The Rivers Government has warned hoteliers within the state to begin documenting their guests as part of broader efforts to curb insecurity, particularly during the forthcoming Yuletide season. The state Commissioner for Culture and Tourism, Dr Israel Ngbuelo, gave the warning during a meeting with hotel operators in Port...
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The Police Command in Rivers has arrested three suspected kidnappers over their alleged abduction of travelers along the Port Harcourt-Owerri road in Rivers. The police also accused the three male suspects of abducting a National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) member serving in Rivers and orchestrating several armed robberies along...
The Police Command in Rivers has arrested four persons in connection with the sudden disappearance of a National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) member. Yahaya Faruq, a corps member serving in Ikuru Town, Andoni Local Government Area of Rivers, mysteriously went missing after reporting for work at his part-time job...
The Chairman of Obio/Akpor Local Government Area in Rivers, Mr Chijioke Ihunwo, has inaugurated an 11-member staff verification committee to enhance transparency and efficiency of council’s staff. Ihunwo inaugurated the committee on Tuesday at Obio/Akpor, the council’s headquarters. Speaking at the ceremony, the chairman said that the verification exercise...
By BARBARA KALU, Port Harcourt – At a time when other states within and outside the Niger Delta region depend heavily on revenue from oil, Rivers State has unveiled plans to develop its tourism industry, which is estimated to be worth as much as N4 trillion, according to experts....
By BARBARA KALU, Port Harcourt – The Mayor of Housing, My-ACE China, has declared that property and estates rise and fall in any location based on the prevalence of peace in that area. For this reason, he wants the Government and other critical stakeholders in Rivers State to ensure...
Chief Tony Okocha, Chairman All Progressives Congress (APC) Rivers Caretaker Committee on Sunday in Abuja, said that President Bola Tinubu’s achievements were grossly underreported. He said this while speaking at the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) news forum, adding that there was need for his ministers to do more...
The Rivers State Government has approved a minimum wage of N85,000 for civil servants in the state. The Head of Service of the state, George Nwaeke, announced that the approval was granted by Governor Siminalayi Fubara during a closed-door meeting with labour leaders and senior government officials. Following the...
A former presidential spokesman, Dr Doyin Okupe, has said the political crisis bedevilling Rivers has got to a point where it could seriously harm the nation’s democracy . Okupe, in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Sunday, said that the crisis had the potential to...
On May 17th 2024, this column published a piece with the tittle “An Emperor and His Nemesis”. It was a prognostic analysis of the impending political crisis in Rivers State because of the suffocating hold of ex-governor Wike on his surrogate, Siminalayi Fubara, the incumbent governor of the state. Recent...
Former President Goodluck Jonathan, Governors Douye Diri of Bayelsa and Siminalayi Fubara Rivers are expected to attend the Pre-Summit Conference of the 1st Pan-Ijaw Economic Summit 2024. The event, scheduled to hold from Oct. 17 and Oct. 18 in Bayelsa, will serve as a prelude to the Pan-Ijaw summit...
A former governor of Rivers State Nyesom Wike has asked his successor Siminalayi Fubara to follow the rule of law for peace to reign in the state. Wike spoke on Tuesday when he was featured as a guest on Channels Television’s Politics Today. “There is peace when you obey...
Mr Mustapha Bala has assumed duty as the new Commissioner of Police in Rivers on Tuesday, replacing Olatunji Disu, who has been reassigned to head the Federal Capital City Command. Bala, now the 46th police chief in Rivers, outlined his policing strategy during his maiden news conference in Port...
The Rivers State Governor, Siminalayi Fubara has vowed to take decisive action against those responsible for setting ablaze three local government secretariats in the state on Monday. He pledged that the incident, unlike previous cases, will not be ignored, as his administration will collaborate with security agencies to identify...
Thugs on Monday set fire to two local government council secretariats in Rivers in protest of the recent swearing-in of 22 new council chairmen by Gov. Siminalayi Fubara. Arnexd thugs were seen storming several council offices, shooting into the air, and vandalising the properties. Two secretariats, in Eleme and...
The Action Peoples Party (APP) in Rivers has swept 22 of the 23 Chairmanship positions contested in Saturday’s Local Government Elections. The Chairman of the Rivers State Independent Electoral Commission (RSIEC), Justice Adolphus Enebeli, described the elections as free and fair. Announcing the results, Enebeli said that the winners...
The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) has intercepted 13, 298,000 pills of opioids and 338,253 bottles of codeine-based cough syrup worth over N9billion in street value. The NDLEA spokesman, Femi Babafemi, said in a statement on Sunday in Abuja that the drugs were intercepted by NDLEA operatives at...
The Police Command in Rivers has announced that it will boycott the forthcoming local government council elections scheduled for Saturday. SP Grace Iringe-Koko, the command’s spokesperson, told journalists in Port Harcourt on Friday that the decision followed an order from the Federal High Court. Iringe-Koko confirmed that the command...
The Inter-Party Advisory Council (IPAC), the umbrella body of all the registered political parties in the country says there is no going back on the October 5, Local Government Elections in Rivers. Addressing newsmen in Abuja on Thursday, the National Chairman of IPAC, Mr Yusuf Mamman, said that parties...
By EZEKIEL OBI, Abuja – Operatives of the Port Harcourt Zonal Directorate of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) have arrested 33 suspected internet fraudsters popularly known as yahoo boys in Rivers. The EFCC spokesperson, Dele Oyewale, said this in a statement on Wednesday in Abuja. Oyewale said...