Tag: Rivers
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,…