The Nigeria Union of Journalists, NUJ, Rivers State Council, has called for the immediate release of Chidiebere Onyia, a reporter with the Nigerian Television Authority, NTA, Port Harcourt zonal office. Onyia, a nursing mother, was kidnapped on Tuesday night at Railway line, Rumurolu, along Woji Road, Obio/Akpor Local Government Area of Rivers State on her…
NGO Sues Wike as he Awards 8th Flyover Contract, Denies Owing Pensioners
[responsivevoice] A non-governmental organization, Rivers Anti-Corruption Network has sued Rivers State Government at the Federal High Court in Port Harcourt demanding for the documents covering the award of three flyover contracts awarded by the state government to Julius Berger Nigeria PLC. The suit came as Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Wike, announced that contract has been…
More Swipes at Wike over Donation to Sokoto Fire Victims
[responsivevoice] Rivers State governor, Nyesom Wike, has continued to receive criticisms over his donation of N500 million last week to victims of the Sokoto market fire disaster. His critics in Port Harcourt said that it was quite insensitive of the governor to have ignored the myriads of indebtedness the state government had in the state…
Rivers Disclaims Wike Presidential Election Posters
[responsivevoice] Rivers State Government has disowned a number of campaign posters bearing the image of the Governor, Nyesom Wike, and a message that he was aspiring to run for President in 2023. The Commissioner for Information and Communication, Paulinus Nsirim, said on Monday that Wike had not informed anyone that he was interested in the…
Ateke Tom Hosts Akpabio, Ex-Militant Commanders, Others
[responsivevoice] Nigeria’s Minister of Niger Delta Affairs, GODSWILL Akpabio, on Friday led high profile Federal Government officials and former Niger Delta militant commanders to visit the Amayanabo of Okochiri, Ateke Tom, in his Palace at Okochiri, Okrika Local Government Area of Rivers State. Though the details of the discussions were not disclosed to the press…
Abe Calls for Mass Participation in Rivers Council Polls
[responsivevoice] Magnus Ngei Abe, a former senator and leader of a faction of the All Progressives Congress, APC, in Rivers State has called on the people to fully participate in the proposed April 2021 local government elections in the state. Abe, made the call on Thursday at a meeting of stakeholders of his faction of…
Man Demands 100 Million Naira from Police for Killing Son
[responsivevoice] Sunday Joel, a 68-year-old man from Akwa Ibom State, has asked Nigerian police to pay his family the sum of N100million for killing his son, Nsikak Joel while in the custody of the defunct Special Anti-Robbery Squad, SARS in 2017. Joel made the demand while testifying before the Rivers State Judicial Commission of Inquiry…
Peace Returns to Port Harcourt Neighbourhood
[responsivevoice] The road leading to the Naval Base, NNS Pathfinder, Port Harcourt, Ignatius Ajuru University of Education and several neighbourhoods in Rumuolumeni was finally opened to traffic on Tuesday after several hours of engagement of officials of Rivers State Government with community and youth leaders of Rumuolumeni. The locals had blocked the road after naval…
Traditional Ruler Apologises to Governor over Women’s Protest after Adopting their Demands
[responsivevoice] The traditional ruler of Rumueziolu in Rumuomasi in Obio/Akpor Local Government Area of Rivers State, Raymond Emenike Chinda, has apologized to the Governor of Rivers State, Nyesom Wike, over a protest by women from the community that demanded that the new Mother and Child Hospital located at the Air Force base bear the name…
Two Die Near Rivers State Project Inaugurated by Senator Ndume
[responsivevoice] Two elderly people dropped dead on Wednesday around the Refinery Junction in Eleme Local Government Area where former Senate Majority leader, Ali Ndume, inaugurated a road project executed by the Rivers State government. But the deaths were unrelated to the project or the inauguration ceremony. One of the deceased, a man about 70 years…
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