Nyesom Wike, the governor of Rivers State Governor, has placed a bounty on two notorious kidnappers and gang leaders from Ahoada East and West Local Government Areas simply known as VIP and Comasi. The governor disclosed this in Port Harcourt on Tuesday when he received in audience traditional rulers and leaders of thought of Ekpeye…
Rivers loses longest reigning first class chief
The longest reigning first class traditional ruler in Rivers State, Eze Chukumela Nnam Obi II, the Oba (Eze Ogba) of Ogbaland has died. The news of the passing of the traditional ruler who has reigned since 1970 was broken on Friday by the Governor of Rivers State, Nyesom Wike, who said the news of the…
Insecurity: Wike Extends Curfew Across the State
[responsivevoice buttonposition=”after”] Rivers State Government has extended an earlier curfew it imposed at the entry points to the state and has now declared a curfew to run from 10pm to 6am, with effect from Thursday. The review of the scope of the curfew was done at State Security Council meeting held at Government where the…
Wike Imposes Curfew on Border Areas in Rivers
[responsivevoice buttonposition=”after”] Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Ezenwo Wike, on Tuesday declared a night curfew at all entry and exit points with Abia, Akwa Ibom, Bayelsa and Imo States. In a broadcast on Tuesday, the governor said the curfew was in response to recent attacks on security personnel on checkpoint duty in the state. The curfew…
Wike Says Nigeria has Collapsed
[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…
Insecurity: Police Cordon Off Moscow Road, Port Harcourt
[responsivevoice buttonposition=”after”] The police on Wednesday blocked from traffic major roads passing in front of police formations in Port Harcourt, the Rivers State capital after reports of attacks on security formations in the neighbouring Imo State. Affected were Moscow Road passing in front of the state command headquarters in Port Harcourt and part of Ikwerre…
Court Workers Down Tools in Rivers
[responsivevoice buttonposition=”after”] Court workers in Rivers State on Tuesday locked the gates of the judiciary complex in Port Harcourt as part of actions to execute a nationwide strike called by the Judiciary Staff union of Nigeria, JUSUN that called out its members on strike to demand the implementation of Presidential Executive Order authorizing financial autonomy…
Wike Criticises NAF on Acknowledgement and Use of Amoured Helicopters
[responsivevoice buttonposition=”after”] Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Wike, on Thursday said Nigeria Air Force was yet to acknowledge the gift of two amoured helicopters the state government gave to it to fight oil bunkering in the state. Wike, who spoke while relaunching the special police unit C4i at Government House, also accused the air force of…
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