Rivers state
29 Mar
Chieftains of Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Rivers State, including the 2023 Presidential Campaign Council members, have berated the Minister of Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Nyesom Wike, for disrupting peace in the state.
29 Mar
Your Excellency, I bring you warm greetings from the creeks of the Niger Delta. You may never have met me in person, but as my former governor, you're as much as connected to me as I am to you. For 8 years, you bestrode the landscape of this country like a colossus, thanks to the…
28 Mar
A former National Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Uche Secondus and members of the Presidential Campaign Council of the party for the 2023 general elections in Rivers State have declared their loyalty to President Bola Ahmed Tinubu and the state governor, Siminalayi Fubara. A former Minister of Transportation and the Director-General, PDP-PCC Rivers…
28 Mar
The Rivers State Police has arrested 26 suspects for being part of a car snatching ring operating in the State. Commissioner of Police Olatunji Disu announced that those arrested also included a juju priest allegedly involved in the gang's activities. The suspects were paraded at the command headquarters in Port Harcourt. “For some time now,…
27 Mar
The Nigerian Air Force (NAF), says the Air Component of the ”Operation Delta Safe” has destroyed several illegal oil refining sites and barges laden with stolen crude oil products across Rivers. This is contained in a statement by the Director, Public Relations and Information (NAF), AVM Edward Gabkwet, on Wednesday in Abuja. Gabkwet said the…
26 Mar
Apex pan-Igbo socio-political organisation, Ohanaeze Ndigbo, has reaffirmed its resolve to zone the position of president-general in the 2025 election to Rivers State. The group also reiterated the need for the people to embrace democracy, rather than meritocracy, for better service delivery. In a communique issued at the end of its 2024 Easter Igbo retreat…
26 Mar
The Rivers State High Court sitting in Port Harcourt has ruled that Celestine Omehia can not receive the pensions meant for former governors and their deputies because he is not a former governor of the state. The immediate past governor of Rivers State, Nyesom Wike, withdrew the recognition accorded to Omehia in 2023 while the…
26 Mar
Angry mob, yesterday, apprehended two suspected car snatchers and beat them to stupor for stabbing an e-hailing driver and attempted to flee with his car.
23 Mar
The coalition of Opposition Lawmakers in the National Assembly has faulted the purported amendment of sections of the Law No. 5 of 2018 extending the tenure of elected Local Government chairmen in Rivers state by the Martin Amaehwule led House of Assembly.
22 Mar
The crisis in Rivers State appears to have deepened following the decision of the House of Assembly to rule against Governor Siminalayi Fubara to enact the Service Commission Law. The House took this step on Friday after convening an impromptu sitting to set up the Rivers State House of Assembly (RSHA) Service Commission Law. With…
22 Mar
The amendment of Sections of the Law No. 5 of 2018 extending the tenure of elected Local Government chairmen in Rivers State by the Martin Amaehwule-led House of Assembly has been condemned by the spokesperson of Coalition of Opposition Lawmakers, Hon. Ikenga Imo Ugochinyere. Ugochinyere, who represents Ideato North/South Federal Constituency of Imo State in…
20 Mar
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