The MInister of Transportation and former Governor of Rivers State, Rotimi Amaechi has admitted that he is afraid of the current governor of his home state, Nyesom Wike. Amaechi, said this during an interview with Channels Television when asked whether he would return to Rivers State to help his...
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Fire has destroyed an unconfirmed number of trucks parked at a facility of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) in Port Harcourt, the Rivers State capital. The incident occurred on Monday morning at an exhibit dump of the anti-graft agency located at Iriebi in Obio-Akpor Local Government Area...
The Nigerian Navy on Friday deployed 10 warships and two helicopters in a joint multinational maritime exercise comprising 31 other foreign navies. The Chief of Naval Staff, Vice Adm. Awwal Gambo, inaugurated the exercise tagged: “Obangame Express 2022” in Onne, Eleme Local Government Area of Rivers. Gambo said the...
Bayelsa State Governor Douye Diri has commended the infrastructure drive in the Niger Delta and believes the oil-rich region would soon match Dubai’s developmental feat. Governor Diri said this during the commissioning of the Mgbuoshimini-Nkpor Road in Obio/Akpor Local Government Area of Rivers State. The governor praised his Rivers...
PATRICK ABANG, Calabar – Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Wike has blamed the governors of the All Progressives Congress (APC) for the failure of President Muhammadu Buhari to sign the controversial Electoral Act into law. Governor Wike alleged that “the APC governors are afraid of the idea of electronic transmission...
PATRICK ABANG, Calabar – The Universal Men’s Fellowship of Brotherhood of the Cross and Star has pledged to empower no fewer than 50,000 youths with its training and scholarship programmes for the year 2022. International chairman of the faith based evangelical group with headquarters in Calabar, Christ Shepherd Sylvester...
A soldier has been killed and two others injured as gunmen attacked troops in Rivers State. The incident happened in the early hours of Sunday at the boundary bridge between the Asari-Toru Local Government Area in the Kalabari region and the Emohua Local Government Area of the state. Chairman...
Mr Erastus Awortu, Chairman, Andoni Local Government Area in Rivers has confiscated over 100 drums of illegally refined crude oil in Andoni while lamenting the adverse effects on environment. Awortu made this known on Tuesday in Port Harcourt while briefing newsmen on activities of the Council’s Petroleum Task Force...
By NWAORGU FAUSTINA, Port-Harcourt – Prince Tonye Princewill is from Rivers State, a politician, business magnate, filmmaker and philanthropist. He was the Director of Strategic Communications of the All Progressives Congress, APC Campaign in Rivers State in the 2019 general elections. Currently an APC Chieftain, he was the governorship...
At Least 112 illegal refineries have been discovered in Ikwerre Local Government Area of Rivers State. Chairman of the council, Samuel Nwanosike told Channels Television that 99% of the discoveries were made in a particular community located along the OML 17 trunk lines. The discovery comes on the heels...
Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Wike has ordered all the 23 Local Government Area Chairmen to hire bulldozers and destroy every identified illegal crude oil bunkering and artisanal refinery sites in the state. Wike gave the order on Wednesday in a statement issued to newsmen by Mr Kelvin Ebiri, his...
Ahead of preparation for the 2023 general elections, Gov Nyesom Wike of Rivers Stare, on Tuesday, visited his Oyo State counterpart, Seyi Makinde, on the need for the governors under the umbrella of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) to be more united. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports...
Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Wike has declared 19 individuals wanted for operating illegal crude oil refining sites which are responsible for the black soot menace in Rivers State. The governor in a statewide broadcast also directed the Rivers State Head of Service to query one Mr. Temple Amakiri, a...
By EMEKA CHIKWE, Port-Harcourt – The Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) in Onne Port, Rivers State has generated the sum of N188.6 billion from January to December 2021. A statement issued on Monday by the command’s spokesman, Ifeoma Ojekwu, said the Customs Area Controller (CAC) of the Command, Comptroller Auwal...
Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Wike has charged the new National Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party, Iyorchia Ayu not to be distracted, saying the battle to rescue Nigeria in 2023 falls on him. Ayu, who emerged as Chairman on October 31 took over the leadership of the main opposition...
Gov. Nyesom Wike of Rivers on Thursday said he would not impose any governorship aspirant of his choice on the people of Rivers come 2023. Wike gave the assurance in a statement issued by Mr Kelvin Ebiri, his Special Assistant on Media, in Port Harcourt. He assured that the...
The traditional ruler of Opobo Kingdom, King Dandeson-Douglas Jaja, Jeki V, has declared support for the annual Opobo Marathon slated for Jan. 3, 2022 in Opobo, Rivers. King Jaja gave his royal blessing when organisers of the marathon paid him a courtesy visit on Wednesday at the Rivers Traditional...
The Federal Government is considering an out-of-court settlement to resolve the lingering disagreement with states over the collection of the Value Added Tax (VAT). Minister of Finance, Budget, and National Planning, Mrs Zainab Ahmed, disclosed this during an interview on Channels Television’s Politics Today. “I have to do this...
PATRICK ABANG, Calabar – Ahead of the 2023 general election, a People’s Democratic Party (PDP) pressure group in Cross River State, The Renaissance Movement has called on the leadership of the party to give its ticket to Governor Nyesom Wike of River State. The leader of the group, Gabriel...
By DANIEL CHIKWE, Port-Harcourt – Unknown gunmen have reportedly shot dead two policemen in Rivers State It was learnt that the incident occured on Tuesday night at a checkpoint on Okija Street in Mile 2 Diobu, a densely populated area of Port Harcourt, the state capital. Confirming the incident...