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The Rivers State Governor, Chief Nyesom Wike, early on Friday morning, sacked his embattled Special Adviser on Media and Publicity, Opunabo Inko-Tariah. Opunabo, who is also the Publisher of Port Harcourt-based Hard Truth newspaper, on a local radio at 10 a.m., claimed that he resigned...

Nyesom Wike, governor of Rivers state, has asked the court of appeal to set aside the judgment of the state election tribunal, which nullified his election. Citing gross irregularities, the tribunal which gave its verdict on October 24, ordered a fresh election to be conducted within 90...

President Muhammadu Buhari, the judiciary, the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) and the Department of State Services (DSS) yesterday came under fresh attack from the opposition Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) over the party’s recent electoral reverses in Rivers and Akwa Ibom...

The Apex court yesterday dismissed the case brought before it by the Governor of Rivers State, Nyesom Wike challenging the judgment of the election petition tribunal. Here are the names of Judges of the Supreme court that unanimously dismissed governor Wike's suit. Justice John Fabiyi...

The All Progressives Congress (APC) in Rivers on Tuesday hailed the Supreme Court’s verdict on Gov. Nyesom Wike’s application challenging the relocation of the Rivers Election Petitions Tribunal from Port Harcourt to Abuja. The Apex Court had dismissed Wike’s suit challenging the jurisdiction...

All Progressives Congress (APC), Rivers State chapter says it will defeat Nyesom Wike, incumbent governor, in a fresh free and fair election ordered by the Election Petition tribunal. Wike’s victory at the governorship election in April was punctured on Saturday, when the election petition...

The Supreme Court will on Tuesday deliver a judgement on whether or not the Rivers State Governorship Election Petitions Tribunal which nullified the election of Governor Nyesom Wike on Saturday had the jurisdictional power to hear the case against the governor. Justice Mohammed Ambrosa-led...

Nyesom Wike, whose election was annulled by the Rivers State Governorship Election Petition Tribunal in Abuja last week has alleged that N23 billion bribe was paid to the tribunal judges by the All Progressives Congress (APC) to nullify the election of all South-south state governors, all of...

The Rivers state chapter of the All Progressives Congress (APC) says Nyesom Wike, the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) candidate whose victory at the April governorship election was nullified on Saturday by the state governorship election petition tribunal, is “planning to run away”. The party...

Mr Nyesom Wike has declared that he remains the state governor, noting that he would pursue the decision of the Rivers State Governorship Election Petition Tribunal, which nullified the April 11, 2015 governorship election in Abuja and ordered the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC)...

The National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Chief John Odigie-Oyegun, the National Chairman of the All Progressives Party on Saturday expressed gladness at the verdict of the tribunal which nullified the Rivers' gubernatorial poll of April 11, 2015. Odigie-Oyegun expressed his...

The Rivers state governorship election petition tribunal sitting in Abuja has nullified the election of Nyesom Wike as Rivers Governor. The tribunal has also ordered INEC to conduct fresh election in 90days