Tag: Rivers State
Rivers: 11 abducted boat passengers still missing 3 days after
Eleven passengers abducted three days ago by sea pirates from a passenger boat on Bonny waterways still missing three days…
Rivers: Emohua LG disbands deadly OSPAC vigilance group
Emohua LG of Rivers dissolves controversial OSPAC vigilance groups operating across communities in the area over incessant abuse of human…
Rivers leads in COVID-19 deaths as new daily cases rise
Rivers State accounted for three COVID-19 deaths on Tuesday, out of the six announced by the Nigeria Centre for Disease…
NEMA distributes relief materials to flood victims in Rivers
South-South Zonal Office of NEMA commences distribution of relief materials to victims of flood disaster in Rivers State
#EndSARS: Rivers judicial panel winds up after two months
The Rivers State Judicial panel set up to investigate alleged cases of police brutality has concluded sitting. It is now…
FRSC decorates newly promoted officers in Rivers
Seventeen newly promoted officers of the Federal Road Safety Corps in Rivers Command were decorated on Thursday.
Three die as bus rammed into truck in Port Harcourt
Okafor Ofiebor/Port Harcourt Three passengers were feared dead in an accident involving a commercial bus with 14 passengers and a…
Screening for Wike’s Real Madrid Academy marred by lies – Commissioner
Rivers’ Commissioner for Education, Prof. Kaniye Ebeku, has lamented the fact that some children have been lying about their age…
Rivers Taskforce sacks 11 over bribery allegations
Okafor Ofiebor/Port Harcourt Eleven operatives of the newly formed Rivers Taskforce on Illegal Trading and Motor Parks were sacked…
Insecurity: Ekweremadu wants Buhari to seek help from foreign countries
Okafor Ofiebor/Port Harcourt Former Deputy Senate President, Senator Ike Ekweremadu, has said President Muhammadu Buhari should not shy away from…
Rivers schools reopen Jan. 4
The Rivers Government on Sunday approved the reopening of all public and private nursery, primary and secondary schools in the…
Schools in Rivers get resumption date
Rivers State ministry of education has announced that both public and private schools in the state are to resume Monday,…
Christmas Outreach: Rivers police boss, others, laud Lulu-briggs Foundation
The Rivers State Commissioner of Police, CP Joseph Mukan psc, has commended the O. B. Lulu-Briggs Foundation for its yuletide…
Gov. Wike father’s church attacked in Port Harcourt
Some suspected hoodlums have attacked a church belonging to the father of Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Wike, in Port Harcourt,…
Youths plan protest over poor state of roads in Etche LG of Rivers
Okafor Ofiebor/ Port Harcourt A group of youths of Etche local government in Rivers State have disclosed their plan to…
Why Rivers was excluded from FG’s COVID-19 grant – Minister
Okafor Ofiebor/Port Harcourt Rivers was excluded from the Federal Government’s disbursement of N66.5b to states because of its failure to…
Rivers: Residents groan as military continues operation against IPOB in Oyigbo
*Residents beg Governor Wike to relax curfew *Soldiers recovering looted items By Okafor Ofiebor/Port Harcourt Reports coming out from the…
Supreme Court didn’t cede disputed oil wells to Rivers – Bayelsa Govt
Okafor Ofiebor/Port Harcourt Bayelsa State has said last Tuesday’s verdict of the Supreme Court on the disputed oil wells with…
NBA angry over burning of Oyigbo court building, others in Rivers
By Okafor Ofiebor/ Port Harcourt The Nigerian Bar Association (NBA), Port Harcourt Branch, has condemned Wednesday’s destruction of a High…
#EndSARS: 2 feared dead, police stations, others burnt amidst gunshots in Rivers
Okafor Ofiebor/ Port Harcourt Just as it is going on in Lagos State, criminal gangs have hijacked the #EndSARS protests…
Students beg Wike for help as flood takes over campus of RSCHST
Okafor Ofiebor/Port Harcourt Despite the order of Rivers government for the reopening of all the schools, academic activities may not…
NURTW man sent to prison for triggering accident in Rivers
By Okafor Ifiebor A Magistrate Court sitting in Choba, Obio/Akpor Local Government Area of Rivers has ordered the remand of…
Secretariat sealed after hoodlums disperse labour leaders meeting in Rivers
. *NLC keeps mum over the issue, but fingers point to the state government Okafor Ofiebor/Port Harcourt The Secretariat of…
Rivers approves N18bn for construction of 4th bridge, road dualisation
Rivers State Executive Council has approved the sum of N18 billion for the construction of a fourth Bridge at the…
Governor Wike, A true Rivers Patriot
Governor Nyesom Ezenwo Wike of Rivers State is without doubt, the most energetic, pragmatic, proactive and charismatic national figure and…
Police demand Wike surrender Joi Nunieh
The Nigerian Police still want to interrogate Dr.Joi Nunieh, the former managing director of Niger Delta Development Commission(NDDC).
Amaechi celebrates old Rivers’ governor Ada-George at 80
Minister of Transportation, Rotimi Amaechi, has described Rufus Ada-George, a former Governor of old Rivers, comprising Bayelsa State and the…
Wike sacks Perm. Sec. for chasing away health officials during burial
Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Wike has sacked a serving Permanent Secretary for chasing away health officials who came to enforce…
COVID-19: Wike imposes curfew on Bonny, Onne
Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Wike has appealed to residents of the State to take personal responsibility to curb the spread…
Wike vows to sanction erring contractors in Rivers
Rivers Governor Nyesom Wike on Friday threatened to sanction contractors who failed to abide by the contractual agreement in handling…