Tag Archives: Rivers

A motion to derecognise Celestine Omehia, as a former Governor of Rivers State has been passed by Rivers State House of Assembly.    Leader of the House, Martin Amaewmule moved the motion to reverse an earlier resolution of the 8th Assembly on June 30, 2015 which compelled the Executive Arm, headed …

The All Progressives Congress, (APC), Rivers state chapter, has urged the state government to sell off the legacy jet A-600 and use the money in refurbishing all abandoned primary and secondary schools. The APC explained that the funds gotten from the sale of the jet could also be used to …

The Governor of Rivers State, Nyesom Wike on Tuesday recovered the state, ‘Legacy 600 aircraft from Germany. Governor Wike returned to Port Harcourt, the state capital on Tuesday in the aircraft after a short trip to Europe last Friday. The Rivers State Governor landed with the Legacy 600 aircraft at …

Governor Nyesom Wike of Rivers State has claimed that many political parties are wooing him ahead of the 2023 presidential election. Naija News reports that the governor made this known while speaking at a media briefing in Port Harcourt on Friday. Wike stated that other political parties have reached out …

Governor Nyesom Wike of River State has summoned a meeting of leaders and stakeholders of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the state. The meeting which started at 2 pm on Thursday is the first in the state since the party’s presidential primary and the crisis that followed Wike’s failure …

Five passengers have been killed by suspected Sea pirates who attacked their boat while they were traveling from Bille community in the Degema local government area of Rivers State.   An indigene of the community, Bebe Oyibo Jacob, said the attack happened on Friday, September 2 and has left many …

The Rivers state police command has dismissed claims that a University of Port Harcourt student, Jennifer Spiff, has been abducted.   A video of Jennifer claiming she had been abducted and her abductors are asking for money her parents cannot afford has been making the rounds on social media.   …

Within minutes of leaving Edinburgh’s Waverley station, we’ve shaken off the urban sprawl and entered a world of emerald hills, meandering rivers, and tiny blink-and-you’ll-miss-them villages. There are buzzards and deer, too. Under brilliant blue skies we surge into a land bathed in history and intrigue. Borders railway I’m back …

A woman has been arrested for allegedly conspiring with her married male lover to inflict machete cuts on his wife in Omurelu community in Ikwerre Local Government Area of Rivers state.   The Rivers State Police Command’s Public Relations officer, Grace Iringe-Koko who confirmed the development on Tuesday, August 16, in …

Labour Party Presidential candidate, Peter Obi met with some Peoples Democratic Party Governors and other politicians in the opposition party on Monday night August 15.    Former Governor of Ondo state, Olusegun Mimiko who shared a photo from the meeting last night, said Governor Okezie Ikpeazu, Governor Samuel Ortom, former Governor …