Tag: Rivers State Government
Court stops FIRS from collecting VAT, Personal Income Tax in Rivers
The Federal High Court in Port Harcourt has stopped the Federal Inland Revenue Services (FIRS) from collecting Value Added Tax…
Rivers issues ultimatum to doctors to call off strike or face sack
The Rivers State Government has directed all Resident Doctors in its employ who joined the current nationwide strike by the…
Rivers shuts seven illegal water factories in Port Harcourt
Rivers State Ministry of Water Resources on Monday, sealed over seven illegal and substandard sachet water factories in Diobu, Port…
Rivers State varsity gets N16.6bn for upgrade of facilities, establishment of new campuses
Rivers Government releases N16. 6 billion for the upgrade of facilities and establishment of new campuses at the State owned…
NGO asks court to compel Wike to reveal details of cost of bridges
NGO asks court to compel Gov. Nyesom Wike's government to reveal the cost of construction of three flyovers newly built…
Shell to Rivers Govt: Why you can’t take over Kidney Island
Okafor Ofiebor/Port Harcourt Shell Petroleum Development Company has described claim by the Rivers State Government that it has taken over…
Shell dismisses Rivers’ take over of OML 11 kidney Island
Shell Petroleum Development Company, SPDC, has dismissed the sealing off and taking over of its asset in Oil Mining Lease,OML…
Rivers Govt. approves contract to build 6th flyover in Port Harcourt
By Okafor Ofiebor/Port Harcourt Rivers State Government has approved a contract for the construction of a sixth flyover bridge to…
Oyigbo crisis: Ex- NBA President Okocha defends Wike, slams IPOB
Okafor Ofiebor/ Port Harcourt The Former President of Nigerian Bar Association and a Senior Advocate of Nigeria, Onueze C.J. Okocha…
Oyigbo: Rivers relaxes curfew, says 50 AK47 rifles in hands of IPOB members
*Curfew will now take effect from 7pm to 6am beginning from Wednesday. Okafor Ofiebor/ Port Harcourt Rivers State Security Council…
Wike orders immediate employment of 5,000 youths in Rivers
Rivers State Executive Council has approved the employment of 5,000 youths into the State Civil Service.
Wike approves employment of 5000 youths
Rivers State Executive Council has approved the employment of 5000 youths into the State Civil Service. The approval was given…
#EndSARS: Wike makes U-turn, sets up judicial commission of inquiry
By Okafor Ofiebor/ Port Harcourt Rivers Government has to set up a Judicial Panel of Inquiry to investigate alleged…
Wike: Amaechi, APC plotting to hijack #EndSARS protest in Rivers
Rivers Government accused Rotimi Amaechi-led faction of APC of plot to hijack #EndSARS protest to cause mayhem in the State.
Rivers sacks two principals for breaching COVID-19 protocols
The Rivers State Commissioner for Education, Prof. Kaniye Ebeku, has directed immediate sack of two principals for violating COVID-19 protocols…
Coronavirus: Rivers on red alert
Rivers State Government has placed the state on high alert even through there has not been any reported case of…
Exposed: 11,000 Rivers civil servants forge their ages
The Rivers State Government has said that the during the recent biometric exercise on civil servants and pensioners as directed…
Lassa Fever strikes three dead in Rivers
The Rivers State Government has confirmed three persons dead in an outbreak Lassa Fever in the State.
Lassa Fever hits Rivers
The Rivers State Government says it has received four suspected cases of Lassa Fever have been reported in the State.
No escape for corrupt Rivers Govt officials, Magu vows
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, has expressed optimism that cCourt cases barring it from investigating and prosecuting past…
Wike strikes deal with Ethiopia Airlines on permanent flights from Rivers
Rivers State Government and the management of Ethiopian Airlines have reached an agreement in principle for the operation of permanent…
Rivers govt to employ 3,000 sweepers
Rivers State government is to employ a total of 3,000 men and women to serve as members of a task…
Rivers Govt. demolishes Rumuwoji market, Traders Count Losses
Traders in Rivers State said they had lost goods worth millions of naira following the demolition of the Rumuwoji temporary…
Rivers acquires 10 gunboats for Nigerian Navy
Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Ezenwo Wike has announced that the 10 new state-of-the-art security gunboats acquired by the Rivers State…
Rivers to create 10,000 jobs through agriculture
Rivers State government has started the process of creating 10,000 jobs for unemployed youths through the expansion of agriculture projects,…
Port Harcourt residents protest against demolition
Okafor Ofiebor/Port Harcourt Residents of the waterfront communities in Diobu axis of Port Harcourt have staged a peaceful protest in…
Rivers Govt. receives report on bird flu, takes samples for test
The Rivers Government said on Thursday that it had received reports of new bird flu outbreak in the state. Dr…
Mixed Reactions Trail Mbu’s Transfer
Okafor Ofiebor/Port Harcourt The Rivers State Government has absolved itself of masterminding the redeployment of the controversial Commissioner of Police…
Amaechi To Host BON Nominees
On Sunday, 17 November, the Rivers State Government will host the nominees of this year’s Best of Nollywood Awards at…
Rivers to appeal court order on inquiry panel
Nigeria’s Rivers State Government on Saturday said it would appeal against the ruling of a Port Harcourt High Court which…