LAGOS JANUARY 9TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Senator representing Rivers South-East Senatorial District in the National Assembly, Magnus Ngei Abe has described the ruling of the Supreme Court in favour of Ibrahim Umar and other APC chieftains, who were aggrieved by their exclusion during the Party Congresses in Rivers State as a stunning victory for Democracy, Justice and…
LAGOS FEBRUARY 7TH (NEWSRANGERS)-There is no reprieve for the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Rivers State as the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has insisted that it has not reversed its decision that the party has no candidates in the impending general election in the state. INEC’s declaration coincided with another decision Wednesday by the…
Court Of Appeal Stays Execution On Judgment Excluding Rivers APC From General Elections LAGOS FEBRUARY 4TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Court of Appeal sitting in Port Harcourt on Monday granted a stay of execution of the Federal High Court judgement nullifying all primaries of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Rivers State. Apart from nullifying the primaries, Justice…
LAGOS DECEMBER 12TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Achibong Patrick, 36, a native of Akwa-Ibom and a father of four, has strangled all his children to death. Patrick also hanged himself to death and set ablaze his home in Alesa, Eleme Local Government of Rivers State The motive behind the horror incident is yet unknown but neighbours woke up on…
LAGOS DECEMBER 6TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The police in Rivers State have arrested a young man, Mr. Prince Owabie, popularly called J-boy, for allegedly killing and burying his pregnant girlfriend in his room. The Guardian gathered that the victim, Miss Betha Ogbede, was murdered and buried in her lover’s one-room apartment in Rumuepirikom community of Obio/Akpor Local Government…
LAGOS NOVEMBER 19TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Shell Petroleum Development Company of Nigeria Limited (SPDC) says out of the over N41billion disbursed for community projects in Niger Delta, about N15billion went to Rivers State under the Global Memorandum of Understanding. “Between 2006 and end of 2017, a total of N14.86 billion has been invested by the SPDC Joint…
LAGOS OCTOBER 18TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Achinike William-Wobodo Esq., a lawyer in Rivers State, has sued Governor of the state, Nyesom Wike, for allegedly forging his Age Certificate in documents he presented to the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC). William Wobodo instituted the law suit against Wike and INEC at the Federal High Court (Suit No. FHC/ABJ/CS/1020/2018), pursuant…
LAGOS OCTOBER 7TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Five persons have been rushed to Adokiye Amiesimaka Stadium clinic due to rush for entry into the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) convention venue, the Adokiye Amiesimaka Stadium, Port Harcourt. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the health cases arose from the rush at the entry /exit point of the convention…