[responsivevoice buttonposition=”after”] Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Wike, on Tuesday declared that Nigeria had collapsed, giving the uncontrollable state of insecurity in the country. Wike, who was addressing traditional rulers and opinion leaders from Andoni at Government House, Port Harcourt, said it was baffling that citizens were being killed and kidnapped all over the country without…
Lawyers Give Rivers Chief Judge Ultimatum to Respond to Wike’s Claim on Rivers’ Judiciary Autonomy
[responsivevoice buttonposition=”after”] The Eastern Bar Forum, an organization of lawyers in Rivers State, has given the Chief Judge of Rivers State, Hon. Justice Alaye Laminkara, 24 hours within which to confirm or deny the claim by the Governor of Rivers State, Nyesom Wike, that the judiciary in Rivers State was already enjoying full financial autonomy.…
SDP Chair Calls for Cancellation of Rivers Council Polls
[responsivevoice buttonposition=”after”] The Chairman of the Social democratic Party, SDP, in Rivers State, Solsuema Osaro, has called on the Rivers State Independent Electoral Commission, RISIEC, to cancel last Saturday’s local government elections in the state. Osaro, who was responding to the outcome of the polls, said there were glaring electoral irregularities during the exercise that…
Flyovers will Attract Investors, Rivers Govt
[responsivevoice] Rivers State Commissioner for Information and Communication, Paulinus Nsirim, has said that the multiple flyovers that the state government was erecting in Port Harcourt will ease traffic flow and attract investors to the state. Nsirim spoke at a post State Executive Council press conference where he disclosed that government has awarded contracts for the…
NGO Sues Wike as he Awards 8th Flyover Contract, Denies Owing Pensioners
[responsivevoice] A non-governmental organization, Rivers Anti-Corruption Network has sued Rivers State Government at the Federal High Court in Port Harcourt demanding for the documents covering the award of three flyover contracts awarded by the state government to Julius Berger Nigeria PLC. The suit came as Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Wike, announced that contract has been…
More Swipes at Wike over Donation to Sokoto Fire Victims
[responsivevoice] Rivers State governor, Nyesom Wike, has continued to receive criticisms over his donation of N500 million last week to victims of the Sokoto market fire disaster. His critics in Port Harcourt said that it was quite insensitive of the governor to have ignored the myriads of indebtedness the state government had in the state…
Rivers Disclaims Wike Presidential Election Posters
[responsivevoice] Rivers State Government has disowned a number of campaign posters bearing the image of the Governor, Nyesom Wike, and a message that he was aspiring to run for President in 2023. The Commissioner for Information and Communication, Paulinus Nsirim, said on Monday that Wike had not informed anyone that he was interested in the…
Traditional Ruler Apologises to Governor over Women’s Protest after Adopting their Demands
[responsivevoice] The traditional ruler of Rumueziolu in Rumuomasi in Obio/Akpor Local Government Area of Rivers State, Raymond Emenike Chinda, has apologized to the Governor of Rivers State, Nyesom Wike, over a protest by women from the community that demanded that the new Mother and Child Hospital located at the Air Force base bear the name…
Two Die Near Rivers State Project Inaugurated by Senator Ndume
[responsivevoice] Two elderly people dropped dead on Wednesday around the Refinery Junction in Eleme Local Government Area where former Senate Majority leader, Ali Ndume, inaugurated a road project executed by the Rivers State government. But the deaths were unrelated to the project or the inauguration ceremony. One of the deceased, a man about 70 years…
“Go and Die”, Wike Tells Critics
[responsivevoice] The Governor of Rivers State, Nyesom Wike, has asked his critics who have refused to acknowledge the projects his government was executing in the state to ‘go and die.’ The governor was responding to criticisms that he was concentrating his projects in the two urban local government areas of Port Harcourt and Obio/Akpor. “If…
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