Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Wike, has carried out his threat of not paying workers of the state House of Assembly for going on strike. The Chairman of Parliamentary Staff Association of Nigeria (PASAN), Rivers State branch, Comfort Otuene, who confirmed the deductions from the pay of her members however said they would use all legal…
Building Roads and Flyovers Not Enough – Wike
Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Wike, has said that it is not enough for the government to build only physical infrastructure and ignore the welfare of less privileged members of society. The governor, who stated this on Friday at the inauguration of the Rivers State Rehabilitation Centre, Iriebe, pointed out that any government that did not…
Wike Insists on Fair Trial for Nnamdi Kanu
Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Wike, has insisted that the trial of the recaptured leader of the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, Nnamdi Kanu should follow due process in accordance with the rule of law.The governor who spoke on Arise TV interview programme on Thursday, said efforts must be made by the Federal Government to…
Visit of Kuwaiti, Other Oil Investors Splits Ogoni Groups
A visit to Ogoniland by investors in oil exploration from Kuwait, Dubai and the United States has created suspicion and division between two major pan-Ogoni organizations. On Thursday, the Ogoni Liberation Initiative warned a factional President of the Movement for the Survival of Ogoni People, MOSOP, Sika Fegalo, from making utterances that could lead to…
Passage of PIB Receives Kudos, Knocks from IPMAN Chief
Thursday’s passage of the Petroleum Industry Bill, PIB by the Senate has received praise and knocks from the Chairman of the Independent Marketers Association of Nigeria, IPMAN, Rivers State branch, Joseph Obele. Obele told TELL magazine that though the PIB would open up the oil and gas sector for massive investments, it was sad news…
Activist Petitions Nigeria’s Accountant-General on N78 billion Refund to Rivers
A Port Harcourt-based civil rights activist, Charles Jaja, has petitioned the Accountant General of the Federation, to declare how much the Federal Government had released to the Rivers State Government as reimbursement for the amount the state government spent on some federal roads in the state. Jaja’s petition came after Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Wike,…
Court Jails Two Women for Child Theft, Trafficking in Rivers
A Port Harcourt Chief Magistrate Court has sentenced two women, Ada Ebere and Favour Godwin to 10 years and 15 years in jail for conspiring to steal and traffic a four-year-old boy, Uwana Emmanuel, at Igbo-Etche near Port Harcourt. A third defendant in the case, Kodilichi Nwankwo, who had a baby in the correctional facility…
We Are Committed to the Restoration of Niger Delta Ecosystem – NDDC Boss
The Interim Administrator of the Niger Delta Development Commission, NDDC, Efiong Akwa, has said that the commission was committed to restoring the ecosystem of the Niger Delta for the benefit of the people of the Niger Delta region. Akwa, who spoke during a special programme in commemoration of this year’s World Environment Day, in Port…
Traffic in Port Harcourt as Drivers Protest Multiple Taxes
Tired of paying for multiple tickets on the Oyigbo – Port Harcourt route, commercial drivers plying the route blocked the road, causing serious traffic on Monday. The drivers, who said they would not leave the road until they got assurances from the leadership of the National Union of Road Transport Workers, NURTW, said they can…
UNEP to Take Over Management of Ogoni Cleanup
The United Nations Environment Programme, UNEP, is to take over the management of the implementation of its recommendations for the cleanup of Ogoniland. A member of the Board of Hydrocarbon Pollution and Remediation Project, HYPREP, Celestine Akpobari, said UNEP will oversee the implementation of the remaining 70 percent of the cleanup following the failure of…
