Vice Admiral Ibok-Ete Ibas (Rtd), the Administrator of Rivers State, has officially sworn in the 23 newly elected Local Government Chairmen, just hours after they received their certificates of return from the Rivers State Independent Electoral Commission (RSIEC). During the swearing-in
Labour Party Youth Wing, on Thursday, vowed to take over Lagos, Rivers, and Edo states, among other South-South and South-East states in the March 18 governorship and house of assembly elections. Mr Kennedy Ahanotu, Acting National Youth Leader of Labour Party, said this at a news conference on the March 18 elections. Ahanotu said that […]
In Abuja on Thursday, a coalition of more than 80 human rights organizations operating under the auspices of Nigerian Civil Society Situation Room expressed concerns about potential violence during the governorship and state house of assembly elections and urged security forces to take immediate action, particularly in some flashpoints. A minimum of three election
The Federal Government has disbursed ₦123.348billion (USD324.6million) to states under its States Fiscal Transparency Accountability and Sustainability (SFTAS) Programme for Results. Minister of Finance, Budget and National Planning, Mrs. Zainab Shamsuna Ahmed disclosed this in a statement signed by Mr. Hassan Dodo, the Ministry’s Director of Press and Public Relations,