Tag: Rivers State
Navy discovers illegal oil bunkering site on govt. facility in Rivers
The Nigerian Navy says it has uncovered an illegal oil bunkering site at the government-owned Ship Builders Yard facility in…
APC accuses Wike, Rivers govt of blackmail
Okafor Ofiebor/Port Harcourt Again, the Rivers State chapter of All Progressives Congress, APC, said it has received confirmation from officials…
We’ll develop world class education in Rivers says Wike
Okafor Ofiebor/Port Harcourt Governor Nyesom Wike of Rivers state has declared that his administration will develop quality education infrastructure across…
Wike attends Salvation Ministries five nights of glory
Okafor Ofiebor/Port Harcourt Rivers state governor, Nyesom Wike on Friday night worshipped at the Salvation Ministries, Home of Success, the…
Wike gives self thumbs up on road projects
Okafor Ofiebor/Port Harcourt Governor Nyesom Wike of Rivers state has attributed the state’s excellent execution of critical infrastructure to his…
Wike assures army of Rivers support
Okafor Ofiebor/Port Harcourt Governor Nyesom Wike of Rivers State has assured the Army High Command that his administration will continue…
Appeal court upholds sack of 23 APC LG chairmen in Rivers
Okafor Ofiebor/Port Harcourt A Court of Appeal in Port Harcourt, Rivers state today confirmed the judgment of a Federal High…
APC slams Wike for abandoning all construction activities
Okafor Ofiebor/Port Harcourt The All Progressives Congress APC in Rivers State has accused Governor Nyesom Wike of abandoning all construction…
Pro-Biafra Protest: Wike orders arrest of agitators
Okafor Ofiebor/Port Harcourt Governor Nyesom Wike has directed security agencies in the state to alert and arrest Biafran agitators who…
PDP planning N50m smear campaign against me – Senator Abe
Okafor Ofiebor/Port Harcourt The All Progressives Congress (APC) candidate in the Rivers South East Senatorial District re-run election, Senator Magnus…
Rivers State: Wike Campaign group hit by fresh defections
Okafor Ofiebor/Port Harcourt The Chairman, Security Committee of Wike’s New Rivers Vision Campaign Organisation, Brigadier-General Elton David Amah, has decamped…
We have nothing to do with security raids in Rivers – APC
The All Progressives Congress (APC) in Rivers, said on Monday that it had nothing to do with recent raids by…
Semenitari: N82m was not spent on dinner alone
Former Rivers State information Commissioner, Mrs Ibim Semenitari has challenged the Rivers State Government led by Governor Nyesom Wike to…
Semenitari explains why N82m was spent on dinner, blasts Rivers Govt
Okafor Ofiebor/Port Harcourt Former Rivers State information Commissioner, Mrs Ibim Semenitari has declared that for months, officials of the current…
Rivers: Youths defect to APC, bury PDP alive
Okafor Ofiebor/Port Harcourt Over 70 youths from Ogogoro community of Obio-Akpor local government area of Rivers who are former members…
Alleged dinner cash: Soyinka blasts Wike for ‘abominable distractions’
Professor Wole Soyinka has described as ‘abominable distractions’, the statement by Rivers State Information Commissioner , Dr Austin Tam-George that…
N82m Dinner: Prof Soyinka replies Wike
Nigeria’s Nobel Laureate, Prof Wole Soyinka has replied Governor Nyesom Wike and the Rivers Government following revelations that the former…
Lassa Fever outbreak in Rivers, two confirmed dead
Okafor Ofiebor/Port Harcourt wike Rivers State Government has just confirmed the outbreak of Lassa Fever in the state, which has…
MOSOP issue 30-day ultimatum to Buhari to implement UNEP Report
Okafor Ofiebor/Port Harcourt Based on a perceived delay in the clean up of crude oil spill impacted on sites in…
I’ll accept Supreme Court’s verdict – Wike
Okafor Ofiebor/Port Harcourt Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Ezenwo Wike has told his loyalist that he has braced up to accept…
APC will not even win a unit in Rivers, says Wike
Okafor Ofiebor/Port Harcourt Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Ezenwo Wike has restated that if elections are conducted ten times in the…
Rivers State is ‘Born Again’, says Deputy Gov
Okafor Ofiebor/Port Harcourt Rivers State Government says the Thanksgiving and Dedication Service it held on the 19 September, 2015 was…
Rivers Police rescue two kidnap victims
The Rivers Police Command said it had rescued two persons kidnapped by gunmen at Ogbakiri in Emohua Local Government Area…
No shaking, Wike will win again – Agric Commissioner
Okafor Ofiebor/Port Harcourt Governor Nyesom Wike will reclaim his mandate even if the Supreme Court orders for a rerun election…
Wike’s close political allies dump PDP for APC
Okafor Ofiebor/Port Harcourt Some of the trusted political allies of the Governor Nyesom Wike of Rivers state are pitching their…
Fire guts Rivers State Multi-Billion Naira Banana Farm
Okafor Ofiebor/Port Harcourt Mysterious fire suspected to have been ignited by arsonists have gutted the Rivers State Government multi-billion Naira…
Wike swears in 15 new special advisers on Boxing Day
Okafor Ofiebor/Port Harcourt Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Ezenwo Wike, today swor in another batch of 15 special advisers in Government…
Work for peace, friendship, Mrs Wike urges Christians
The wife of Rivers govermor, Mrs Suzette Nyesom-Wike, on Friday urged Christians to work for peace and friendship in order…
Wike replies APC: I will win the battle
Okafor Ofiebor/Port Harcourt Nyesom Ezenwo Wike,the Governor of Rivers State has assured the people of the state not to fear…
Rivers Speaker resigns after passing Wike’s budget
Okafor Ofiebor/Port Harcourt The Speaker of Rivers House, Ikunyi Owaji-Ibani, representing Andoni Constituency resign a moment ago shortly after presiding…