The Governor of Rivers State, Nyesom Wike, has said that harsh economic realities would not allow the state government to provide free medical services to people in the state. The governor, who was responding to an appeal by the management of the Rivers State University Teaching Hospital to consider paying the bills of indigent renal…
Wike Threatens to Convert Disputed Land in Ogoni to Mortuary
Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Wike, has threatened to acquire a disputed land between Bomu and Lewe communities in Ogoniland and convert it to a mortuary if the people of the feuding communities failed to resolve their differences. The governor made the threat when he laid the foundation stone of Government Secondary School, Kpor in Gokana…
Wike Slams FIDA, Lawyers Over New CJ
Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Wike, has accused lawyers in Rivers State of being instigated to kick against the appointment of Hon. Justice Simeon Amadi, as the new Chief Judge of the State. Wike who spoke at the valedictory court session of the former Chief Judge of the State, Adanna Iyayi-Laminkanran, said he was shocked that…
Rivers is not Part of Biafra Agitation, Wike tells Ag IGP
Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Wike, has told the acting Inspector General of Police, Usman Baba, that the people of Rivers State were not part of the agitation for a secessionist Biafra. The governor, who stated this on Wednesday when he played host to the acting Inspector General of Police, Mr. Usman Baba, at Government House,…
Rivers to Compensate Families of Slain Policemen with ₦220 Million
Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Wike, has said that the state government will pay ₦220 million to the family of each of the 11 police officers killed by rampaging gunmen in the State in the last two weeks. The governor, who announced this during a condolence visit to the Commissioner of Police, Friday Eboka and officers…
Attack on Policemen: Rivers Extends Night Curfew
Following last Friday night’s attack on police checkpoints and police stations in which seven police officers were killed in Rivers State, Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Wike, has extended the existing curfew in the state from 10pm to 7 am to 7 pm to 6 am with effect from Tuesday. In a broadcast to the people…
Wike Says Insecurity in Kaduna is Retributive Justice for El-Rufai
Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Wike, has said the spate of kidnapping and killings by criminal gangs in Kaduna State was retributive justice on the state governor, Nasir el-Rufai, who he said allegedly supported a plot to cause trouble in Rivers State in 2015. The governor, who spoke when he received a delegation of Rotary Club…
PDP calls for special security group for South-South
The South-South leadership of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, has made a case for the setting up of a special security outfit to protect farmers in the zone from attacks by Fulani herdsmen. The re-elected South-South zonal Chairman of the party, Chief Dan Orbih, made the case during a courtesy call of the zonal leadership…
Wike places bounty on 2 Rivers gang leaders, warns separatists to leave Rivers
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…
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…
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