By BARBARA KALU, Port-Harcourt – Rivers State Police Command has launched investigation on the explosion that occurred at the Trans-Niger Pipeline in Bodo, Gokana Local Government Area of the state. The Police Public Relations Officer in the state, SP Grace Iringe-Koko, said in a statement on Tuesday in Port-Harcourt,...
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By BARBARA KALU, Port-Harcourt – Rivers State Police Command has debunked reports of an arson attack on the Port Harcourt residence of Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, Nyesom Wike. The command’s spokeswoman SP Grace Iringe-Koko, who debunked the report in a statement on Monday, described the reports as...
The Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Mr Nyesom Wike, has promised to allocate land in the FCT to the University of Port Harcourt for the establishment of its Centre for Leadership and Political Studies. Wike made the promise when the university’s Governing Council, led by the Pro-Chancellor...
The former member of the Rivers House of Assembly, Victoria Nyeche, has appealed to the warring factions in the Rivers political crisis to sheathe their sword and embrace peace. Nyeche made the remark on Friday, during the ‘’Rivers We Want” Town Hall Series II meeting organised by the Rivers...
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has released voters’ register for the Local Government Area council elections scheduled for Aug. 9 in Rivers. The Commissioner in charge of Media and Civic Education at the Rivers State Independent Electoral Commission (RSIEC), Mr Tamunotonye Tobins, disclosed this to journalists in Port...
Rivers State House of Assembly on Friday passed three bills into law before immediately proceeding on an indefinite recess. The bills include the Rivers State House of Assembly (Powers and Privileges) Bill, the Rivers State Independent Electoral Commission (RSIEC) Bill, and the Rivers State Local Government Bill, 2025. Speaker...
The Rivers State House of Assembly, led by Martins Amaewhule have called on Economics and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Independent Corrupt Practices and other related offenses Commission(ICPC) to investigate the River Electoral Chairman. Amaewhule, who is the Speaker of the Assembly, made the remark during the plenary at the...
Rivers State Governor, Siminalayi Fubara has said his administration will fully implement the recent judgment of the Supreme Court of Nigeria on political crisis rocking the state. Fubara gave the assurance on Tuesday at the inauguration of the new Judges’ Quarters, a housing facility completed by his administration in...
The Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Rivers, Chief Tony Okocha, has called on Governor Siminalayi Fubara of Rivers to resign within 48 hours, or face impeached. Okocha made the remark in a press briefing in Port Harcourt on Monday. He said that the Supreme Court judgement...
Following the expiration of the 48-hour ultimatum issued to the chairman and commissioners of the Rivers State Independent Electoral Commission (RSIEC) to appear before it, the Rivers House of Assembly has given them another 72 hours to do so. The lawmakers reached the resolution during plenary in Port Harcourt...
Rivers State Governor, Siminalayi Fubara has approved the appointment of Prof. Isaac Zeb-Obipi, as the new Vice Chancellor (VC) of the Rivers State University, Nkpolu-Oroworukwo, Port Harcourt. Fubara made the known in a special government announcement, signed by the Secretary to the State Government, Dr. Tammy Danagogo in Port...
Rivers State Governor, Siminalayi Fubara has vowed that governance will prevail despite the opposition in the state. Governor Fubara made the remark while inaugurating the Government House Staff Quarters newly built by his administration in Port Harcourt on Monday. According to him, the course of governance is irreversible despite...
A coalition of 17 Ogoni women groups in Rivers has strongly opposed the Federal Government’s proposed resumption of crude oil extraction in Ogoniland. The coalition, which made its opposition known in a news conference in Port Harcourt on Wednesday, comprised of thousands of Ogoni women. It insisted that the...
Rivers State Governor, Siminalayi Fubar has commended the Inspector-General of Police, Kayode Egbetokun for donating six operational gunboats to the police command in the state. Fubara made the commendation while inaugurating the gunboats at the Marine Police Division, Abonnema wharf, Port Harcourt on Tuesday. Represented by the Secretary to...
Rivers State Governor, Siminalayi Fubara has charged the newly appointed Surveyor-General of the state to work professionally, diligently and with integrity to ensure effective service delivery. Fubara made the remark while swearing in Mr Peter Ogolo, the new Surveyor-General of the State and Permanent Secretary of the Survey Department...
By OLA MODUPE, Lagos – Attempts by two drug kingpins to smuggle into Nigeria consignments of heroin through the Port Harcourt International Airport and the Murtala Muhammed International Airport, MMIA, have been foiled by operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA). One of the kingpins who uses...
The National Agency For Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) has said that it destroyed fake, expired, substandard drugs worth N4.7 billion in Rivers. The Director General of NAFDAC, Prof. Mojisola Adeyeye, made the remark during the destruction exercise at the Rivers state dump site in Port Harcourt...
The Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC) has began the payment of N50,000 monthly stipends to 10,000 indigenous youths from the Niger Delta under its Youths Internship Scheme. Director of Corporate Affairs at the NDDC, Mrs Seledi-Thompson-Wakama, disclosed this to journalists in Port Harcourt on Thursday. She explained that the...
By BARBARA KALU, Port-Harcourt – Rivers State Police Command has launched investigation into the brutal murder of a father and son at their family residence in Igwuruta-Ali community of the state. The older victim, identified as Timothy, 59, the Chief Security Officer (CSO) of Adokiye Amieseimeka International Stadium, Omagwa,...
The Police Command in Rivers has arrested a suspect accused of vandalising and stealing equipment from an Airtel Telecommunication Company facility in Port Harcourt. The command’s Spokesperson, SP Grace Iringe-Koko, told journalists on Monday that the police operatives arrested the suspected vandal during a stop-and-search operation. “The male suspect...