Tony Okocha
5 Jun 2024
The Caretaker Committee Chairman of All Progressives Congress (APC) in Rivers State, Tony Okocha, has raised the alarm over insecurity
5 May 2024
Rivers State Chapter of All Progressives Congress (APC) has described Senator Magnus Abe, the 2023 governorship candidate of Social Democratic Party (PDP) as "valuable asset' for the party.
4 May 2024
The Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC) has expressed willingness to offer palliatives to victims of the tanker fire disaster that resulted in the death of five persons including a pregnant woman.
29 Apr 2024
The Anglican Bishop of Niger Delta North, Wisdom Ihunwo, has decried infiltration of the ministry, regretting that the generalisation that 'all men of God' are not genuine was due to infiltration of the ministry by those not called by God.
17 Apr 2024
The Rivers State chapter of the All Progressives Congress (APC) and the state government have bickered over recent utterances by Governor Siminalayi Fubara. While the Caretaker Committee Chairman of APC in the state, Tony Okocha
5 Apr 2024
The Rivers State chapter of the All Progressives Congress (APC) has alleged that Governor Siminalayi Fubara has connived with some judges to obtain a court injunction to declare the State House of Assembly ‘illegal’ and stop them from further sitting.Â
30 Mar 2024
The All Progressives Congress (APC) would shut the doors to the former National Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), UcheSecondus from defecting to the party.
25 Feb 2024
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 2024
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 2024
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 2024
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…
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