Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Ezenwo Wike on Friday met with the United States Consul-General to Nigeria, John Bray and the Political Officer of the British High Commission in Nigeria, Louis Edwards.
The act of proving with evidence in a court of law cannot happen without going to full trial and calling witnesses… Oraye St. Franklyn and China Aguma argues in this legal Op-Ed.
Magnus Ngei Abe, a Nigerian senator from Rivers State, has alleged that when Prof. Osinbajo was announced as vice presidential candidate of the APC, then Rivers State Governor and now Transportation Minister, Rotimi Chibuike Amaechi, went into shock and a doctor had to be brought in to treat him.
Thousands of Rivers Christian Women from the 23 Local Government Areas of the state have endorsed the re-election of Governor Nyesom Ezenwo Wike.
The Supreme Court has upheld the judgement of the High court in Port Harcourt nullifying the primaries of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Rivers State.
Following on the heels of back to back stays of execution recently granted the APC in Rivers state and the wild jubilations that erupted across the state, the APC Director of Strategic Communications for the Tonye Cole Campaign, Prince Tonye T.J.T Princewill has laughed at the possibility of elections holding in Rivers state without the APC and its candidates, saying that it would be an exercise in futility.
The Cole/Giadom Campaign Organisation has described today’s order by the Court of Appeal for a stay of execution of the judgment of the Federal High Court as a victory for democracy.
The Rivers State PDP Campaign Council has warned the embattled factional governorship aspirant of the APC Arch Tonye Cole to face his problem with courage by clearing the mess he brought upon his party instead of blaming Gov Nyesom Ezenwo Wike for his woes.
As part of his whirlwind tour of potential hotspots in the 2019 elections, the US Ambassador to NIgeria, William Stuart Symington visited Rivers state where he paid a closed door visit to his old friend, the APC candidate for Rivers state, Pastor Tonye Cole, at his residence.
The Director General of Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA), Dr. Dakuku Peterside, has expressed the optimism that the governorship and other candidates of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Rivers State will be on the ballot in the 2019 general election.