Tag: Rivers State
Rivers PDP Recalls Hon. Elemchukwu Ogbowu As Member
Okafor Ofiebor/Port Harcourt Hon. Elemchukwu Ogbowu, a chieftain of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Rivers state, who was expelled…
Wike is next governor of Rivers State, says Patience Jonathan
Patience Jonathan, wife of the president of Nigeria, has stated categorically that former Minister of State for Education, Nyesom Wike…
Carniriv 2014: Rivers set to thrill the world, says Sam Dede
All is now set for the 2014 edition of Carniriv: The Port Harcourt carnival, annual flagship tourism and cultural export…
Rivers Police Commissioner orders release of bailable suspects
Okafor Ofiebor/Port Harcourt In a bid to decongest all the over blown police cells with suspects in Rivers state due…
Wike wins Rivers PDP governorship primaries as 16 contenders walk out
Okafor Ofiebor/Port Harcourt As expected, Nyesom Wike, the former Minister of State for Education has won the PDP governorship primaries…
Rivers Governorship: Ogoni people unhappy with APC, Amaechi
Okafor Ofiebor/Port Harcourt The people of Ogoni ethnic nationality consist of Eleme, Gokana, Khana and Tai LGAs of Rivers State…
Dakuku Peterside set to replace Amaechi as Rivers governor
Okafor Ofiebor/Port Harcourt Dakuku Peterside, was today formally adopted as the governorship torch bearer for the All Progressives Congress (APC)…
Rivers PDP aspirants protest, bar party officials from entering national secretariat
Aggrieved PDP aspirants for Rivers House of Assembly and their supporters on Wednesday in Abuja blocked the entrance of the…
Policeman, cultist killed in cult clash
Okafor Ofiebor/Port Harcourt Barely 48 hours after about 10 persons were shot and killed by unknown gunmen yesterday, at Omoku,the…
Dakuku pledges to build on foundation laid by Amaechi
Okafor Ofiebor/Port Harcourt The All Progressives Congress, APC governorship aspirant in Rivers state, Hon. Dakuku Adol-Peterside has said that Governor…
Rampaging gunmen kill 10 in Omoku Rivers
Okafor Ofiebor/Port Harcourt Omoku the headquarters of Ogba/Egbema/Ndoni Local Government of Rivers state host to oil and gas companies was…
2015: Amaechi urges Rivers residents to collect PVC
Okafor Ofiebor/Port Harcourt Governor Chibuike Amaechi of Rivers state, has appealed to potential voters in the state to ensure that…
100 PDP Members Defect To APC In Rivers
Okafor Ofiebor/Port Harcourt Chairman Committee of Akuku Toru local Government Council said that no fewer than 100 members of the…
PDP reverses disqualification of anti-Wike guber aspirants
Okafor Ofiebor/Port Harcourt The National Working Committee the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has lifted the disqualification slammed on 13 governorship…
Abductors of Rivers Chief Registrar demand N100 million
Okafor Ofiebor/Port Harcourt Abductors of the Chief Registrar of the Rivers State High Court, Mr. Leonard Adoki, have contacted his…
APC anoints Peterside as Amaechi’s replacement
Dakuku Peterside, representing Andoni /Opobo Nkoro federal constituency of Rivers state has been picked as the consensus governorship candidate for…
Rivers Police Arrest Nine Cultists
Okafor Ofiebor/Port Harcourt Rivers State Police Command has nabbed nine suspected cultists and has paraded them at the headquarters along…
PDP screening committee disqualifies all anti-Wike aspirants, clears Wike
Okafor Ofiebor/Port Harcourt The South-South Zone of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, governorship screening committee has disqualified Prof Don Baridam,…
Rivers High Court Chief Registrar abducted
Okafor Ofiebor/ Port Harcourt Barely 24 hours after the All Progressive Congress, APC, raised alarm that there were attempts to…
Security agencies declare war on criminals in Rivers
Okafor Ofiebor/Port Harcourt To forestall criminal activities in Rivers during the yuletide season and 2015 election, a joint operation of…
PDP calls for arrest of Governor Amaechi
Okafor Ofiebor/Port Harcourt The Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, has called for the arrest and investigation of Governor Chibuike Amaechi for…
Result Of PDP Ward Congresses Are irreversible, says Obuah
Okafor Ofiebor/Port Harcourt The Rivers State Chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, has described as false, baseless and unfounded…
UNIPORT moves to reduce unemployment by 24%
In a bid to reduce unemployment by 24 per cent, the University of Port Harcourt (UNIPORT) is adapting its conventional…
PDP to sanction aspirants who criticise party leadership
Okafor Ofiebor/Port Harcourt The chairman, Rivers state chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party, Felix Obuah has warned aspirants on the…
Jonathan’s N250 million gift tears traders apart in Rivers
Okafor Ofiebor/Port Harcourt The N250 million naira donated by President Goodluck Jonathan to fire disaster victims of Mile One Market,…
2015: Ogoni, Kalabari will vote party that gives them gov. ticket
Okafor Ofiebor/Port Harcourt The issue of who becomes the governorship candidate of the two prominent political parties in Rivers state…
Rivers Judiciary crisis: Govt, lawyers’ talks deadlocked
Okafor Ofiebor/Port Harcourt Attempt by the leadership of Nigerian Bar Association (NBA) and Governor Chibuike Amaechi to arrive at a…
Police Smash Bank Robbery Gang
Okafor Ofiebor/Port Harcourt The anti-robbery squad of the Rivers State Police Command on Thursday foiled an attempt to rob a…
Rivers Police burst bank robbery, arrest 5, recover N15mn
Okafor Ofiebor/Port Harcourt The Rivers State Police Command, has given details of how anti-robbery squad yesterday, foiled an attempt to…
INEC postpones collection of Voters card in Rivers
Okafor Ofiebor/Port Harcourt For the second time in Rivers state, the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, has again postponed the…