Governor of Rivers State, Nyesom Wike, has asked the National Judicial Council, NJC, not to appoint lawyers who lack boldness and courage as judges. Wike, who spoke at the swearing-in of Justice Ihenacho Wilfred Obuzor as the Acting President of the Rivers State Customary Court of Appeal at the Government House, Port Harcourt on Thursday,…
Wike Declares 3 Men Wanted for Allegedly Harassing Julius Berger
Rivers State Government has declared three men wanted for allegedly harassing contractors working for the state government. In a statement on Wednesday by the Special Adviser to the Governor on Media, Kevin Ebiri, the government directed the Chairmen of Port Harcourt and Obio/Akpor Local Governments as well as security agencies in the state to arrest…
COVID-19 Surge: Rivers May Re-impose Lockdown
Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Wike, has warned that the state government would re-impose the suspended COVID-19 lockdown if residents of the state fail to adhere to COVID-19 protocols. The governor, in a broadcast on Monday said daily figures released from the NCDC on both the transmission and death rates in the last two weeks have…
Wike Signs VAT Law, Rakes in N3bn VAT in One Month
Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Wike, on Thursday has signed into law the bills on Value Added Tax (VAT) collection and Open Grazing Prohibition in Rivers State, signaling the commencement of the collection of VAT by the state government. The Federal High Court sitting in Port Harcourt had last week declared that it is the duty…
Media War: Rivers APC Replies Wike
The All Progressives Congress, APC, in Rivers State has reacted to an alarm raised by Rivers State Government that the party and its former governorship candidate, Dakuku Peterside, planned to unleash a media campaign against the state government and the Governor, Nyesom Wike. In a press statement on Friday, the State publicity Secretary of APC,…
Rivers Govt Alleges Plot to Unleash Media War on Wike
Rivers State Government has alleged that the opposition All Progressives Congress, APC, has hatched plans to carry out a smear media campaign against the Governor, Nyesom Wike. According to the Commissioner for Information and Communications, Paulinus Nsirim, the plot includes the use of select media houses in the state to denigrate the governor. In a…
Peterside, APC Chieftain Fault Wike’s Stewardship Account
A former Director-General of the Nigeria Maritime Administration and Safety Agency, Dakuku Peterside, and a former Publicity Secretary of the All Progressives Congress in Rivers State, Chris Finebone, have dismissed the account of stewardship rendered by Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Wike, on Monday as incomplete and misleading. Both Peterside and Finebone, who were responding to…
On his Sixth Anniversary in Office, Wike Praises Self, Blasts Buhari, APC
Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Wike, on Monday thumped his chest with pride to say that he has been able to grow the infrastructure and social services of the state beyond the expectation of both friends and opponents of his government. The governor, who spoke at a special ceremony at Obi Wali International Centre, Port Harcourt…
UNIPORT Alumni President Dies, As New Vice-Chancellor, Steps in
Chris Adokeme, The National President of the University of Port Harcourt Alumni Association is dead. The death was confirmed on Tuesday by Charles Tambou, a close friend of the deceased. The news of Adokeme’s death came shortly after he sent out a congratulatory message to the newly appointed Vice-Chancellor of the University of Port Harcourt,…
Rivers Cut Legislative Workers’ Pay over Strike
Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Wike, has carried out his threat of not paying workers of the state House of Assembly for going on strike. The Chairman of Parliamentary Staff Association of Nigeria (PASAN), Rivers State branch, Comfort Otuene, who confirmed the deductions from the pay of her members however said they would use all legal…
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