The Action Peoples Party, APP, has defeated 16 other political parties to win 22 out of 23 chairmanship positions in the recently concluded local government elections in Rivers State.
Month: October 2024
A thug was seen today single-handedly destroying election materials in today’s local government election in Rivers State.
There was tragedy at Amazing Grace Estate, Elepe in the Ikorodu area of Lagos State where a 30-year-old man, identified as Motunrayo Olaniyi, allegedly stabbed his newlywed wife, Olajumoke, to death.
In a strange political move, the Akwa Ibom State Governor, Pastor Umo Eno has appointed his Daughter, Helen Eno-Obareki, as the Acting First Lady of the state.
Three yet-to-be-identified persons have been arrested by Officers of the Abia State Police Command in connection with the killing of a couple, 78-year-old Udo Jacob and his 73-year-old wife, Dorcas, in the Bende Local Government Area of the state.
The Factional Secretariat of the All Progressives Congress, APC, in Rivers State of Chief Tony Okocha who Heads the Caretaker Committee of the Party has been bombed.
International Football Star, Paul Pogba’s four year ban for doping has been reduced to 18 months by the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS).
The controversial local government elections in Rivers State holds today, 5th October, 2024. The plan for the local government elections has been greeted by various issues including different court orders, protests, clash with police and political tension.
President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has bowed to pressure from Members of the House of Representatives by conferring the nation’s second highest national honour, the Grand Commander of the Order of the Niger, on the Speaker of the House of Representatives, Tajudeen Abbas.
Edo State Governor, Godwin Obaseki, says his impeached former Deputy, Philip Shaibu, lacks powers to be giving orders.