The leader of All Progressives Congress (APC) in Rivers State and current Minister of Transportation, Mr. Chibuike Amaechi, has vowed to thwart the 2019 governorship ambition of Senator Magnus Abe.

Ahead of the 2019 general elections, the Rivers State chapter of the All Progressives Congress (APC) has been thrown into confusion with a storm gradually gathering over who becomes its governorship standard bearer.

The Movement for the Survival of Ogoni People (MOSOP) has urged the indigenes to guard against illegal bunkering in the area.

Senate President, Bukola Saraki Thursday named former senate leader, Ali Ndume as the new chairman of the Senate Committee on Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC).

Mr. Felix Obuah is the chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Rivers State and has been at the centre of the battle for the soul of Rivers between the PDP and the All Progressives Congress...

The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) says it has gone to the Election Petitions Tribunal to challenge the declaration of Magnus Abe as winner of the re-run election in the Rivers South-East Senatorial District.

The Senate President, Bukola Saraki, yesterday swore in the three new senators who won in last Saturday’s rerun election in Rivers State.

In Rivers West district, the Returning Officer, Prof. Raphael Ndubuisi Echebiri declared that PDP’s Osinakachukwu Ideozu polled 107,166 votes to defeat APC’s Otelemaba Amachree who scored 46, 898 votes.

Magnus Abe of the APC who was returned Senator-elect for Rivers South East Senatorial district from the, described the electoral process as a “titanic struggle” that he has battled for two years. 

Amid reports of violence and skirmishes in parts of the state, the All Progressives Congress (APC) yesterday won the Rivers South East Senatorial District.