Landowners around the NTA Zonal Office and the Institute of Management and Technology in Enugu have expressed fears that the state government might be compulsorily acquiring their land without resorting to them. This followed the clearing of the large expanse of land in the area during the week. But the Enugu State Government has come…
Wike Abandons PDP/Obaseki Negotiations
*Says NWC members are tax collectors. Rivers State governor, Nyesom Wike, has pulled out of the negotiations to bring in his Edo State counterpart, Godwin Obaseki in the governorship race of Edo State.In a statement Tuesday evening by the Rivers State Commissioner for Information and Communications, Paulinus Nsirim, Wike said he had headed back to…
Firm To Create Jobs for Niger Delta Communities from Dividends
An indigenous investment firm, Elano Investments Limited has disclosed plans to invest in employment yielding ventures that will create wealth and employment for youths in its host communities in Eleme, Rivers State. The Chairman of the Board of the company, Gomba Okanje, told the magazine that the decision to go into agriculture and estate development…
Magnus Abe Backs New APC Leadership in Rivers State, Calls for Unity
Magnus Abe, one of the leaders of the factionalized All Progressives Congress, APC, in Rivers State has said Tuesday’s judgments by a Rivers State High Court that enthroned a new leadership of the party in the state has thrown up a new opportunity for members of the party to reunite and heal old wounds. In…
Court Declares Igo Aguma Chairman of APC in Rivers State
A Port Harcourt High Court has declared a former Attorney General of Rivers State, Igo Aguma, as the interim Chairman of the All Progressives Congress, APC, in the state. Delivering judgment in a case filed by Emenike Enebite, the court presided over by George Omereji, granted all reliefs sought by the plaintiffs including declaring Aguma…
Hope Rises for Displaced Niger Delta Community
Ekporo community in Eleme Local Government Area of Rivers State in Nigeria was sacked by the neighbouring community of Ogu about seven years ago after a communal clash that led to several deaths. Since then people from Ekporo community had been scattered as internally displaced refugees among other neighbouring and even far flung communities and…
Wike Reels Out Achievements in One Year
Nyesom Wike, the governor of Rivers State on Friday took a look at the performance of his government in the past one year and declared that the government had done so marvelously well despite the difficulties. But he said the mood for celebration has been dulled by the rampaging Covid-19 pandemic, which as of Friday…
Rivers Govt Shuts Down Secretariat Block as Another Director Dies of Covid-19
Rivers State on Friday shut down Block C of the State Secretariat complex, Port Harcourt following the death linked to Covid-19 of the Director of Treasury in the Ministry of Finance. In a brief statement, the government advised members of the public that visited Block C of the secretariat complex to go into self-isolation. It…
Five Years After, Wike Revives Amaechi’s Agric Project
The Governor of Rivers State, Nyesom Wike, may have put aside the political animosity between him and his predecessor, Chibuike Rotimi Amaechi, by reviving the cassava processing factory at Afam initiated by the Amaechi administration eight years ago. Wike, who toured the project on Thursday, said the factory would soon be inaugurated and would receive…
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