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in Big StoryCarpenter Killed in Another Building Collapse in Port Harcourt
A yet to be identified carpenter, who was working on a two-storey building that collapsed in Ogbogoro area of Port Harcourt, Rivers State has died. The victim was buried in the rubble of the building. Rescue operations personnel had to deploy an excavator to exhume his remains from the crash site on Tuesday. The Ogbogoro […] More
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Building Collapse in PH: Architects Blame Quacks, Professionals
The Rivers State branch of the Nigerian Institute of Architects, NIA, has expressed concern over the increasing spate of building collapse in Port Harcourt, the state capital and its environs. Reacting to the recent collapse of a three-Storey building under construction at Iriebe in Obio/Akpor Local Government Area of the state, the Chairman of NIA […] More
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Fubara Sets Up Commission to Probe Council Headquarters Attacks, Swears in Commissioners
Rivers State Governor, Mr. Siminalayi Fubara, has set up a commission of inquiry to investigate Monday’s attacks on local government headquarters in the state. A statement by the Secretary to the State Government, Dr. Tammy Danagogo, said the commission of inquiry is headed by Hon. Justice I.R. Minakiri, and Mrs. Felicia Nwoke, Prof. Blessing Didia, […] More
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Fubara Condemns Destruction of Council Secretariats
Rivers State Governor, Siminalayi Fubara, has condemned the burning of some local government secretariats in the state on Monday by people suspected to be political agents. The governor, who inspected Ikwerre Local Government secretariat at Isiokpo, one of the local government secretariats set on fire, advised Rivers people to carry out their political pursuits with […] More
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Council Secretariats Set Ablaze in Rivers
Unknown arsonists have set ablaze the secretariats of Ikwerre and Eleme Local Governments in Rivers State. The arsonists at Eleme were said to have had access to the secretariat after the police that sealed the premises left on Sunday night, just before the new local government chairman, Chief Brain Gokpa ,and the councilors were due […] More
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Labour Party leaders, Dokubo, Reuben Disagree Over Rivers Council Election
Two leaders of the Labour Party in Rivers State, Hilda Dokubo and Prince Favour Reuben, have expressed divergent views about the credibility of the local government election in the state. While Dokubo, who is the state chairman said, the election was peaceful and orderly, Reuben, who is the South-South Zonal Chairman of the party said […] More
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Opara, former Reps Dep. Speaker Commends Rivers Council Election
Austin Opara, a former Deputy Speaker of the House of Representatives and chieftain of the People’s Democratic Party in Rivers State has commended the conduct of the local government election in the state. Opara, who said he voted in his Ward in Port Harcourt, noted that the election was “very peaceful and massive in my […] More
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in PoliticsLG Poll Holds in Rivers with Pockets of Protest
The local government election in Rivers State on Saturday was generally peaceful despite the tension that preceded it.There were, however, isolated cases of violence in places like All Progressives Congress, APC office in Port Harcourt, Igwuruta, Elelenwo and Etche. At Igwuruta, Ward 13, Ikwerre Local Government Area, some gunmen were said to have chased away […] More
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in PoliticsAPP Wins 22 out of 23 Chairmanship elections in Rivers
The Action Peoples Party, APP, has won 22 out of the 23 chairmanship elections in Saturday’s local government elections. The Chairman of Rivers State Independent Electoral Commission, RSIEC, Justice Adolphus Enebeli, who disclosed this on Saturday in Port Harcourt, however, said that the remaining collation process for Etche local government area was stood down because […] More
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Political Crisis erupts in Rivers
…state of emergency looming The seeming peace in the political family of former Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Wike, has been shattered and is erupting into a crisis that could lead to a state of emergency. Within a few hours, two factions of the House of Assembly had emerged. One under the speakership of Martin Amaewhule, […] More
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FG Begins Reconstruction of Eleme – Onne Axis of East-West Road
The Federal Government has commenced work on the reconstruction of the 18-km Eleme Junction – Trailer Park section of the East-West Road in Rivers State barely two weeks after the Minister of Works, Dave Umahi, visited the site. Umahi had promised that work on the project would soon be commenced. But many stakeholders had ignored […] More
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Fubara, new Rivers governor to probe water contract at Secretariat complex
Rivers State civil servants wildly cheered the new governor of the state, Siminalayi Fubara, as he went round the Secretariat complex in Port Harcourt on Thursday, two days after he was sworn in. Everywhere the governor turned, the workers applauded and danced for him to express their appreciation of him and hopes that he would […] More