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Rivers State Governor, Siminalayi Fubara, has sworn in the newly elected council chairmen of the 23 local government areas. He swore in the newly elected chairmen at the Executive Council Chamber of the Government House in Port Harcourt, the state capital, this afternoon October 6.    The swearing-in ceremony came hours after the chairmen were issued certificates of return by …

  The Action Peoples Party, APP, has been declared winner in 22 of the 23 local government areas of Rivers State in Saturday’s Local government council elections.    Chairman of the Rivers State Independent Electoral Commission, RSIEC, Justice Adolphus Enebeli (rtd), declared the 22 chairmanship candidates of APP as the winners after conclusion of collation at the RSIEC office in …

An explosive believed to be dynamite rocked the All Progressives Congress secretariat along Aba Road in Port Harcourt, Rivers State capital, today October 5, destroying some windows, gates and other parts of the building.     Speaking to Channels TV’s correspondent, the Chairman of the faction of APC in Rivers State, Tony Okocha narrated how the incident happened. “About 3:20am …

The Rivers State Police Command has refuted claims that its personnel attempted to break into the Rivers State Independent Electoral Commission (RSIEC) office on Aba Road, Port Harcourt.   In a statement issued by Grace Iringe-Koko, the spokesperson for the command, the police clarified that officers were deployed to the RSIEC facility based on intelligence reports about a planned arson …