Tag: Rivers State
Amaechi vows to stand firm on principle
Governor Chibuike Amaechi of Nigeria’s Rivers State has said he would remain on the path of principle as Chairman of…
Police declare Amaechi’s loyalists wanted
Okafor Ofiebor/Port Harcourt The Nigerian Police in Rivers State on Wednesday declared the Majority Leader of the state House of…
Outrage Over Attack On Govs In Rivers
Prominent Nigerians have condemned the attack on governors of four northern states in Port Harcourt, the Rivers State capital, Tuesday…
Cardinal Okogie condemns brawl in Rivers Assembly
Nigeria’s Cardinal Anthony Olubunmi Okogie, Archbishop Emeritus of Catholic Archdiocese of Lagos, on Sunday expressed displeasure over the recent brawl…
Amachree still Rivers House speaker, says group
Okafor ofiebor/Port Harcourt The 26 pro-Governor Chibuike Amaechi members of the Rivers State House of Assembly today debunked reports of…
Amaechi: Why the state police boss must go
Okafor Ofiebor/Port Harcourt For the second time in a week, Governor Rotimi Amaechi of Nigeria’s Rivers state has called on…
3 corps members kidnapped in Rivers State
Okafor Ofiebor/Port Harcourt Three Nigerian corps members serving at Government Comprehensive Secondary School in the oil producing state of Rivers…
Amaechi vows to lead protest against Police chief, FG
Okafor Ofiebor/Port Harcourt Governor Chibuike Rotimi Amaechi of Nigeria’s Rivers State has vowed that he is just waiting for an…
Why Amaechi Remains Suspended —Akpabio
The National Caucus of the ruling PDP has explained that the suspension of Governor Rotimi Amaechi of Rivers state, southwest…
Amaechi opens up 3 local council areas
Okafor Ofiebor/Port Harcourt Three local government areas in Nigeria’s Rivers State that have been inaccessible by road would soon heave…
Governors Forum: Stop The Show Of Shame
Again, the nation was treated to a needless power show on Sunday when Governor Jonah Jang of Plateau State and…
Court sets date for Amaechi’s challenge of PDP
Okafor Ofiebor/Port Harcourt A high Court in Port Harcourt, the capital of Nigeria’s oil state of Rivers has accepted to…
A Governor’s Unending Woes
The suspension of Governor Rotimi Amaechi is the latest in a series of assault against his administration by federal forces…
We Did Not Receive N100m Bribe —Rivers Labour Leaders
After the two-day warning strike called by the Rivers State branch of the Nigeria Labour Congress, NLC, and the Trade…
6 New Judges Take Oath In Lagos
The Lagos State Governor, Babatunde Fashola Tuesday administered the oath of office on six newly appointed judges in the state.…
Rivers NLC, TUC Start Warning Strike
The Nigeria Labour Congress, NLC, and the Trade Union Congress, TUC, Rivers State branch, Monday commenced two days warning strike…
Governor Amaechi’s Aide Resigns
Okafor Ofiebor/Port Harcourt The political crisis in Rivers State has taken another dimension with the Special Assistant to Governor Amaechi…
A Lingering Crisis
The imbrogio occasioned by the suspension of a council’s executive committee is threatening peace in Rivers State There were ominous…
Amaechi, Oshiomhole Shun Govs’ Meeting
Governor Rotimi Amaechi of Rivers State and his Edo State counterpart, Comrade Adams Oshiomhole on Sunday shunned the South-South/South-East Governors’…
Rivers Crisis: Policemen Withdrawn From Amaechi’s Loyalist
The political crisis rocking Rivers state, southsouth Nigeria, took a new dimension when on Thursday the State Police Command ordered…
A Battle Chibuike Amaechi Must Fight
By Peter Claver Oparah To start with, I am no fan of Chibuike Rotimi Amaechi, the governor of Rivers State.…
Amaechi threatens to expose those fighting him
Okafor Ofiebor/Port Harcourt After keeping mum since the executives of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, in Rivers State, were swept…
Semenitari dismisses removal plot against Amaechi
Okafor Ofiebor/Port Harcourt The Rivers State Government has dismissed any threat of impeachment of Governor Chibuike Ameachi by five minority…
Rivers Crisis: Soyinka Warns Jonathan
Nobel Laureate, Prof. Wole Soyinka has warned President Goodluck Jonathan to prevent the political crisis in Rivers State, southsouth Nigeria,…
Rivers, cash strapped, cancels FA Cup final
Football lovers in Nigeria’s Rivers State may not have a chance to know which is the better of the two…
Rivers Police boss plots emergency rule, says Speaker
Okafor Ofiebor/Port Harcourt The Speaker of Rivers State House of Assembly, Otelemaba Amachree, has accused Mr. Mbu Joseph Mbu,the Commissioner…
Bombardier jet: Rivers debunks aviation ministry’s allegations
Okafor Ofiebor/Port Harcourt Rivers State Government has denied the allegations by Ministry of Aviation that the documents it has been…
Students rally for Governor Amaechi
Okafor Ofiebor/Port Harcourt As the political crisis in the oil-rich Rivers state festers,the the National Association of Nigerian Students, the…
Suspended Rivers Lawmakers Seek Court’s Shield
The 26 members of the Rivers House of Assembly, including the Speaker Otelemaba Amachree, who were yesterday suspended by the…
Targeting Amaechi
Last week’s court ruling on the control of the PDP machinery in Rivers State strips Governor Rotimi Amaechi of his…