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…
Soldiers Deployed in Port Harcourt as Violence Escalates
Armed soldiers have been deployed in strategic locations in Port Harcourt following an escalation of riots in parts of the city. The soldiers were seen at Oil Mill, Akpajo, Park, Ikoku Junction and even at Onne Ports Complex where youths of the community barricaded the gates. Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Wike had to place the…
Petrol Tanker Falls, Burns for Hours Without Response
For several hours a truck laden with 45,000 litres of petrol burnt at Kira Junction on the East-West Road in Tai Local Government Area of Rivers State without any response from the several fire brigade offices contacted to quench the fire. One of the sympathisers at the scene said the Rivers State Fire Service was…
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…
Police Recover Decayed Body of Kidnap Victim Tied to Tree
The Anti-Kidnapping of the Rivers State Police Command on Wednesday were taken to a forest in Alesa in Eleme Local Government Area where they recovered tied to a tree the decayed body of a water engineer kidnapped two months ago. The deceased, Dinebari Ereba, 38, was kidnapped on May 15th, 2020 by a five-man gang,…
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…
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…
N118bn Unlawful Withdrawals: Rivers State Insists on Not Releasing Officials to EFCC
Rivers State Government has insisted that it would not release any government official to the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) for any investigation. The Commissioner for Information and Communication, Paulinus Nsirim, said apart from the fact that the state government would not submit to a media trial of its officials by the EFCC, there…
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