From: Diana Okon-Effiong, Calabar The Cross River Chapter of the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC), has charged members of the organised labour to vote massively and ensure that their votes count in the 2015 elections.They stated this in an interactive session with Sen. Bassey Otu, the LP’s flag bearer for... Read more
Nigeria’s Senate Leader, Sen. Victor Ndoma-Egba Speaks On Decision To Stick With PDP In Spite of Being Short-Changed at Party Primaries In Cross River. Regional Correspondent, Diana Okon-Effiong, was at the briefing. Excerpts: You still got a lot of following in spite of your loss at the primaries.... Read more
Transformation Ambassadors of Nigeria (TAN) in Bayelsa has expressed shock and disbelief at a statement credited to Governor Seriake Dickson, directing TAN and support groups should leave the state. In a statement issued in Yenagoa on Saturday, and signed by Chief Nathan Egba, Director of Publicity for Bayelsa, TAN noted... Read more
Sen. Otu gives reasons for dumping PDP for LP
Politics January 2, 2015
From: Diana Okon-Effiong, Calabar Sen. Bassey Otu said he decided to dump the PDP and adopt the Labour Party’s platform (LP) to realise his ambition to return to the senate in 2015. Out, who lost his ticket at the PDP National Assembly primaries for Cross River South Senatorial District,... Read more
The All Progressives Congress , Rivers State chapter has profoundly congratulated the ‘fiercely courageous, dexterous and hardworking’ governor of Rivers State, Rt. Hon. Chibuike Rotimi AmaechI on his appointment as the Director-General of the Buhari Campaign Organisation. The party in a press statement signed by its State Publicity Secretary,... Read more
Rivers APC Felicitates With Peterside On Dedication Of Governorship Mandate To God
Politics December 25, 2014
The State Working Committee and State Executive Committee of the All Progressives Congress , Rivers State chapter, has congratulated its Governorship Candidate, Dr. Dakuku Adol Peterside, the Greater Together Organisation, the Campaign Organisation and all men, women and youths of goodwill in Rivers State on the occasion of the “Together In... Read more
From: Diana Okon-Effiong, Calabar Some political Leaders and clerics in the South South have expressed anxiety and doubts over President Goodluck Jonathan chances in 2015 elections, saying that there are possibilities that opposing political parties like the All Peoples’ Congress (APC) can defeat PDP at the polls.... Read more
The People’s Democratic Party, (PDP), Bayelsa State has described as falsehood, the claim by the Chairman of the Senate Committee on Water Resources, Senator Heineken Lokpobiri that, the State Governor, Hon. Seriake Dickson, Chief Returning Officer and others left the auditorium of the administrative block of the Isaac Jasper Adaka Boro College... Read more
The Chairman, Senate Committee on Oil and Gas, Downstream sector, Senator Emmanuel Paulker and former Director General, Nigerian Television Authority, (NTA), Mr. Ben Murray Bruce have emerged as the ruling People’s Democratic Party, (PDP) flag bearers representing Bayelsa Central and East Senatorial Districts in the 2015 general election. However, Senator Heineken... Read more
From: Diana Okon-Effiong, Calabar Mr Mike Igini, the Resident Electoral Commissioner (REC) for Cross River Monday chided some political parties over what he called irregular conduct of ongoing primaries ahead of the 2015 polls. Igini, who stated this in an interview with journalists in Calabar, said that the political... Read more
