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…