Nyesom Wike, the 2019 governorship election candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, on Wednesday won his re-election, having been declared winner of the March 9, poll. Teddy Adias, the State Returning Officer, who doubles as the Deputy Vice Chancellor of the Federal University Otuoke, Bayelsa, declared Mr Wike winner of the Rivers governorship poll in Port Harcourt. The governor emerged …
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The embattled Chief Justice of Nigeria, Walter Onnoghen, has reacted to new petitions filed against him by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) before the National Judicial Council (NJC). Mr Onnoghen is facing a separate trial at the Code of Conduct Tribunal, where he is accused of not declaring all his asset as a Supreme Court judge. He has …
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PORT HARCOURT – Governor Nyesom Wike of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, in Rivers State is in clear lead in the governorship election conducted in the state as the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, resumed re-collation of results. At the time INEC suspended collation yesterday, Wike had polled 426, 279 votes in the results of 15 Local Government Areas, LGAs, …
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PORT HARCOURT – Governor Nyesom Wike is gradually coasting to widely anticipated second term victory as the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, resumed results collation on the Rivers state governorship and state assemblies elections it suspended earlier. At the end of yesterday’s proceedings on the collation of the results, Wike of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, won in 13 of …
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Governor Godwin Obaseki of Edo State has commended the courage of families supporting children with special needs, assuring that reforms in basic education and improved healthcare will guarantee support structures for their needs. The government, he added will continue to prioritise such needs in policy formulation. Obaseki gave the assurance on Tuesday, in commemoration of the 2019 World Autism Awareness Day marked by the United Nations, …
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Great Benin King, Oba Ewuare II, on Monday began the first public performance of Ugie Ododua in his Palace, Benin City, Edo State of Nigeria. Historically, Ugie Ododua is said to have started during the reign of Oba Esigie in about 1504 A.D. The ceremony which is a commemoration of the return of Oranmiyan, the son of Ododua to Benin …
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President Muhammadu Buhari for the second time has said the National Assembly inflated the debt figures to be repaid by the federal government to some states. He asked the lawmakers to send details of the amounts they approved for Delta and Taraba States. He said he would go ahead to pay the amount earlier approved by the federal executive council …
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PORT HARCOURT – Incumbent Nyesom Wike of Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, has snapped eight of 10 local government areas, LGA, results so far presented by collation officers at resumed Rivers state governorship election. Closest contending All Progressives Congress, APC, backed Biokpomabo Awara, candidate of the African Action Congress, AAC took the two others as the Collation Team declared a break …
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The Nigerian Police, Tuesday published the names and photos of those who murdered Mr Kolade Johnson, a football fan who was watching football match on Sunday. Recall that after his reported death, Nigerians especially celebrities took to their various social media handles, to criticize his death. Many wrote personal letters to President Muhammadu Buhari to end SARS, insisting that the …
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The Independent National Electoral Commission on Tuesday resumed the collation of results of the Rivers State governorship election. National Commissioner supervising Bayelsa, Edo and Rivers States, Mrs. May Agbamuche-Mbu, while announcing the resumption of the governorship results collation, assured party agents and other stakeholders of a fair, credible and peaceful collation process. She said, “In view of that incident on …
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