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The president general of Free Rivers Development Initiative, Engr. Sampson Ngerebara has applauded the South South Leader of APC, Rt. Hon. Chibuike Rotimi Amaechi over the nomination of Tonye Dele Cole as APC 2019 governorship candidate in Rivers state. Engr. Ngerebara  also in swift reaction charged APC faithfuls to show their loyalty to the leader of the party as well go back to their wards and units to ensure that power rotates as preached by APC. In his words "Time to Truely Free Rivers State. It is Time to work the talk. Moments like this,  separate men from  boys. We have moved from one LGA to another preaching the gospel of power rotation on behalf of our leader, Rt.Hon. Rotimi  Chibuike  Amaechi. Today, he has pointed us, to a clear direction, with Tonye Cole as our flag bearer. It's time to show loyalty and commitment by working our talk. As leaders in our different local govts areas, it is mandatory that we rise up to the occasion. Arch. Tonye Cole is an easy pro

The 2015 governorship candidate for the All Progressive Congress in Rivers State, Dr. Dakuku Adol Peterside  has pledged to support Tonye Dele Cole ahead of 2019 general election. According to a statement credited to him in the early hours of today reads, "UNITY TO TRIUMPH - DAP Dear Compatriots, Yesterday our leader , Rt Hon C R Amaechi, whom we all subscribe to his leadership   made a decision of whom we should back for the office of the Governor of Rivers State in 2019. The lot fell on my friend and brother in Christ , Tonye Dele Cole . 2.  I made a commitment to the group earlier to stand by whatever decision the leader makes in the overall interest of the party and rivers state . I reiterated my position yesterday in the leadership meeting. I thus stand by the decision on TDC . 3. We have toiled from 2013 to date ( a period of five years ) and have made sacrifices & lost lives  in course of enthroning the kind of government we want in Rivers State; a government that

The All Progressives Congress is said to have released  their party's timetable for primaries ahead of the 2019 general election. Accordingto source who was part of the NEC  meeting today noted as follows; Presidency 26th of Sept. House of Representatives Sept. 27th Governorship Sept 29th House of Assembly October 2nd. Sale of forms starts on the 1st of September. Earliar, the APC NEC said  primary  Elections into all elective offices shall be by direct or indirect elections or by consensus. Laterun it  was however concluded that there will be indirect primaries at the  State levels, while that of the national  will be Direct primaries.

A man identified as Victor Nwobuike escaped death by whiskers after his wife, Mrs. Stella Robert Iwu and her sister, Chioma allegedly attacked him with Broken bottles. According to an eyewitness and Facebook User, Nnamdi Obiakalusi, Chioma Iwu reportedly stabbed Nwobuike Severally as seen in the photos below.  In an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria, NAN, Nwobuike claims that his wife wants him dead over his inability to give her a male child. Victor and Stella have been married for 13 years. He stated; Some last year June, she invited me to a church by name divine majesty prayer ministry at Ijesha Tedo for spiritual counselling. The pastor of the church said that I was possessed by a female demon which he claimed that I had an affair with in Port-Harcourt some years back. The pastor of the church told my wife that I was possessed by a strong female demon, and she was advised by the pastor to divorce me. On the 17th of June 2018 at about 10:30 pm armed kidnappers in the c

According to a report by The Punch, the youths numbered around 15 and created tension in the area on Wednesday as the fire destroyed court documents before it could be quenched. The spokesperson of the Imo State Police Command,  Andrew Enwerem , confirmed the incident and disclosed that the state's Commissioner of Police,  Daduki Galadanchi , has mandated the Area Commander in charge of Orlu zone to commence full investigations into the case of suspected arson. Source Pulse.

The Niger Delta Development Commission, NDDC, has through its emergency interventions restored the failed sections of the Okigwe-Arondizuogu-Akokwa Road in Ideato Local Government Area of Imo State. Speaking after inspecting the major federal highway linking Imo and Abia states, the Chairman of the NDDC Governing Board, Senator Victor Ndoma-Egba, SAN, promised that more kilometres would be added to the project to connect several other communities. The NDDC Chairman was accompanied on the inspection by the Commission’s Executive Director Projects, Engr. Dr Samuel Adjogbe, FNSE; Imo State Representative on the NDDC Board, Hon Chuka Ama-Nwauwa,  and other directors of the Commission. Senator Ndoma-Egba expressed satisfaction with the quality of the remedial work on the 30-kilometre stretch between Okigwe and Akokwa. He said: “What I have seen meets our set standards in NDDC. I can say that Imo State is special to NDDC as an oil-producing state and we intend to give more attention to p

Honourable Minister of Transportation, Rt. Hon. Chibuike Rotimi Amaechi, during the Inspection of ongoing Reconstruction/modernization of Port Harcourt International Airport, in Port Harcourt, Rivers State. Sunday 19 August 2018. Credit: Israel Ibeleme

In recent times, the media have been inundated with brilliant arguments that power must rotate to the Riverine section of Rivers State. This aspiration no doubt is predicated on the dogged principle of equity and justice aiming at building a virile and egalitarian Rivers state where every section would feel a sense of belonging. Little wonder that a people that produce the bulk of the natural resources for the sustenance of the state and the nation cannot access the seat of power of the state to determine how the resources are applied for the development of the state. They are being systematically pushed to the periphery to serve as second fiddle in the state. Unfortunately, in Rivers state brick house, spare tyres never had opportunity to ride the car of governance. This is perhaps the worst type of internal neo- colonialism which must be dismantled in Rivers State in the 2019  gubernatorial election. Even more disturbing is the fact that from 1999 till date the coveted seat of p