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    Rivers Govt Takes Back former NDDC Headquarters Building

    Follow ( 0 Followers ) X Follow E-mail : * Follow Unfollow The Niger Delta Development Commission, NDDC, has formally returned the custody of its former headquarters building, Harold Dappa Biriye House, on Aba Road in Port Harcourt to the Rivers State Government. The handover took place on Wednedsay when the Sole Administrator of the […] More

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    Wike Declares 3 Men Wanted for Allegedly Harassing Julius Berger

    Follow ( 0 Followers ) X Follow E-mail : * Follow Unfollow Rivers State Government has declared three men wanted for allegedly harassing contractors working for the state government. In a statement on Wednesday by the Special Adviser to the Governor on Media, Kevin Ebiri, the government directed the Chairmen of Port Harcourt and Obio/Akpor […] More

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    COVID-19 Surge: Rivers May Re-impose Lockdown

    Follow ( 0 Followers ) X Follow E-mail : * Follow Unfollow Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Wike, has warned that the state government would re-impose the suspended COVID-19 lockdown if residents of the state fail to adhere to COVID-19 protocols. The governor, in a broadcast on Monday said daily figures released from the NCDC on […] More

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    Secondus Worked Against Rivers Interest, says Speaker

    Follow ( 0 Followers ) X Follow E-mail : * Follow Unfollow The Speaker of Rivers State House of Assembly, Awaji Ibani, has said that the leadership and members of the People’s Democratic Party, PDP, in Andoni Local Government Area of Rivers State decided to abandon the National Chairman of the PDP, Uche Secondus, because […] More

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    Three Injured in Helicopter Attack on Boat in Rivers

    Follow ( 0 Followers ) X Follow E-mail : * Follow Unfollow Three people were injured when shots were fired from a military helicopter at a cargo boat carrying foodstuffs from Port Harcourt to the island of Bonny on Friday. A boat driver at the Nembe/Bonny jetty in Port Harcourt told newsmen that the attack […] More

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    ALGON Accuses INEC of Plot to Disenfranchise Rivers

    Follow ( 0 Followers ) X Follow E-mail : * Follow Unfollow Rivers State Chapter of Association of Local Government of Nigeria (ALGON) has accused the Independent national Electoral Commission, INEC, of plotting to under-register and disenfranchise voters in Rivers State. The newly inaugurated executive committee of ALGON, who stormed the state headquarters of INEC […] More

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    Rivers Court Removes Secondus as National Chairman of PDP

    Follow ( 0 Followers ) X Follow E-mail : * Follow Unfollow A Rivers State High Court, Degema Division sitting in Port Harcourt, has issued an interim injunction restraining Uche Secondus from parading himself as the National Chairman and member of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP. The presiding judge, O. Gbasam gave the order on […] More

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    Rivers Varsity Killing: Police find Gun in Deceased’s Panties

    Follow ( 0 Followers ) X Follow E-mail : * Follow Unfollow The Police in Port Harcourt on Friday said they found a gun in the panties of the student that was shot dead on Thursday at the Rivers State University. The Rivers State Police Public Relations Officer, Nnamdi Omoni, said the gun was found […] More

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    VAT Collection by States: FIRS Seeks Stay of Execution

    Follow ( 0 Followers ) X Follow E-mail : * Follow Unfollow The Federal Inland Revenue Service, FIRS, has applied to the Federal High Court sitting in Port Harcourt for an order of stay of execution of the judgment given by the court on August 9th that declared as unconstitutional the collection of Value Added […] More

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    Wike Signs VAT Law, Rakes in N3bn VAT in One Month

    Follow ( 0 Followers ) X Follow E-mail : * Follow Unfollow Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Wike, on Thursday has signed into law the bills on Value Added Tax (VAT) collection and Open Grazing Prohibition in Rivers State, signaling the commencement of the collection of VAT by the state government. The Federal High Court sitting […] More

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    Student Shot Dead at Rivers Varsity

    Follow ( 0 Followers ) X Follow E-mail : * Follow Unfollow … assailant arrested A student of the Rivers State University, Port Harcourt has been shot dead at a spot where he was eating at the Faculty of Management Sciences on Thursday. The incident initially sent people scampering but some brave members of the […] More

  • PHOTO CAPTION: Donald Chika Denwigwe, SAN (middle) lead counsel to Government of Rivers State and Ken C.O. Njemanze, SAN (left) briefing journalists after the Federal High Court in Port Harcourt on Monday declared FIRS collection of Value Added Tax in Rivers State unconstitutional.
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    Court Stops FG from Collecting VAT, Personal Income Tax

    Follow ( 0 Followers ) X Follow E-mail : * Follow Unfollow The Federal High Court sitting in Port Harcourt has declared that it is not the place of the Federal Inland Revenues Service to collect Value Added Tax, VAT, and personal income tax, PITA. In a suit brought by the Rivers State Government, the […] More

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