Tag: Rivers State
Wike the newly converted Buharist of Rivers
We said it that President Buhari hates no part of the country. He has come to serve, and not to…
Family of missing Arinze urges police to arrest vigilantes
Family of a missing 22 years old Arinze Obiukwu is asking the Rivers State Police Command to arrest members of…
N78.9bn refund: Wike and his new song for Buhari
The recent widely publicised letter by Governor of Rivers State, Nyesom Wike to President Muhammadu Buhari applauding him for approving…
Wike vows to revamp secondary schools in Rivers
Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Ezenwo Wike, has vowed to upgrade facilities in schools that have contributed in moulding prominent personalities…
Sex workers escape death as fire razes Brothel in Rivers
Proprietor of a popular brothel, Pedro Hotel, Diobu in Port Harcourt, Rivers State and many sex workers narrowly escaped death…
Rivers’ horror house: Police exhume four decomposed bodies in Septic Tank
The Rivers State Police Command has exhumed four decomposed bodies of kidnapped victims from a septic tank in the State.
Wike condemns security agencies for inaction over threat by group
Rivers Governor, Nyesom Ezenwo Wike has condemned security agencies for not arresting those that threatened to destroy the state.
Why I won’t nurse presidential ambition now – Wike
Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Ezenwo Wike on Sunday said he was not nursing ambition of running for the office of…
Buhari appoints Prof Agochi Okodudu as UNIPORT Vice Chancellor
President Muhammadu Buhari has approved appointment of Prof. Stephen Agochi Okodudu as Acting Vice-Chancellor of the University of Port Harcourt…
How security agents sabotaged Wike’s efforts to contain COVID-19 in Rivers
Security operatives in Rivers have continued to sabotage the movement restriction measures put in place by Governor Nyesom Wike to…
Rivers APC: Judge summons Uchendu, Davies over contempt
Justice George Omereji of Rivers High Court in Port Harcourt has ordered Senator Andrew Uchendu. and Sokonte Davies, who claimed…
Rivers APC seeks Victor Giadom’s expulsion, gets new court order
Rivers State All Progressives Congress went for the expulsion from the party of Victor Giadom, the pretender to the APC…
Rivers APC in fresh crisis as faction suspends Aguma caretaker chairman
The Rivers state chapter of the All Progressives Congress (APC) has plunged further into crisis as a faction loyal to…
Victor Giadom’s lawyer says suspension in Rivers contemptuous of court
Wole Afolabi, lawyer to Victor Giadom the claimant to the chairmanship of the All Progressives Congress said his client's suspension…
Rivers APC suspends Victor Giadom
Victor Giadom, the man who has been claiming the APC chairmanship, has been suspended from the party. The suspension was…
Wike locks down Bonny LG, Onne over explosion of COVID-19 cases
Rivers Government has imposed a total lockdown of Bonny Local Government Area and Onne community in Eleme Local Government Area…
Victor Giadom ousted by APC, Worgu Boms to replace him
The leadership of All Progressives Congress (APC) in River State has recommended former Attorney General and Commissioner for Justice, Mr.…
Court knocks out Victor Giadom as APC drama shifts to Rivers
In a deepening drama in the All Progressives Congress, a Rivers State High Court has restrained Victor Giadom from parading…
APC confirms Igo Aguma Rivers state acting chairman
National Working Committee of the All Progressives Congress(APC) has affirmed Igo Aguma as the acting chairman of its troubled Rivers…
Police promise to pursue justice for rape victims
Rivers State Police Command has assured rape victims of prosecuting anyone found culpable of sexual assault in the state.
Boon time for PDP states: Buhari pays N148b to Rivers, Cross River, Bayelsa
Three PDP states of Bayelsa, Rivers and Cross River were the greatest beneficiaries of the refund of N148billion approved by…
Etang NDDC director died of COVID-19, management staff go into isolation
NDDC has confirmed that its late executive director finance and administration, Ibanga Bassey Etang, died of COVID-19 and that management…
Bonny NLNG town hit by coronavirus
After days and weeks of denial, some mystery deaths and rising cases of those seeking medicare, the Bonny Local Government…
Nyesom Wike dragged to ECOWAS court over executive lawlessness
Governor Nyesom Wike has been dragged to the ECOWAS Court of Justice in Abuja over the “brutal crackdown, repression, and…
60 percent of Coronavirus patients in Rivers are oil workers – Wike
Governor Nyesom Wike has stated that 60 percent of Coronavirus cases recorded in the state are from oil workers returning…
‘We have uncovered plans to declare State of Emergency in Rivers’
The Rivers State Government on Tuesday said it has uncovered plans by some citizens of the State who reside in…
COVID-19: Governor Wike’s action is a dangerous gamble
The demolition and auction of private property, the closure of all sources of survival for citizens of Rivers state without…
Nyesom Wike: Our governor has gone mad again
Nyesom Wike has carried on as a law unto himself in Rivers. He is the judge, the jury and the…
UNIPORT disclaims 2 of the murdered victims of abductors
The authorities of University of Port Harcourt said two of the murdered victims of abductors in Rivers were not their…
Photos: We were commissioned to kidnap Joy Adoki, 2 other UNIPORT students, says Gang leader
Friday Akpan, the chief suspect in the abduction and murder of three UNIPORT students has told Rivers Police Command why…