Rivers State Government has alleged that the opposition All Progressives Congress, APC, has hatched plans to carry out a smear media campaign against the Governor, Nyesom Wike. According to the Commissioner for Information and Communications, Paulinus Nsirim, the plot includes the use of select media houses in the state to denigrate the governor. In a…
“No Place For Violence, It’s Time to Move Forward Abe
Magnus Ngei Abe, former senator representing Rivers South-East Senatorial District at the National Assembly, has appealed to members of the All Progressives Congress, APC, in Rivers State to denounce violence and resist the temptation of being provoked to attack anyone. Abe, in a statement he personally signed, said that a political disagreement does not amount…
150 prisoners Freed last December know fate August 19
The 150 prisoners freed by a High Court judge in Rivers State in December 2020 would know if they can walk free from prison come August 19th. That is when another High Court will rule on an application filed by the Rivers State Government contesting their release. Justice Chinwedu Wogu adjourned the matter after the…
Rivers Hails Supreme Court Over Injunction on Oil Wells Ceded to Imo
Rivers State Government has commended the Supreme Court for issuing an injunction to stop the Federal Government from ceding 12 oil wells from the state to Imo State. The Commissioner for Finance and Planning, Isaac Kamalu, said Rivers State Government filed the suit at the Supreme Court against the FGN and its agencies from carrying…
Court Jails Two Women for Child Theft, Trafficking in Rivers
A Port Harcourt Chief Magistrate Court has sentenced two women, Ada Ebere and Favour Godwin to 10 years and 15 years in jail for conspiring to steal and traffic a four-year-old boy, Uwana Emmanuel, at Igbo-Etche near Port Harcourt. A third defendant in the case, Kodilichi Nwankwo, who had a baby in the correctional facility…
Don’t Kidnap Construction Workers, Wike Begs Kalabari People
Rivers State Governor has begged the people of Kalabariland not to do anything that would jeopardize the completion of the Phase One of the Trans-Kalabari road project. The governor who spoke at the flag-off of the project at the Degema Waterfront on Thursday said, “Do not allow saboteurs to come and kidnap the contractors and…
Drivers’ Strike Keeps Passengers Stranded in Port Harcourt
Passengers along the NTA and University of Port Harcourt route in Port Harcourt, the Rivers State capital have been going through hell since Wednesday when drivers of commercial buses and taxis pulled off the road. They did so to protest the killing of one of their members by a member of the Nigerian Security and…
Diette-Spiff Escapes Attack as Agip Export Terminal Host Community Protest Power Outage
Former Military Governor of Old Rivers State, Alfred Diette-Spiff escaped mob attack on Wednesday from members of Twon Brass community in Bayelsa State that were protesting against Agip Export Terminal management for the blackout the community has been suffering for some time now. Diette-Spiff, who is the Amayanabo of Twon Brass had tried to placate…
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…
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