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25 Feb
Some state governors and their respective local council chairmen are responsible for the current economic woes facing Nigerians, the Rivers State All Progressives Congress (APC) Caretaker Committee Chairman, Tony  Okocha, has alleged.
19 Feb
Following the cholera outbreak in Soku Communities in Akuku-Toru Local Council of Rivers State, the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC), through the State Office of the Commission, said that it has deployed medical personnel and response materials to the area.
16 Feb
Caretaker Chairman, All Progressives Congress (APC), Rivers State chapter, Tony Okocha, has urged Governor Siminalayi Fubara to stop running the state without a budget and obey the peace agreement of President Bola Tinubu by representing the state budget before the state House of Assembly.
6 Feb
The Rivers State chapter of All Progressives Congress (APC) has urged the 27 lawmakers who defected to APC to domesticate the local government autonomy which was recently passed into law. The caretaker committee chairman of the party in the state, Tony Okocha, gave the charge yesterday when he visited the Speaker of the House of…
27 Jan
The Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC) has donated 24 trucks of relief materials to eight Local Government Areas (LGAs) of Rivers affected by flooding in 2023.
4 Jan
Inmates of the  New Generation Vision Orphanage/Charity Home in Elelenwo, Rivers State were full of joy when the state chapter of All Progressives Congress (APC) led by the caretaker Chairman, Tony Okocha, visited the home yesterday, and donated bags of rice, cartons of Indomie, toiletries, water, cash among  others.
13 Dec
The Rivers State chapter of All Progressives Congress (APC) has faulted the court order empowering the factional Speaker of the House of Assembly, Edison Ehie, to preside over activities of the legislative arm of government. Reacting to Tuesday's court order granted by Justice M.W. Danagogo, the APC Caretaker Committee Chairman in Rivers, Tony Okocha, described…
13 Dec
The All Progressive Congress (APC) in Rivers has charged Gov. Siminalayi Fubara to refrain from acts capable of escalating the political crisis rocking the state. The state caretaker committee chairman of the party, Tony Okocha, gave the charge at a news briefing in Port Harcourt. Okocha was reacting to the exparte order granted to the…
24 Nov
The newly inaugurated representative of Rivers State in the board of the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC), Tony Okocha, has decried uncompleted projects under the commission in the state.
15 Nov
A chief in Rumuigbo community in Obio-Akpor Local Council of Rivers State, Tony Okocha, has lamented insecurity in the community and called for peaceful co-existence in the state for a better society. 
6 Jul 2023
Advocates of the former governor of Rivers State, Nyesom Wike, and the Social Democratic Party (SDP) governorship candidate, Magnus Abe are at loggerheads over who should be appointed a minister from the state.
5 Jul 2023
Former Chief of Staff to the Rivers State Government and stalwart of the All Progressives Congress, APC, Chief Tony Okocha, has urged President Bola Tinubu to concede the ministerial appointment of Rivers State to former Governor Nyesom Wike.

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