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…
Wike places bounty on 2 Rivers gang leaders, warns separatists to leave Rivers
Nyesom Wike, the governor of Rivers State Governor, has placed a bounty on two notorious kidnappers and gang leaders from Ahoada East and West Local Government Areas simply known as VIP and Comasi. The governor disclosed this in Port Harcourt on Tuesday when he received in audience traditional rulers and leaders of thought of Ekpeye…
EFCC to set up Integrated Chemical Laboratory in Port Harcourt
[responsivevoice buttonposition=”after”] In the quest to make its investigations more precise through technology, the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, is to establish a fully- integrated chemical laboratory in Port Harcourt, Rivers State, to combat the scourge of illegal oil bunkering in the zone. Wilson Uwujaren, Head, media and publicity of the Commission, in a…
Wike Says Nigeria has Collapsed
[responsivevoice buttonposition=”after”] Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Wike, on Tuesday declared that Nigeria had collapsed, giving the uncontrollable state of insecurity in the country. Wike, who was addressing traditional rulers and opinion leaders from Andoni at Government House, Port Harcourt, said it was baffling that citizens were being killed and kidnapped all over the country without…
Lawyers Give Rivers Chief Judge Ultimatum to Respond to Wike’s Claim on Rivers’ Judiciary Autonomy
[responsivevoice buttonposition=”after”] The Eastern Bar Forum, an organization of lawyers in Rivers State, has given the Chief Judge of Rivers State, Hon. Justice Alaye Laminkara, 24 hours within which to confirm or deny the claim by the Governor of Rivers State, Nyesom Wike, that the judiciary in Rivers State was already enjoying full financial autonomy.…
Insecurity: Police Cordon Off Moscow Road, Port Harcourt
[responsivevoice buttonposition=”after”] The police on Wednesday blocked from traffic major roads passing in front of police formations in Port Harcourt, the Rivers State capital after reports of attacks on security formations in the neighbouring Imo State. Affected were Moscow Road passing in front of the state command headquarters in Port Harcourt and part of Ikwerre…
Flyovers will Attract Investors, Rivers Govt
[responsivevoice] Rivers State Commissioner for Information and Communication, Paulinus Nsirim, has said that the multiple flyovers that the state government was erecting in Port Harcourt will ease traffic flow and attract investors to the state. Nsirim spoke at a post State Executive Council press conference where he disclosed that government has awarded contracts for the…
Rivers Seeks to Stop Release of Freed 150 Prisoners
[responsivevoice] Rivers State Government has gone to court to stop the release of 150 inmates who had been in prison for over eight years without facing trial. A Rivers State High Court had in December ordered the release of the 150 inmates of the Port Harcourt Correctional Centre after it found out that they had…
Kidnappers free NTA Journalist
[responsivevoice] Chidiebere Onyia, a reporter with the Nigerian Television Authority, NTA, Port Harcourt zonal office, who was kidnapped five days ago on her way from work has regained her freedom, according to sources close to the family. However the Rivers State Police Public Relations Officer, Nnamdi Omoni, said the police were yet to confirm the…
NUJ Calls for Release of Kidnapped NTA Journalist
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…
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