Tag: Rivers State
Invasion Of Afam-Uku leaves one dead, 4 houses, church burnt
Okafor Ofiebor/Port Harcourt Tension engulfed two communities in Rivers state as unknown persons, at about 1:00 a.m. today, invaded Afam-Uku…
PDP Chairman expresses joy over peaceful, successful congresses
Okafor Ofiebor\Port Harcourt The chairman Rivers state chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Felix Obuah has expressed joy and…
We’re fed up with Patience Jonathan in Rivers – 16 PDP gov. aspirants
Okafor Ofiebor/Port Harcourt The crisis in the Rivers state Peoples Democratic Party, PDP deepened as sixteen governorship aspirants in Rivers…
Rivers Police orders 24 hours surveillance on PDP Secretariat
Okafor Ofiebor/Port Harcourt The Rivers state Police Commissioner, Dan Bature, has ordered round the clock surveillance of Peoples Democratic Party,…
Rivers Police confirm rescue of Diezani’s sister from kidnappers
Okafor Ofiebor/Port Harcourt Rivers state Police Command has confirmed that Osiya Agama, sister of the Minister of Petroleum, Mrs. Diezani…
I’ll not respect zoning, rotation of elective positions in PDP – Wike
Okafor Ofiebor/Port Harcourt The immediate past Minister of State for Education, Nyesom Wike, has vowed not accept any attempt to…
Rivers PDP berates Amaechi for organising mega rally
Okafor Ofiebor/Port Harcourt The Rivers state chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has again berated Governor Rotimi Amaechi for…
Rivers PDP Chairman Commends Aspirants For Complying With Directives
Okafor Ofiebor/Port Harcourt The chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Rivers State chapter, Felix Obuah has given kudos to…
Coup in Rivers NLC: Vice sacks chairman with thugs, takes over
Okafor Ofiebor/Port Harcourt In what could be akin to a coup, vice chairman of the Nigeria Labour Congress in Rivers…
PDP lacks quality candidates for Rivers guber race, says Amaechi
Okafor Ofiebor/Port Harcourt …As APC targets 69,000 supporters for mega rally Rivers State Governor and Chairman of Nigeria Governors’ Forum,…
Chiefs, elders, shutdown multi-national Total/E&P
Okafor Ofiebor/Port Harcourt Angry Chiefs, youths and women of Umu-Ebe in Ama community of Ogba/Egbema/Ndoni local government area in Rivers…
Buhari asks Rivers to support wind of progressive change
Okafor Ofiebor/Port Harcourt Former head of state, General Muhammadu Buhari, has called on the people of Rivers state to support…
Rivers Police find car of abducted ex-NBA President by waterfront
Okafor Ofiebor/Port Harcourt Rivers state police said they have found the car of abducted former NBA President Okey Wali by…
Community urges Rivers govt. to complete road project
The Elioparanwo Community in Obio/Akpor Local Government Area of Rivers has urged the State Government to complete the five-kilometre road…
N1.5bn Ebola Fund: PDP queries Rivers over lack protection kit, doctors
The Rivers state chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, says it is shocked to note that despite all the…
NUPENG Strike: Rivers residents, commuters groan over fuel scarcity
Okafor Ofiebor/Port Harcourt Commuters and business owners are now going through tough times in Port Harcourt, Rivers state capital, following…
Vote out Jonathan, PDP, says Amaechi to Nigerians
Okafor Ofiebor/Port Harcourt Rivers state governor and Chairman of Nigeria Governors’ Forum, Rt. Hon. Chibuike Rotimi Amaechi has urged Rivers…
Jonathan hates Rivers people and we know it – Amaechi
Okafor Ofiebor/Port Harcourt Governor Chibuike Amaechi of Rivers state has explained that his frosty relationship with President Goodluck Jonathan is…
2015: Zone Rivers governorship slot to Ogoni land, forum tells parties
The Ogoni Leadership Forum on Sunday called on political parties to zone the 2015 Rivers governorship slot to the area.…
Amaechi raises alarm over dwindling federal allocation
…urges Rivers people to vote credible successor Okafor Ofiebor/Port Harcourt Barely eight months to the expiration of his term in…
Jonathan has deep hatred, wickedness for Rivers
The All Progressives Congress (APC), Rivers state chapter, has described President Goodluck Jonathan has having deep hatred and wickedness towards…
2015: Jonathan’s boast to win Rivers is laughable – APC
Okafor Ofiebor/Port Harcourt The All Progressives Congress (APC), Rivers state chapter, has dismissed as ridiculous, the boast by President Goodluck…
New CP igniting fresh crisis in Rivers, says House of Assembly
Okafor Ofiebor/Port Harcourt The Rivers State House of Assembly has condemned the attempt by the new state commissioner of Police…
2015: Rivers PDP, INC kick against Wike candidature
Okafor ofiebor/Port Harcourt Less than 24 hours after Stakeholders of Peoples Democratic Party move to kicked against governorship ambition of…
Tension In Port Harcourt As Judiciary Crisis Worsens
Okafor Ofiebor/Port Harcourt Tension was still high at the Rivers State judiciary on Wednesday after the forceful entry into the…
50 armed men attack Rivers community, behead youth
Over 50 armed men have invaded Taaba Community in Khana Local Government Area. The Deputy Speaker of the Rivers State…
Cult Groups In Bloody Battle, 10 Killed
Paul Iyoghojie A bloody clash between two rival cult groups at Ibaa Town in Ahoada West Local Government Area of Rivers State,…
Ebola: Rivers shut down schools without pipe-borne water
The Rivers Government on Monday warned that it would shut down any primary or secondary school without pipe borne water.…
Gov Amaechi’s Uncle Murdered, Dismembered
Okafor Ofiebor/Port Harcourt Sabinus Ordu, uncle of Governor Rotimi Amaechi of Rivers State has been murdered by unknown persons at…
Ebola: Nigeria records death of seventh victim
Nigeria on Wednesday announced that a seventh person had died from Ebola and another person was confirmed as having the…