Rivers State governor, Nyesom Wike, has appointed 14,000 advisers, 319 ward and 40 local government liaison officers. In a statement signed by his Special Assistant on Media, Kelvin Ebiri on Tuesday, the governor said the advisers will play a pivotal role in the administration. But he did not elaborate on the nature of work they…
Wike vows to stop Cole from succeeding him as governor
Rivers State governor, Nyesom Wike, has declared that Rivers people would resist individuals who have looted assets of the State from becoming governor after his tenure. Governor Wike made the assertion on Thursday shortly after signing the contracts for the construction of the eleventh (11th) and twelfth (12th) flyover bridges, and the dualisation of Azikiwe…
Wike rewards Rivers United FC ₦12Million each
Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Wike, has rewarded each of the players of Rivers United Football Club with the sum of $20,000 (₦12million) for winning this year’s Nigerian Professional Football League championship. The governor also said the team would be sponsored on a tour to Real Madrid in Spain for two weeks and will get the…
Forensic Audit: NDDC Revokes Contracts Awarded Before 2020
The Niger Delta Development Commission, NDDC, has revoked all contracts awarded by the commission before December 31, 2019, for which contractors have not mobilised on site. A statement issued on Sunday by the Director of Corporate Affairs, Ibitoye Abosede, said consequently all monies paid to contractors that had not mobilised on site for those contracts…
Wike blasts Uzodinma, Ihedioha as Supreme Court restores 17 oil wells to Rivers
The Governor of Rivers State, Nyesom Wike, on Friday took a swipe at his Imo State counterpart, Hope Uzodinma, and his predecessor, Emeka Ihedioha, for attempting to take over oil wells belonging to Rivers State without engaging the Rivers State Government. Wike was addressing selected leaders of Rivers State at Government House, Port Harcourt after…
Rivers Workers Boo Deputy Governor at Rally
….Score Wike’s administration low on welfare The Deputy Governor of Rivers State, Ipalibo Banigo, got the rough side of workers in Rivers State on Monday, when she represented the governor, Nyesom Wike, at the May Day rally. The workers intermittently booed the deputy while she read the governor’s address. At a point she threatened to…
Uzodinma Signs MOU with NDDC for Roads
The Governor of Imo State, Hope Uzodinma, and the Niger Delta Development Commission, NDDC, have signed a Memorandum of understanding for the completion of three major road projects in Imo state. At the signing ceremony held at Government House, Owerri, Uzodinma commended the NDDC for its various interventions in the development of the Niger Delta…
Kaduna Train Attack: How Bandits Overpowered 18 Uniformed Policemen, Others on Board – Okhiria, NRC MD
Says Security personnel must have exhausted bullets after long shoot-out The managing director of the Nigerian Railway Corporation, NRC, Fidet Okhiria, has given more insight into Monday night’s bloody attack on the Abuja-Kaduna train, in which eight passengers were killed, and 43 others injured. Okhiria, an engineer, who spoke Wednesday on TVC’s all ladies breakfast…
Reps Member Declines Offer to Seek Reelection
The member of the House of Representatives representing Port Harcourt Constituency II, Chinyere Igwe, has declined appeals by members of his constituency to seek reelection to the federal house. In a statement he issued on Thursday, a copy of which was made available to the magazine, Igwe said having done so much to meet the…
Why I want to be President, Wike declares
Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Wike, has declared that he will be vying for the office of the President of Nigeria under the platform of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP. Governor Wike, who made his intention known in Makurdi, Benue state after a meeting with PDP stakeholders on Sunday, stressed that his priority will be to…
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