Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Wike, has accused lawyers in Rivers State of being instigated to kick against the appointment of Hon. Justice Simeon Amadi, as the new Chief Judge of the State. Wike who spoke at the valedictory court session of the former Chief Judge of the State, Adanna Iyayi-Laminkanran, said he was shocked that…
Bullets Still Lodged in Body of Cop Shot by Gunmen Two Weeks After
Bullets are still lodged in the body of Sgt. Emehuru Onuchukwu, the policeman that survived the attack on Elimgbu police station, Port Harcourt by unknown gunmen two weeks ago. Rivers State Commissioner of Police, Mr. Friday Eboka, who visited the policeman in hospital for the first time on Wednesday since the attack, said the police…
Rivers is not Part of Biafra Agitation, Wike tells Ag IGP
Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Wike, has told the acting Inspector General of Police, Usman Baba, that the people of Rivers State were not part of the agitation for a secessionist Biafra. The governor, who stated this on Wednesday when he played host to the acting Inspector General of Police, Mr. Usman Baba, at Government House,…
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…
We Can’t Bring in New Beneficiaries to Amnesty Programme, says Dikio
The hope of ex-agitators in the Niger Delta not listed in the Presidential Amnesty Programme to join the programme may have been dashed as the Interim Administrator of the Presidential Amnesty Programme (PAP), Milland Dikio, has declared that he lacked the powers to admit new beneficiaries into the scheme. The Media Adviser to Dikio, Neotaobose…
Rivers to Compensate Families of Slain Policemen with ₦220 Million
Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Wike, has said that the state government will pay ₦220 million to the family of each of the 11 police officers killed by rampaging gunmen in the State in the last two weeks. The governor, who announced this during a condolence visit to the Commissioner of Police, Friday Eboka and officers…
Attack on Policemen: Rivers Extends Night Curfew
Following last Friday night’s attack on police checkpoints and police stations in which seven police officers were killed in Rivers State, Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Wike, has extended the existing curfew in the state from 10pm to 7 am to 7 pm to 6 am with effect from Tuesday. In a broadcast to the people…
Wike Says Insecurity in Kaduna is Retributive Justice for El-Rufai
Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Wike, has said the spate of kidnapping and killings by criminal gangs in Kaduna State was retributive justice on the state governor, Nasir el-Rufai, who he said allegedly supported a plot to cause trouble in Rivers State in 2015. The governor, who spoke when he received a delegation of Rotary Club…
NACA Says Govt Not Doing Enough to Support HIV/AIDS Programmes
..reveals that HIV/AIDS prevalence very high in S-South. The National Agency for the Control of AIDS (NACA) has said the three tiers of government in Nigeria are not taking ownership of HIV/AIDS response in the country. The Director-General of NACA, Gambo Aliyu, stated this in Yenagoa on Friday at the ongoing HIV Media Advocacy and…
PDP calls for special security group for South-South
The South-South leadership of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, has made a case for the setting up of a special security outfit to protect farmers in the zone from attacks by Fulani herdsmen. The re-elected South-South zonal Chairman of the party, Chief Dan Orbih, made the case during a courtesy call of the zonal leadership…