Tag: Rivers State
NEMA confirms fire outbreak near Port Harcourt refinery
Umesi Emenike, the South-South Zonal Coordinator of the National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA), has confirmed a fire incident near the…
Amaechi abolishes discriminatory policy in Rivers State
Rivers State Governor, Chibuike Rotimi Amaechi has abolished the concept of non-indigenes, a policy that discriminates against Nigerians from other…
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2015 Polls: Wike courts ex-warlord General Jackrich for self, Jonathan
To enhance the re-election of President Goodluck Ebele Jonathan and also his own election in the 2015 election, the Minister…
Yes, I support Wike – Patience Jonathan
Patience Jonathan, Wife of Nigeria’s President, has denied reports that she is plotting to install her favourites as governors of…
NJC Suspends Rivers Chief Judge
Nnamdi Felix/Abuja The last appeared not to have been heard about the lingering crisis in Rivers state judiciary where Governor…
Rivers state needs N82 trillion for health sector
The Rivers Commissioner for Health, Dr Samson Parker, on Wednesday said the state government was shopping for N82.3 trillion to…
PDP will Crush APC In Rivers, says Wike
Okafor ofiebor/Port Harcourt Ahead of the 2015 elections and even when President Goodluck Jonathan has not declared his intention to…
Female cops in tears as Mbu leaves Rivers, Ogunsakin takes over
The new Commissioner of Police in Rivers State, Mr. Tunde Ogunsakin today officially took control as the new commissioner of…
Kalu Ikeagwu, Nse Ikpe-Etim, Others Shine In The Green Eyed
Funsho Arogundade It was a January to remember as Nollywood’s finest actors, Kalu Ikeagwu and Nse Ikpe-Etim paid a…
Mbu, ‘partisan’police commissioner kicked out of Rivers state
Controversial Rivers State Police Commissioner, Mbu Joseph Mbu has been kicked out of Rivers State, confirming an earlier scoop by…
Nigeria In 2014: Worrying Perspectives From The Politicians
By Samuel Akpobome Orovwuje Let us not seek the Republican answer or the Democratic answer, but the right answer. Let…
Rivers State: Mixed reactions over police ban on rallies
Okafor Ofiebor/Port Harcourt The blanket ban on political rallies announced Monday by the Rivers State Police Command, has elicited mixed…
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By Ademola Adegbamigbe In recent times, apart from the North-East which has remained under the jackboot of the Boko Haram…
Falana: Police have no legal rights to issue permits for rallies
Femi Falana A senior advocate of Nigeria and leading human rights lawyer outlines the position of the law as regards…
APC warns of anarchy in Rivers State
The All Progressives Congress (APC) has warned of the impending anarchy in Rivers State that may have far-reaching consequences beyond…
View from abroad: Rivers crisis as bad omen for 2015
It is a classic Nigerian dispute, combining powerful politicians, patronage, personal rivalries, wider claims of corruption and bickering over lucrative…
Soku oil wells belong to Rivers state, says David West
Okafor Ofiebor/Port Harcourt As the controversy deepens over who owns Soku oil wells between the Rivers State Government and the…
Drama in Rivers: Another crowd backs CP Mbu, Wike
Okafor Ofiebor/Port Harcourt Less than 24 hours after the Ogoni Leaders of Thought, under the canopy of Kagote, condemned the…
Rivers shooting: Ogoni leaders want Mbu removed as police chief
Okafor Ofiebor/Port Harcourt The Ogoni Leaders of Thought, have called for the immediate removal of the Rivers State Commissioner, Mbu…
Senator Abe in a state of shock, says doctor
Okafor Ofiebor/Port Harcourt The tense political crisis Rivers State boiled over today as Senator Magnus Abe was shot twice in…
APC begs Jonathan to stop Gestapo-style policing in Rivers
The All Progressives Congress (APC) has asked President Goodluck Jonathan to urgently put an end to the worsening reign of…
Police kill 5, Senator Abe and Tony Okocha shot at APC rally
The Rivers State Chapter of Nigeria’s All Progressives Congress (APC) has reported the shooting this morning by the police of…
Amaechi signs budget bill into law
Okafor Ofiebor/Port Harcourt Rivers State Governor and Chairman of the Nigeria Governors’ Forum, Chibuike Rotimi Amaechi has signed into law…
Rivers Assembly approves N485.5 bn budget
Okafor Ofiebor/Port Harcourt Governor Chibuike Rotimi Amaechi, Governor of Rivers State took political pundits by surprise today when he presented…
Updated: 2 Courts bombed in Rivers State
Okafor Ofiebor/Port Harcourt Two High Courts located at Ahoada and Okehi Divisions in Rivers State were today bombed by yet…
Nigeria: High Court bombed in Port-Harcourt
Ahoada East High Court in Port Harcourt, the capital of Rivers State in southern Nigeria was razed today after a…
More PDP Governors to Join APC 2014, Amaechi says
The Rivers State Governor, Mr. Rotimi Amaechi, has said unless the Peoples Democratic Party rigs the polls, it can never…
1-2-3 babies for Judith Amaechi at UPHTH
Wife of the Rivers State Governor Dame Judith Amaechi on Wednesday visited the first baby delivered at the Braithwaite Memorial…
Rivers State: Justice Wali’s office bombed
Okafor Ofiebor/Port Harcourt Less than 24 hours after the office of the Mr Tele Ikuru,the Deputy Governor Rivers State was…
APC vows to resist disenfranchisement of supporters
Nigeria’s main opposition party, the All Progressives Congress, APC Tuesday warned that it will resist attempts to disenfranchise voters in…