Gov. Nyesom Wike of Rivers has charged traditional rulers in the state not to allow illegal oil bunkering and artisanal refinery activities in their domains. Wike gave the charge when he presented Staff of Office and Certificates of Recognition to…
Rivers State Governor Nyesom Wike has insisted that the administration of his predecessor, Rotimi Amaechi, abandoned a jet belonging to the state in Germany. He also rejected claims by officials of the Amaechi administration that handover notes were left for…
A rights group, Save Nigeria Movement (SNM), has kicked against the presidential ambition of the former Senate President Anyim Pius Anyim. Convener of the group, Rev Solomon Semaka also frowned at the role being played by the Rivers State Governor,…
The leadership of the pan-Ijaw youth group, Ijaw Youths Council (IYC) Worldwide, has flayed the remarks credited to the Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Wike, against the Ijaw nation. The President of IYC, Peter Timothy Igbifa, in a statement, issued to…
River State Governor, Nyesom Ezenwo Wike has berated the leaders and people of Ogoni ethnic nationality for promoting disunity among themselves while blaming the backwardness of their area on others. Governor Wike made the accusation at the 30th celebration of…
…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…
…Says Rivers Owing N230bn The 2015 governorship candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Rivers State, Dr Dakuku Peterside has once again berated Governor Nyesom Wike over the way and manner he is treating Rivers people, “portraying them as…
…Warns State Varsities of indiscriminate Awards By Barth Ndubuwah, Port Harcourt Governor Nyesom Wike of Rivers State has honoured a student living with disability, James Daniel, with N50m and automatic teaching appointment in Rivers State University (RSU) for bagging a…
The 2015 governorship candidate of the All Progres sives Congress (APC) in Rivers State and immediate Past Director General of NIMASA, Dr Dakuku Peterside, has berated Governor Nyesom Wike over his inability to sustain and maintain agencies and parastatals he inherited from…
The Inspector General of Police (IGP), Usman Alkali Baba said the police have interviewed the Attorney General of the Federal and Minister of Justice, Abubakar Malami in a bid to unravel the motive behind the recent invasion of the residence…
