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Sequel to the decision of the Minister of Transport, Chibuike Rotimi Amaechi yesterday to field business mogul, Tonye Dele Cole as the candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in the forthcoming 2019 gubernatorial election, Dakuku Peterside has announced his decision to support Cole.  Peterside, who is the current Director General of the Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA), announced his decision to step down his ambition and queue behind Amaechi's choice via a statement last night.  The NIMASA DG was the party's candidate in the 2015 guber polls but lost to the incumbent Governor, Nyesom Wike via a ruling of the Supreme Court which overturned the initial verdicts of the election tribunal and Appeal Court which annulled the election due to widespread violence and electoral malpractices.   Below is his statement: UNITY TO TRIUMPH - DAP Dear Compatriots,  Yesterday our leader , Rt. Hon. C. R. Amaechi, whom we all subscri

A former Commissioner for Transport in Rivers State and leader of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Bonny Local Government Area, George Tolofari has declared his support for Tonye Dele Cole as the candidate of the party for the 2019 governorship election in the state.  Further to this he has called on his supporters and party faithful to queue behind Cole, who has been chosen by the Minister of Transport, Chibuike Rotimi Amaechi, who is also the leader of the party in the State and the South-South.  He posited that an epochal threshold as this provided ample opportunity to demonstrate loyalty to the leader of the Party in the State and to the leader of the Party at the national level, President Muhammadu Buhari.  "This is the time to follow the leader. This is the time to practice the slogan, "Amaechi leads, we follow", the former House of Assembly member said.  "Loyalty is not only professed or exhibited when you’re benefiting from a lead

Tamunotonye Dele Cole fondly called TDC, was Born in Port Harcourt, Rivers State on January 15th,1967.  He is the son of former managing director of the Daily Times Newspaper and former Ambassador of Nigeria to Brazil, Pa Patrick Dele Cole.  Tonye attended Corona School, Victoria Island and later King’s College, Lagos before proceeding to King’s School, Ely, Cambridgeshire, United Kingdom. He is a merit honours graduate of architecture, an alumnus of the University of Lagos, Harvard Business School’s advanced management programme and Universidade de Brasilia, Brazil. TDC is an Author, Motivational Speaker, Ordained Minister of the Gospel, Entrepreneur and firm believer in Africa’s inherent greatness. He has traveled vastly delivering numerous papers to African youths. He is a regular columnist for THISDAY Style and the author of Morning Reflections, an inspirational devotional.  TDC worked as an architect for frontline Brazilian architectural firm GrupoQuartro SA in Goi

The invitation today and eventual attendance of the Chairman of the Rivers State chapter of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Ojukaye Flag-Amachree to the National Executive Committee of the party in Abuja seems to have settled the issue of who is the authentic chairman in the state.  This has also shown the Minister of Transport, Chibuike Rotimi Amaechi as having the upper hand in the power tussle between him and the Senator representing Rivers South East, Magnus Abe, over who controls the party in Rivers State.  The battle of supremacy has been ongoing since Amaechi allegedly directed all chieftains and supporters of the party to suspend the pursuit of their ambitions and rebuild the party.  In the course of the crisis, Abe's supporters were edged out of the leadership structures of the party in the various local government area chapters.  They responded by referring to the new structure as 'Amaechi's structure'.  The recent ward and local

The 8th Legislative Council of Bonny Local Government Area says it was focused on partnering with the Executive Chairman of the Local Government, Engr. David Irimagha on delivering the dividends of democracy to the people of the area.  Further to achieving this, the Council said it was conducting its legislative business in a peaceful atmosphere devoid of rancour and acrimony.  In a chat with Kristina Reports, Leader of the Council, Hon. Miriam Hart maintained that there was no crisis among the Councillors, as they were determined on creating the right legal framework for the policies and programmes of the executive arm to succeed and positively impact the lives of the people.  She called for the support of all stakeholders in driving the vision of the current administration in the area.  "We're focused on supporting the executive arm led by Hon. David Irimagha and how he is going to achieve the vision of affecting the lives of the people positively." 

  A frontline contender for the Okrika constituency seat in the Rivers State House of Assembly, Mr. Allison Anderson has called on members and supporters of the APC and every believer of change to come together and join hands with the leader of the party in Rivers State and the South-South, Rt. Hon. Chibuike Rotimi Amaechi to build a strong and viable party to confront the common enemy in Rivers State.  Allison asserted that "if you stay outside and watch how people are portraying things, it looks as if there is so much trouble, but to me there is nothing happening. All I see is interest and Amaechi has gone far just to be smeared in the mud".  "If all of us come together and have a formidable force, we will force bad governance out of Rivers State," he said.  He called on all well-meaning Rivers people not to stay in their comfort zones and look, but to come out and join the national winning party, the APC to install a government that will feel the

The Rivers State Council of the Nigeria Union of Journalists (NUJ) has called on political officeholders, captains of industry, academia, and other relevant stakeholders to utilize its Roundtable to showcase their achievements, ideas and opinions.  This was disclosed in a statement by the State Secretary of the union, Ike Wigodo, on Wednesday, August 29, 2018 in Port Harcourt.  The statement reads: "PRESS RELEASE Following the recent inauguration of the steering committees of the Nigeria Union of Journalists (NUJ) Rivers State Council,  the Roundtable Committee wishes to inform the general public that the NUJ Roundtable is offering a platform for public officers, politicians, private sectors, captains of industries, academia and relevant stakeholders in the society the opportunity to showcase their achievements, ideas and opinions to the public. The committee through the state council urged the public to key into this program and maximize NUJ wide rea

Women have been called upon to appropriate the transformative influence they have in the society to make a difference and achieve greater impact in the lives of their children and the larger society.  This call was made by the Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Rivers State chapter, Ojukaye Flag-Amachree when he played host to female aspirants for House of Representatives and House of Assembly on the platform of the party in Port Harcourt.  To this end, Flag-Amachree urged the women to take advantage of the political process to affect the society positively.  He charged them to continue to increase their relevance in their various local government areas and continue to make undeniable impacts in their various constituencies.  Recalling that his foray into the political arena was due to the support and mentorship of his mother and first cousin, Flag-Amachree advised them to continue to reach out to their constituents and build and demonstrate capa

Ahead of the 2019 general elections, female aspirants for House of Representatives and State House of Assembly on the platform of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Rivers State recently commenced consultative dialogue sessions with different female stakeholders and party officials on ways to enhance more women participation in the forthcoming elections. The aspirants under the aegis of APC Female Aspirants coordinated by Mrs Dabota Godswill Jumbo, a House of Assembly aspirant for Bonny Constituency, organized a consultative dialogue session which began with a prayer and praise session tagged ''Hallelujah Beginning" on Monday, August 20, 2018, where they committed their aspirations into God's hands and guidance. A guest minister, Mrs. Esther Ephraim of the Wailing Women International Ministry led the group in an intensive prayer and word session. A former acting Managing Director of the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC), Mrs. Ibim Semenitari, and

Come 2019, Rivers State should have a Governor from the riverine axis of the state. This is the path to justice, equity, peace, and harmonious co-existence. This, women of the state, under the aegis of Rivers Women Alliance (RIWA), are convinced would assuage the feelings of marginalization and political injustice pervading the riverine areas. The group came out with this position today during a press conference the group held in Port Harcourt, the Rivers State capital.  "It is with deep sense of commitment that we call to register our desire for the need for a riverine Governor come 2019. This call became very necessary as it is the only part to equity, fairness, justice and enhancement of peaceful coexistence in our dear State".  RIWA regretted that though the state was made up of upland and riverine, its leadership has over the years been domiciled in a particular section.  It listed Sir Peter Odili, Rt. Hon. Chibuike Rotimi Amaechi, and Barr. Ezebunwo Nyeso

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By Obinna Ebogidi  A group, the Council of Former Local Government Chairmen of Rivers State have called on the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to announce, without any further delay, the result of last Saturday's bye-election for the Port Harcourt constituency III seat in the state House of Assembly. In a statement by its Public Relations Officer and former Chairman of Ikwerre Local Government Area, Welendu Mamhobu-Amadi, the group hailed the courage of the electorate for gallantly defending their votes in the face of intimidation by enemies of democracy. "We are calling on the Independent National Electoral Commission to speedily conclude and announce the result of Saturday's Bye Election as we will resist any attempt to thwart the will of the people". The group "commends the electorates of Port Harcourt Constituency III for standing firm to resist the enemies of our democracy and agents of the PDP from disrupting the peaceful and order

PRESS BRIEFING BY CP ZAKI M. AHMED ON THE BYE-ELECTION INTO PHALGA CONSTITUENCY III, STATE HOUSE OF ASSEMBLY, HELD ON SATURDAY 18TH AUGUST, 2018.* Gentlemen of the press. You are welcome to the Headquarters of the Rivers State Police Command. Recall that on Saturday 18th August 2018, the Bye-Election to fill the vacancy created by the exit of the Honourable Member representing PHALGA Constituency III in the House of Assembly. In line with Police Standard Practice, an Operation Order detailing our deployments was drawn up. This was to ensure that the Bye-Election was hitch free and devoid of violence. On the Election day proper, adequate deployments were made, the Police and other sister security agencies together were able to establish adequate presence of security all the areas where the Election was billed to take place. 2.   Restriction of movement was made in the affected areas covering PHALGA Constituency III. Also, strategic deployments were made at both the entry and exit

TEXT OF PRESS CONFERENCE BY THE ALL PROGRESSIVES CONGRESS, RIVERS STATE CHAPTER HELD AT THE STATE PARTY SECRETARIAT, NO. 63 PORT HARCOURT-ABA EXPRESSWAY BY GARRISON ON MONDAY, 20TH AUGUST, 2018. My beloved Rivers people; following a critical appraisal of the PHALGA Constituency 3 bye-election of Saturday, August 18, 2018 the Rivers State Chapter of All Progressives Congress, APC, has arrived at some incontrovertible facts about the deliberate actions of Governor Nyesom Wike, Rivers State Government officials, PDP and the Independent National Electoral Commission all aimed at scuttling the bye-election. 1. Some hours after the voting process commenced across the 142 units of the constituency, words came out through the agents of both parties that the APC candidate was winning comfortably in most of the units. No sooner the information was given to Gov. Nyesom Wike than he mobilised his Chief Security Officer, Mr. Promise Nwosu who led fully armed officers and men of the Nigeria Pol

STATE BROADCAST BY HIS EXCELLENCY NYESOM EZENWO WIKE, CON, GSSRS, POS OVER THE BRAZEN DISENFRANCHISEMENT OF VOTERS IN SATURDAY’S FAILED PORT HARCOURT STATE CONSTITUTENCY III BYE-ELECTION August 19, 2018 My dear people of Rivers State Yesterday, 18th August 2018, the people of Port Harcourt constituency III came out in their numbers to vote for the person to represent them in the Rivers State House of Assembly. 2.      At the last State Security Council meeting few days before the election, the State Commissioner of Police not only promised to provide adequate security cover for the bye-election to take place but also vowed that the Police will be completely neutral. He reiterated these promises at the press conference he addressed on the day before the election. 3.      In my broadcast on the eve of the election, I conveyed the assurances given by the Commissioner of Police to secure and safeguard the entire constituency and urged the people of Rivers State to take them at t

The attention of All Progressives Congress, APC, Rivers State Chapter has been drawn to ongoing efforts by Gov. Nyesom Wike and officials of Rivers State Government to enlist the services of a judge of the Rivers State Judiciary to sit and grant an injunction stopping the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) from proceeding to conclude and announce the result of last Saturday’s PHALGA 3 Constituency bye election. So far, all the judges approached to execute the scheme have politely turned it down. The APC salutes the courage of these judges. We call on those yet to be contacted to emulate their colleagues and turn down an attempt by the government to abuse the judicial system. The APC believes that despite the threats being made against those judges who have refused to be dragged into the matter, the judges of the State Judiciary, as noble men and women, will continue to display this kind of uncommon bravery and strict adherence to the tenets of the hallowed profession o

As the moves are being made as to who clinches what position in the forthcoming 2019 general elections, Bolo Kingdom, a component of the Wakirike Ethnic Nationality of Rivers State has thrown her weight behind one of her daughters, Dame Maureen Tamuno. This position was made public at a well attended meeting in Bolo, Ogu-Bolo Local Government Area, where Tamuno, a former member of the Rivers State House of Assembly, made her intention to run for the Okrika/Ogu-Bolo Federal Constituency seat in the House of Representatives come 2019 known to stakeholders, party chieftains and supporters. A frontline politician and traditional ruler in the area, Chief Ely Afiesoka said it was time for the entire community to rally round their daughter as to bring glory to Bolo, Wakirike and Rivers State. He said Dame Maureen Tamuno, by her standing qualities in representation and developmental strides, cannot fail any election but for the undemocratic activities of 2015, which he said were all ove

Chairman, Bonny LGA, Engr. David Irimagha (right) in a handshake with the Chairman, Bonny Chiefs Council, Chief (Lt.Col.) Dagogo Claude-Wilcox (rtd.) at the Perekule Palace, Bonny.  Poised to see an upscale in revenue generation with a view to addressing funding gaps in delivering the dividends of democracy, the Chairman of Bonny Local Government Area, Mr. David Irimagha says his administration will initiate a paradigm shift in the collection of internally generated revenue (IGR).  Irimagha, who said this today during an interactive session with the Bonny Council of Chiefs at the Perekule Palace in Bonny, pointed out that due to the shortfall in federal allocation accruing to the local government council in recent times, there was the need to review alternative sources of revenue generation.  The LG Chairman was accompanied on the visit by a former Caretaker Committee Chairman, Mr. Charles Jumbo, Vice Chairman, Mrs. Anengi Barasua Green, Leader of the Legislative Council,