By Barth Ndubuwah, Port Harcourt A former Federal Lawmaker in Rivers State and Chieftain of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Hon. Sokonte Davies, said that the seven-year rule of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), led by Gov. Nyesom Wike in…
The Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) said it seized eight trucks laden with suspected adulterated petrol and diesel in Rivers in a week. The trucks were impounded between March 1, and March 7, while attempting to distribute the…
The Environmental Rights Action/Friends of the Earth Nigeria (ERA/FoEN) has applauded the current action by the Rivers State Government to address the vexed issues of oil theft and refining of stolen crude oil and the consequent release of soot into…
…Fingers security agencies for complicity Barth Ndubuwah, Port Harcourt To check the environmental menace occasioned by soot emissions in parts of Rivers State, Governor Nyesom Wike has directed the chairmen of councils, particularly Port Harcourt Local Governnment to go after…
Barth Ndubuwah, Ijeh Ekpowaji, Port Harcourt December,19/12/2021 shall remain green in the annals of Obolo Ex-malabites, who are graduates of the University of Calabar (UNICAL) of Obolo extraction, in Andoni Local Governnment Area of Rivers State. The event marked unveiling…
Rivers State Police Command has announced a ban on the use of sirens, revolving lights, spy and covered plate numbers by unapproved and unauthorized persons in the State. The Commissioner of Police, Friday Eboka said the ban followed observation that…
Three people on Monday were found dead in a hotel in Elele Alimini in Emohua Local Government Area of Rivers State. Some others people were also found unconscious in the same hotel after inhaling smoke from a generating set. It…
A High Court sitting in Port Harcourt, the Rivers State capital, on Thursday remanded an alleged fake lawyer identified as Stanley Epini Ejiroghene in police custody. Ejiroghene was found to have practiced for 10 years in the state. The suspect…
A Rivers State High Court sitting in Port Harcourt has convicted and sentenced a 39-year-old pastor, Justice Aniele, to life imprisonment for having unlawful carnal knowledge of a 14-year-old girl. Aniele, a pastor with a pentecostal church in the state,…
Only three states in Nigeria can survive without support from the Federal Government. This was disclosed in BudgIT’s report ‘State of States, 2021 edition: Fiscal Options for Building Back Better’ released on Tuesday. According to BudgIT, these three states are…
