Tag: Rivers
Soldiers storm homes of ex-militants
Okafor Ofiebor/Port Harcourt Nigerian Army personnel from 2 Brigade, Port Harcourt, southern Nigeria, have raided the home of an ex-militant…
Female doctor kidnapped in Rivers
Okafor Ofiebor/Port Harcourt A medical doctor, Mrs I. B. Apriokor of Braithwaite Memorial Specialist Hospital, the Rivers State-owned apex hospital,…
Lassa Fever: Over 60 persons placed under observation in Rivers
Okafor Ofiebor/Port Harcourt Rivers State Government has placed placed under close medical observation 60 persons who had direct contact with…
Wike fires procurement agency boss
Okafor Ofiebor/Port Harcourt Governor Nyesom Wike of Rivers State has sacked Franklyn Nlerum, Rivers State Director-General of Bureau of Public…
Semenitari denies borrowing N1b as Info Commissioner
Okafor Ofiebor/Port Harcourt Former Rivers Commissioner for Information and Communications, Mrs Ibim Semenitari has dismissed the allegation by her successor…
Police rescue kidnapped victims, kill 3 suspects
Okafor Ofiebor/Port Harcourt The Tactical Unit of the Rivers State Police Command Wednesday at about 4:30 am rescued two kidnapped…
Rivers TUC raises alarm over insecurity ahead of rerun
Okafor Ofiebor/Port Harcourt The Rivers State chapter of the Trade Union Congress of Nigeria (TUC) has expressed concern over insecurity…
Rivers Deputy Gov celebrates Christmas with orphans
Okafor Ofiebor/Port Harcourt It was a fun filled day as the Rivers State Deputy Governor Dr. (Mrs). Ipalibo Harry Banigo…
Christmas: Rivers police boss calls for peaceful co-existence
Okafor Ofiebor/Port Harcourt Rivers State Commissioner of Police, Musa Kimo has admonished Christians in Rivers State to use the celebration…
Wike assents to Rivers 2016 budget
Okafor Ofiebor/Port Harcourt Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Ezenwo Wike, has assented to the 2016 budget passed by the Rivers State…
APC receives harvest of defectors in Rivers
Okafor Ofiebor/Port Harcourt All Progressives Congress, APC, in Degema LGA says it has been receiving a large harvest of defectors…
Wike appoints new boss for development agency
Okafor Ofiebor/Port Harcourt Exactly one month after Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Ezenwo Wike suspended the activities of Rivers State Sustainable…
Nullification of my election a temporary setback — Wike
Okafor Ofiebor/Port Harcourt Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Ezenwo Wike, has described the nullification of his election by the Appeal Court…
INEC’s Returning Officer, undergraduate son murdered in Rivers
Okafor Ofiebor/Port Harcourt Organic Chemistry lecturer, Dr Ebirien Fubara of the Ignatius Ajuru University of Education, Rumuolumeni, Port Harcourt, Rivers…
Appeal Court judgement: Wike heads to Supreme Court, sues for peace
Okafor Ofiebor/Port Harcourt Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Ezenwo Wike has instructed his lawyers to appeal Wednesday’s judgment of the Court…