[responsivevoice] The Rivers State Judicial Commission of Inquiry on Police Brutality on Thursday dismissed a petition filed by Oyigbo Indigenous Lawyers Association (OILA) seeking to ban activities of the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) in Oyigbo Local Government Area. In dismissing the petition, Chairman of the Panel, Hon. Justice Chukwunenye Uriri (Rtd), said the…
Protests as Police Kill Tricycle Operator in Port Harcourt
[responsivevoice] Rioters have taken over the streets in parts of Obio/Akpor Local Government Area in Port Harcourt after a policeman shot dead a tricycle operator at Rukpokwu on Thursday morning. The rioters have totally shut down economic and social activities along Owerri Road leading up to Rumuokoro Junction by the East-West road as they protested…
Wike to Review Oyigbo Curfew, Doles Out N200m to Families of Murdered Security Men
Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Wike, said he would meet with the State Security Council on Tuesday to review the 24-curfew imposed in Oyigbo Local Government Area in the wake of disturbances that followed the #ENDSARS protests. This followed calls on the governor to review the curfew, which has caused untold hardship on residents of the…
Wike Accuses Nigerian Editors of Failing to Hold Public Officers Accountable
Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Wike, has accused members of the Nigerian Guild of Editors, NGE, of failing to hold public officers to account for their stewardship. The governor, who hosted a delegation of the guild at Government House, Port Harcourt on Friday, said most often the editors were interested in praising public officers and giving…
Wike Places N50m Ransom on #Endsars Protest Leader, Clamps Down on IPOB
The Governor of Rivers State, Nyesom Wike, on Friday night ordered the full enforcement of the proscription of the Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, in Rivers State. In a broadcast to the people of the state, the governor said the state government could no longer tolerate the destructive activities of the organization after three days…
Hoodlums defy curfew in Rivers burn down trucks at Trailer Park
A band of miscreants on Thursday invaded the Trailer Park along Port Harcourt – Oyigbo road and set several trailers that loaded with foodstuff from the northern parts of the country on fire. The miscreants defied the 24-hour curfew imposed on the entire Oyigbo Local Government Area by the Governor, Nyesom Wike, on Wednesday to…
Edo Erupt into Wild Jubilation Over PDP, Obaseki’s Victory (Photo)
Benin City, Edo State capital, on Sunday went agog with wild celebration of the victory of the governor, Godwin Obaseki and his deputy, Philip Shaibu in Saturday’s governorship election. The jubilant members of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP were engaged in a long convoy of motorcade doing a road show and dancing to the music…
PDP In Show of Political Strength as Mammoth Crowd, Governors Grace Final Rally
The Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, in Edo State on Tuesday engaged in a final show of political strength in the countdown to Saturday’s governorship election in the state with governors of the party across the country storming Benin City, the state capital for the grand finale of its campaigns. Led by Nyesom Wike, Rivers State…
A Governor and His Love for Flyover Projects
The governor of Rivers State, Nyesom Wike, is adamant about his newfound pastime of spending his capital votes – building new flyovers and expanding older ones. “It has never happened in the history of this country,” Wike bragged to members of the state executive committee of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP that visited him at…
Edo 2020: Count me Out of Violent Clash in Oba’s Palace – Okunbo
We will Take Strong Action against Perpetrators – Wike As controversies rage between the ruling Peoples Democratic Party, PDP and the All Progressives Congress, APC, in Edo State over the violent clash that took place at the palace of the Oba of Benin Saturday July 25, Edo-born prominent business mogul, Idahosa Wells Okunbo who has…
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