Tag: Rivers
Rivers APC chieftains allege plot by PDP to eliminate them
Okafor Ofiebor/Port Harcourt The Rivers State Chapter of the All Progressives Congress (APC) has sent a Save Our Souls (SOS)…
I’ll provide a creative opposition to Gov Wike- Dakuku Peterside
Okafor Ofiebor/Port Harcourt Governorship candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in the 2015 general elections in Rivers State, Dr.…
Rivers rerun elections for 6 Feb
Okafor Ofiebor/Port Harcourt The Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, has fixed 6 February, 2016 for the rerun elections in Rivers…
My victory is for rule of law and Rivers people- Wike
Okafor Ofiebor/Port Harcourt Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Ezenwo Wike has declared that his victory at the Supreme Court is a…
Rivers police arraign 10 suspected pro-Biafran agitators
Okafor Ofiebor/Port Harcourt The Rivers State Police Command has arraigned 10 suspected pro-Biafran protesters arrested between January 16-18, 2016. They…
Lassa fever kills doctor in Rivers
Okafor Ofiebor/Port Harcourt Panic gripped doctors, nurses, medical personnel and patients of the Braithwaite Memorial Specialist Hospital, old GRA, Port…
Rivers Police in gun battle with robbers, kill two
Okafor Ofiebor/Port Harcourt Rivers State Police patrol team Wednesday had a gun duel with suspected armed robbers, killing two while…
Two doctors kidnapped in 48 hours in Rivers
Okafor Ofiebor/Port Harcourt Less than 48 hours after Dr Mrs I.B. Apriokor, an Ophthalmologist with the Braithwaite Special Memorial Hospital,…
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…
Rivers police kill four kidnappers, robber, rescue kidnapped victim
Okafor Ofiebor/Port Harcourt The Rivers State Police Command has announced that it killed four kidnappers and one suspected armed robber…
Rivers cautions residents against storing inflammable substance
Okafor Ofiebor/Port Harcourt Rivers State Deputy Governor, Dr (Mrs) Ipalibo Harry Banigo has advised residents of the state against storing…
Nigeria Immigration Service raises alarm over influx of foreigners into Rivers
Okafor Ofiebor/Port Harcourt Amidst security concerns, the Nigerian Immigration Services has raised the alarm over the influx of illegal immigrants…
Kidnappers of 78-year-old woman demand N50m
Okafor Ofiebor/Port Harcourt Kidnappers of Ma Mabel Dagomie Abiante have demanded N50 million ransom or she would be killed even…
FRSC bans sale of alcohol in motor parks in Rivers
Okafor Ofiebor/Port Harcourt As the yuletide season approaches and to curb automobile accidents fuelled by drivers under the influence of…
After 42 days in kidnappers’ den: Corps member, teachers, guard freed
Okafor Ofiebor/Port Harcourt Exactly 42 days after being in the kidnappers den, a National Youth Corps member, three teachers and…
Rivers police rescue two kidnap victims, gun down two
Okafor Ofiebor/Port Harcourt The onslaught launched by Rivers State Police Command under the Commissioner of Police, Musa Kimo, against kidnappers…