Tag: Rivers State
Port Harcourt 4: Protesting Students Block East-West Road
Okafor Ofiebor/Port Harcourt Hundreds of students of the University Of Port Harcourt, whose Students Union Week was suspended Monday for…
3 die as van hits fuel tanker
Okafor Ofiebor/Port Harcourt Three occupants of a Toyota Hilux van were burnt beyond recognition early today when their vehicle ran…
ExxonMobil chief warns Nigeria on new oil law
A bill seeking to overhaul Nigeria’s oil sector would lead to a halt in new investments if passed in its…
In Picture: Amaechi Commissions UN House in PH
Rivers State Governor, Rotimi Chibuike Amaechi (middle) with the Resident Coordinator, United Nations System in Nigeria, Mr. Daouda Toure (left)…
Archbishop urges Amaechi, Omehia end feud
Archbishop, Province of Niger Delta and Bishop of the Diocese of Niger Delta North, Most Reverend Ignatius C. O. Kattey…
Petrol tanker fire: Burns victims in intensive care disappear
Eleven surviving victims of the 12 July Okogbe Petroleum Tanker fire disaster in Ahoada West local Government area of Rivers…
Eleme Youths Block Onne Ports
Business activities in the oil and gas industry in the oil-rich Rivers State, southsouth Nigeria, were disrupted today, as thousands…
Amaechi stops salaries of striking lecturers
Okafor Ofiebor/Port Harcourt Governor Chibuike Rotimi Amaechi of oil-rich Rivers State,South-South Nigeria,today directed the Ministry of Finance to stop further…
Gridlock as major link bridge collapses in Port Harcourt
Okafor Ofiebor/Port Harcourt Motorists in the Nigerian oil-rich city of Port Harcourt,the Rivers State capital, were this morning trapped in…
Go to court, Governor Amaechi tells ASUU
Gov. Chibuike Amaechi of Nigeria’s oil-rich Rivers State in Berlin on Saturday called on the Academic Staff Union of Universities…
Police Defuse Bomb In Rivers
The police in Rivers say they have defused an improvised explosive device (IED) in the state-owned banana farm at Ueken…
Governor Amaechi laments fall in revenue
Governor Chibuike Amaechi of Nigeria’s Rivers state has said that the monthly revenue of the state government has dropped from…
3 Fire incidents in a day in Port Harcourt
Okafor Ofiebor/Port Harcourt It was like a day of fire disasters. Fuel tankers laden with Petroleum products suspected to be…
3 killed as soldiers clear Elechi Beach
Okafor Ofiebor/Port Harcourt Three persons, an elderly woman and two girls, died when at least 1,000 residents of Elechi Beach…
‘Permsec’ Jonathan mourns victims of fuel tanker fire
Wife of Nigeria’s President, Dame Patience Jonathan, who also doubles as a permanent secretary in her husband’s state of Bayelsa,…
80 die in Nigeria’s petrol tanker fire
Eighty bodies have been found at the scene of a fuel tanker which burst into flames as people scrambled for…
Amaechi gives cars, cash to Dolphins, Angels
Rivers state Governor, Mr Chibuike Rotimi Amaechi on Monday presented cars and cheques to players and officials of Dolphins and…
Amnesty condemns forced Nigerian evictions
Amnesty International on Friday condemned the authorities in Nigeria’s oil-rich Rivers state for forcibly evicting thousands of people without warning.…
Rivers ANPP Chairman killed
Okafor Ofiebor/Port Harcourt Unidentified gunmen have killed the Chairman of the All Nigeria Peoples Party (ANPP) in Rivers State, Elder…
River’s monorail project on course, says official
Nigeria’s Rivers State government on Tuesday expressed its commitment to complete the monorail project in the interest of the people.…
Bonny Youths Vow to Shut Down NLNG
Bonny youths from Bonny Island, Rivers State, the host community to the multi-billion niara Nigeria Liquefied Natural Gas company, NLNG,…
Rivers state plans tree planting
The Rivers Government is embarking on a tree and shrub planting project to beautify and protect the environment, the state…
Rivers ACN scores Governor Amaechi low
The Rivers State Chapter of the Action Congress of Nigeria has said that Governor Chibuike Amaechi’s administration has not done…
Police Battle Robbers, Kill Two
Special Anti-Armed Robbery Squad,SARS, complemented by a patrol team from the Diobu Divisional Police Division of the Rivers State Police…
Tension Brews In Nigeria’s Oil-Rich City Over Sack Of 200
Tension is brewing in the oil-rich Asari-Toru local Government Council in Rivers State as the Chairman the council, Mr. Ojukaye…
Rivers state gets new road safety commander
The Federal Road Safety Commission (FRSC) has appointed Dr Kayode Olagunju, a Corps Commander, as the new Sector Commander of the…
Amaechi Tasks New Rivers CP on Peace and Security
Governor of Rivers State, southsouth Nigeria, Chibuike Rotimi Amaechi, has directed the new Commissioner of Police, Mohammed Indabawa to carry…
We’re Suffering in PDP But Can’t Join ACN, Members Cry to Sekibo
As a fallout of Ward and state congresses in Rivers State,southsouth Nigeria, some members of the ruling Peoples Democratic Party,PDP,are…
Kwara Hail Referee In Port Harcourt
An official of Kwara United has hailed referee Ibrahim Umar despite their 0-1 loss to Sharks at the Liberation Stadium,…
Ojukwu: Biafra And The ‘Abandoned Properties’ Question (2) —Charles Ugwuanyi
What a law! What a sin! Who were the members of this committee and who actually got title to those…