Lottery and Gaming Agency, has said that an estimated 60 million Nigerians gamble daily. He said the…
Politics
BREAKING: Pro-Wike Loyalists Make Fresh Move to Stop Rivers LG Poll, Embark on Protest
Loyalists of Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Chief Nyesom Wike, have taken to the streets to protest Governor Siminialayi Fubara’s decision to proceed with…
Politics
JUST IN: Explosion rocks Rivers APC secretariat as LG poll holds
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…
Politics
Tinubu bows to reps’ pressure, confers GCON on Speaker Abbas
President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has conferred the nation’s second highest national honour, the Grand Commander of the Order of the Niger, on the Speaker of the…
Business
World Bank Approves $500m Loan For Nigeria
The World Bank has given the green light to a $500 million loan to support the Sustainable Power and Irrigation for Nigeria (SPIN) initiative to mitigate…