Tag: Rivers State
Police parade soldier, 9 others for robbery, kidnapping in Port Harcourt
Okafor Ofiebor/Port Harcourt An Army private, Elijah Owoh, who absconded from his duty post in Biu, Borno state was among…
Wike loses bid to relocate election tribunal to Rivers
The Rivers State Governorship Election Petition Tribunal sitting in Abuja, has dismissed an application by Rivers Governor, Nysom Wike, seeking…
Kidnappers to lose property in Rivers
Okafor Ofiebor/Port Harcourt Kidnappers in Rivers State will henceforth lose their properties to the state when convicted under the new…
Wike redeems pledge, splashes $60k on U-23
Governor Nyesom Wike of Rivers State on Monday redeemed his pledge to players of the Dream Team, following the team’s…
Eid-el-Fitri: Wike canvasses stability, love
Governor Nyesom Wike of Rivers says the stability of the polity is crucial to the economic development of the country.…
PDP, INEC destroying Rivers Election materials, says APC
The All Progressives Congress (APC) has accused the Peoples Democratic Party of collusion with the Independent National Electoral Commission in…
U-23 Qualifier: Rivers Assures Siasia’s Eagles Support
The Local Organising Committee, LOC, set up by the Rivers State Government for a successful hosting of the African U-23…
PDP demands immediate unsealing of local councils in Rivers
The national leadership of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) on Friday in Abuja demanded immediate unsealing of local councils in…
Tension In Rivers Over Council Dissolution
Okafor Ofiebor/Port Harcourt Tension has gripped local government councils of Rivers State, southern Nigeria, as 22 Caretaker Committee chairmen cleared…
Court sacks 22 Rivers Council Chairmen, Councillors
Okafor Ofiebor/Port Harcourt A federal high court in Port Harcourt presided over by Justice Lambo Akambi, this morning nullified the…
APC pledges to address human rights abuse in Rivers
The All Progressives Congress (APC) on Wednesday in Abuja pledged to address all issues of human rights abuses allegedly perpetrated…
Rivers govt. defends N30bn loan
The Secretary to Rivers Government, Mr Kenneth Kobani, has said that the N30 billion loan approved by the state House…
Kidnapped PDP Chieftain’s Wife Found Dead
Wife of a chieftain of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, in Rivers State, southern Nigeria, Mrs. Ebire Ejor Ngowah Ejor,…
Wike moves to end one-year old health workers strike
Rivers state deputy governor, Dr. Ipalibo Harry Banigo has called on the Medical and Health Workers Union, Primary Health Care…
New Rivers CP launches anti-kidnapping campaign, gets Wike’s support
Okafor Ofiebor/Port Harcourt Chris Ezike, the new Commissioner of Police, for Rivers has launched an anti-kidnapping and armed robbery campaign…
Wike squanders N60bn in 30 days, says APC
Nyesom Wike,Governor of Rivers State has been accused of squandering over N60 billion in his first 30 days as governor…
Wike will use N30bn loan to develop Rivers – Media aide
The Special Adviser on Media and Publicity to the Governor of Rivers, Mr Opunabo Inko-Tariah, has said that the state…
Wike monitors Zero Pothole project in Port Harcourt
Okafor Ofiebor/Port Harcourt Rivers state governor, Nyesom Wike has expressed satisfaction at the pace of work on the Operation Zero…
Wike gets approval to borrow N20bn, weeks after N10bn loan
Okafor Ofiebor/Port Harcourt Governor Nyesom Wike of Rivers state, has gotten approval of from the House of Assembly to obtain…
Agip Fire Halts 20k bpd Production –ENI
A fire at two crude oil storage tanks at Agip’s Ebocha plant in Nigeria’s Rivers State has shut down production…
Wike pays unscheduled visit to hospitals, laments their terrible state
The Rivers state governor, Nyesom Wike, paid unscheduled visits to two general hospitals in Rivers State on Saturday and promised…
Abducted Rivers University VC regains freedom
Okafor Ofiebor/Port Harcourt The vice chancellor of Ignatius Ajuru University of Education, Port Harcourt, Professor Rosamund Green-Osahagulu, who was abducted…
Rivers State most hospitable, lucrative for investment – Wike
Governor Nyesom Wike of Rivers has stated categorically that the state “is investors haven as it is the most hospitable…
Court bars Wike from sacking 23 LG chairmen in Rivers
Okafor Ofiebor/Port Harcourt The National Industrial Court of Nigeria presided over by Hon. Justice J.T. Agbadu-Fishim in Yenagoa, Bayelsa state…
Wike vows to demote traditional rulers favoured by Amaechi
Okafor Ofiebor/Port Harcourt Governor Nyesom Wike of Rivers State has vowed to upturn the status of some traditional rulers in…
Wike to expand federal high court building, reform TIMARIV
Rivers State Government has disclosed plans to expand the Federal High Court building in Port Harcourt. Governor Nyesom Wike made…
Tele Ikuru is a ‘shameless clown’ – Amaechi
Rotimi Chibuike Amaechi, former governor of Rivers state has described Tele Ikuru, former deputy governor who served with him for…
Wike’s probe a fraudulent witch-hunt, says Amaechi
The immediate past Governor of Rivers State, Rt. Hon. Chibuike Rotimi Amaechi has described the so-called probe of his administration…
Amaechi squandered N800m on Indian consultants, says Wike
Okafor Ofiebor/Port Harcourt Governor Nyesom Wike of Rivers state has accused his predecessor Chibuike Rotimi Amaechi of frittering away N800…
Dakuku condemns abduction of Prof. Osahagolu, describes kidnapping as an ill-wind
Dr. Dakuku Peterside, All Progressives Congress, APC governorship candidate in the April election in Rivers state has condemned in very…