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RSIEC Convenes Stakeholders’ Meeting Ahead of 2025 Rivers LG Elections

Ifeanyi Nwagboso — Mon, 28 Jul 2025 11:00:36 +0000

The Rivers State Independent Electoral Commission (RSIEC) on Monday convened a high-level stakeholders’ meeting at its headquarters in Port Harcourt, signalling the commencement of preparations for the 2025 Local Government Elections. The meeting, aimed at fostering inclusive participation and transparency, comes as the commission prepares to unveil a revised timetable and updated guidelines for the [...]

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Rivers Assembly Summons RSIEC Chairman Over 2024 LG Elections

Ifeanyi Nwagboso — Wed, 05 Mar 2025 09:00:25 +0000

The Rivers State House of Assembly has summoned the Chairman of the State Independent Electoral Commission (RSIEC), Justice Adolphus Enebeli (retd.), to appear before it within 48 hours over the conduct of the 2024 local government elections. During plenary on Wednesday, presided over by Speaker Martin Amaewhule, the House warned that failure to comply with [...]

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Rivers Police Deny Sealing Off State Electoral Commission Office

Ifeanyi Nwagboso — Wed, 02 Oct 2024 10:00:10 +0000

The Rivers State Police Command has dismissed reports claiming that its officers sealed the office of the Rivers State Independent Electoral Commission (RSIEC) in Port Harcourt. Earlier reports had suggested that the RSIEC secretariat was sealed following a Federal High Court order halting the local government elections scheduled for October 5. However, the Police Command’s [...]

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RSIEC Refutes Claims of Postponement for October LG Elections

Ifeanyi Nwagboso — Wed, 14 Aug 2024 10:00:09 +0000

The Rivers State Independent Electoral Commission (RSIEC) has firmly refuted recent claims circulating on social media regarding the postponement of the Local Government Council elections, which are scheduled to take place on October 5, 2024. The commission’s Chairman, Retired Justice Adolphus Enebeli, has labelled these claims as false, unfounded, and without merit. In a statement [...]

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RSIEC Schedules October 5, 2024, for Rivers LG Elections

Ifeanyi Nwagboso — Mon, 01 Jul 2024 11:00:21 +0000

The Rivers State Independent Electoral Commission (RSIEC) has announced that local government elections in the state will be held on October 5, 2024. Retired Justice Adolphus Enebeli, Chairman of RSIEC, made this declaration during a stakeholder meeting on Monday at the Commission’s office on Aba Road, Port Harcourt. Justice Enebeli assured that under his leadership, [...]

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PDP Clears All Chairmanship Positions In Rivers LG Election

Ifeanyi Nwagboso — Mon, 19 Apr 2021 09:30:27 +0000

The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Rivers State have cleared all the Chairmanship and Councillorship positions in the just concluded local government Council elections in the State. The Chairman of Rivers State Independent Electoral Commission, RSIEC, retired Justice George Omerejj declared candidates of the PDP winners of the elections out of seventeen political parties that [...]

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Wike Refuses To Vote At Council Polls

Ifeanyi Nwagboso — Sun, 18 Apr 2021 10:30:53 +0000

The Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Wike, has again failed to cast his vote at the local Government election in his home, Obio/Akpor Ward 9, Unit 7. This is the second time Wike failed to participate in local council election. In the 2018 Local government elections, which brought the outgoing chairman and his ward counsellor into power, he reportedly [...]

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Voter Apathy Mars Rivers LG Election

Ifeanyi Nwagboso — Sat, 17 Apr 2021 21:00:01 +0000

The Local Government Council Elections in Rivers State was faced with widespread low turnout of voters. This was as many irregularities further worsened the well publicised council polls in the state. The Rivers State Independent Electoral Commission, RSIEC, had distributed sensitive and non-sensitive material for the elections on Friday to allow for earlier commencement of [...]

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Aggrieved APC Candidates Lambast Amaechi Over Bycott Of Rivers Council Polls

Ifeanyi Nwagboso — Sat, 17 Apr 2021 10:30:56 +0000

Aggrieved members of All Progressives Congress (APC) loyal to Magnus Abe have lambasted the Minister of Transportation and leader of the party in Rivers State, Chibuike Amaechi, for writing to the State Independent Electoral Commission (RSIEC), that the APC will not participate in today’s election. The Abe faction had conducted primaries for the Local Councils elections and the chairmanship and [...]

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RSIEC Drops APC From Council Polls

Ifeanyi Nwagboso — Tue, 13 Apr 2021 11:00:33 +0000

The Rivers State Independent Electoral Commission (RSIEC) has removed the All Progressives Congress (APC) from the list of political parties that are participating in the April 17 Local Government elections. This was made open as RSIEC displayed the list of 17 political parties that will contest the council Elections in the State. The list of [...]

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