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Rivers United Football Club of Port Harcourt, a Nigeria Premier Football League side were on Thursday June 4, 2026 involved in a road accident. The road mishap occurred while the team was travelling to Awka, Anambra State, for their President’s Federation Cup Round of 16 clash against Nasarawa United. The club confirmed the incident in a statement, saying the accident occurred along the Obiri-Ikwerre Airport Road on the outskirts of Port Harcourt, the state capital shortly after the team departed from camp. According to the statement, while no fatalities or life-threatening injuries were recorded, some players and officials sustained minor injuries. The…
The African Democratic Congress (ADC), House of Representatives aspirant for the Obio Akpor Federal Constituency, King Tony Boms has alleged thar the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) and the Nigerian Police are the biggest riggers of elections in the country. King Boms made the allegations after undergoing clearance at the State office of the ADC in Port Harcourt, accused the INEC and the Nigerian police of being behind incidences of rigging of elections in the country. According to Amb Boms, the INEC and the Police has the capacity and determination to stop all forms of election rigging in the country,…
The Rivers State branch of the African Democratic Congress (ADC) has vowed not to tolerate any form of manipulation of elections results in the State. The outgoing State Chairman of the party, Chief Leader Sampson made the declarations to newsmen during the screening of National and State Assembly aspirants of the party in Port Harcourt. Amb Sampson said the ADC at the national and State levels will not tolerate any form of manipulation of the results at both the Presidential and governorship elections and urged the authorities and agencies in charge of the election processes in the country to be…
The Senator representing the Rivers East Senatorial District in the National Assembly on the platform of the All Progressive Congress (APC), Senator Allwell Onyesoh says his performance in the last two years and eleven months in the Senate amply qualifies him to seek reelection into the Red Chambers for the second term. Senator Onyesoh, who addressed newsmen after winning the party’s primary elections in his Ward in Umuanyagu community in Etche Local Government Area of Rivers State, stated that his performance in the red Chambers speaks for itself, adding that anyone contesting against him for the senatorial seat in the…
The Paramount Ruler of Ekede Town, His Royal Highness (Sir) Hon. Gad Harry Ekprikpo (JP), Nde XI, alongside the Ekede Council of Chiefs in Andoni Local Government Area of Rivers State, have paid glowing tributes to the late Okaan-Ama of Ayama Ekede, His Royal Highness King Bibiama Julius Ekprikpo VII, describing him as a peaceful, people-oriented monarch whose reign brought unity, progress, and development to Ayama Ekede. Speaking with journalists at his palace, shortly after the burial ceremony of the late king on Saturday, 16th May 2026, HRH (Sir) Hon. Gad Harry Ekprikpo (JP) noted that the late monarch, who…
The people of Ayama Ekede in Andoni LGA of Rivers State held a befitting burial ceremony last Saturday, 16th May 2026, for their late monarch, HRH King Bibama Julius Ekprikpo VII, who died at the age of 90. The funeral service was conducted by Glorious Believers Praise Living Church under Rev (Dr) God’swill Alafah, in conjunction with the Ekprikpo Royal Family, Okwaan-Aja Divisional Council, and Andoni Traditional Rulers Council as well as the Chiefs Council. Immediately after the interment, the Ekprikpo Royal Family installed a successor, Chief Nsenyen Ekprikpo V111 as the new Okaan Ama of Ayama Ekede. In his…
A member of the Rivers State branch of the Peoples Redemption Party (PRP) has petitioned the National Chairman of the party asking for the resignation of the state chairman, Mr Nature Dumale Kieghe over conflict of interest. Investigations by our Correspondent revealed that the petition, dated May 15, 2026 was delivered to the national secretariat of the party in Abuja four days after on May 19, 2026, in which the state chairman is accused of using his position to influence his own election, without first resigning as chairman. This, according to the petitioner is illegal, null and void because it…
MY DECISION TO WITHDRAW FROM THE RIVERS STATE GUBERNATORIAL PRIMARIES Fellow Rivers People, After deep reflection and extensive consultations with my family, friends, and associates, I have taken the difficult but necessary decision to withdraw from the APC gubernatorial primaries. I do so with a full heart and with a firm commitment to support whoever emerges as the candidate of our great party. Leadership is ultimately about sacrifice. There comes a time when personal ambition must yield to the greater good of the people. Rivers State is bigger than any individual, and at this critical moment, the peace, stability, and…
Reports reaching our news desk indicate that supporters of Gov Siminalayi Fubara across the state are in jubilant mood on Wednesday evening after frontline governorship aspirant, Tonye P. Cole, formally announced his withdrawal from the forthcoming All Progressives Congress (APC) gubernatorial primaries. In a press statement released in Port Harcourt, capital of Rivers state, ahead of the forthcoming primaries, Tonye Cole said his decision followed extensive consultations with party stakeholders, political associates, supporters and the national leadership of the APC. The former governorship candidate explained that his withdrawal was in the overriding interest of party unity, reconciliation, and collective progress…
It is now clear that the political battle between Gov Siminalayi Fubara of Rivers State and his estranged political godfather, Chief Nyesom Wike anchored in the state Parliament is far from over. It may resurface again in his second tenure if he manages to win the All Progressives Congress’s (APC) governorship ticket in the governorship primaries of the party coming up in few days. This is because Loyalists of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) Minister, Chief Nyesom Wike in the party in Rivers State have grabbed all the available tickets for the national and state legislatures. They were all returned…