Tag: Rivers
‘Most people in Rivers state not even aware election is being held today’
“Most people in Rivers state are not even aware that the election is being held today.”
Police ban use of sirens, spy plate numbers in Rivers
The state police commissioner, Friday Eboka, said the ban became necessary as some people were committing crimes in the state…
Wike threatens fresh COVID-19 lockdown in Rivers
He said that daily figures released from the Nigerian Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) showed that both the transmission and…
JUST IN:Court orders Buhari pay Rivers, Akwa Ibom $3.37billion
Justice Taiwo O. Taiwo of the Federal High Court in Abuja has ordered the Buhari Government to pay Rivers and…
IPMAN tells members to obey Rivers border restriction order
Rivers state chapter of the Independent Petroleum Marketers Association of Nigeria (IPMAN) has called on its members to respect the…
Youth groups insist on protest against Julius Berger despite warning from Wike
Two youth groups vow to lead massive protest against Julius Berger in Port Harcourt on Tuesday despite warning by Rivers…
FRSC decorates 123 special marshals in Rivers
The Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) on Saturday, decorated 120 Special Marshals and three Honorary Special Marshals in the Rivers…
New Rivers CP assumes duty
CP Eboka Friday has resumed duty as the new Commissioner of Police for Rivers State Police Command.
Rivers records 60th COVID-19 death, confirmed cases hit new high
Nigeria jumped from daily 300 plus COVID-19 cases to 550 on Tuesday, with Lagos logging 219, taking its total to…
Rivers traders lament hike in food prices
Some traders at the popular Rumuomasi market in Port Harcourt, Rivers, on Tuesday, decried hike in prices of foodstuff, attributing…
Rivers, Akwa Ibom, Cross River inaugurate anti-human trafficking task force
Rivers, Akwa Ibom and Cross River States this week inaugurated a task force team in order to check and curb…
Wike owing Rivers pensioners for four years, shuns letters of appeal
Pensioners in Rivers State have appealed to Governor Nyesom Wike to pay four-year pension arrears and gratuities owed them to…
Rivers: Police deny keke driver died in its custody
The Rivers State Police Command has denied that a Keke Driver died in its custody, at Woji Estate Police in…
Wike acted illegally suspending council chairmen:CRC
Governor Nyesom Wike acted illegally by suspending the chairman of Abua-Odua local Government Council, the second council boss to be…
62-year-old UK returnee is second COVID-19 patient in Rivers
The identity of the second Coronavirus case recorded in Rivers State is a 62-year-old returnee from UK who is also…
Coronavirus lockdown: 100 arrested in Rivers, prosecuted
Over 100 people have been arrested and arraigned at the Magistrate Court sitting in Port Harcourt, Rivers State over violation…
Coronavirus: Rivers Inter-ministerial Committee Activates Social Media Platforms
The 5-man Rivers State Inter-ministerial Committee on Enlightenment and Awareness Creation on coronavirus says in continuation of its aggressive campaign,…
Minimum wage: Wike gets 7-day ultimatum
The Organized Labour in Rivers State has issued a seven-day ultimatum to the Rivers State government to meet up its…
Commercial taxi drivers want Rivers govt to call taskforce officials to order
Commuters groan as the peaceful protest by Commercial Taxis and Bus Owners in Port Harcourt, the Rivers State, capital against…
Austria to partner with Rivers State
Commercial Counsellor, Austrian Embassy in Nigeria, Mr Guido Stock, has stated that the Austrian Government through the country's private companies…
Wike speaks about successor in 2023
Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Wike has disclosed that he will only support a candidate who has the capacity to govern…
MOSOP replies Rivers govt, says Ogoni communities aiding oil pipe vandals
President of the Movement for the Survival of Ogoni People (MOSOP), Dr Legborsi Pyagbara ,has expressed regrets that at the…
Two sent to prison in Rivers for illegal dealings in oil
A Federal High Court sitting in Port Harcourt, Rivers State has sentenced Michael Adamu to two years imprisonment for dealing…
We’ll not permit proliferation of Vigilante in Rivers – Wike
Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Wike has declared that the State Government will not permit the proliferation of vigilante groups, stating…
How forces of darkness invaded Rivers during governorship poll – Wike
Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Ezenwo Wike has said that forces of darkness invaded the state and attempted to rob the…
End insecurity in Rivers or reject another oath of office, Peterside charges Wike
Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Wike, has again been charged to buckle his belt and fight insecurity in the state against…
4 abducted NEMA workers rescued in Rivers
The Police in Rivers say they have secured the unconditional release of four abducted staffers of the National Emergency Management…
Police arrest 4 suspected cultists in Rivers
The Police Command in Rivers has arrested four cult kingpins suspected to have masterminded incessant cult wars in Rumuolumeni, Obio/Akpor…
Rivers Govt orders AG to prosecute owner of collapsed 7-storey building
In the implementation of the recommendations of the Judicial Commission of Inquiry on the collapsed 7-storey building in Port Harcourt,…
Atiku: Wike overcame anti-democratic forces to win re-election in Rivers
The Presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, in the last election, Atiku Abubakar has said the Rivers State…