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Following issues associated with inadequate naming of streets in Eleme, the caretaker committee chairman of Eleme Local Government Area, Chief (Hon) Obarilomate Ollor, has set up a 16-man committee to tackle street naming and numbering in the area. Inaugurating the committee in his office at the council secretariat last Thursday, …

    By Joel Anekwe    Some chieftains of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Rivers State have declared support for the possible gubernatorial aspiration of the senator representing Rivers South East, Sen. Magnus Abe, urging him to present himself for the 2019 governorship election, on the platform of the …

The Port Harcourt Chamber of Commerce (PHCCIMA) has urged the Federal and state governments to intensify efforts towards encouraging entrepreneurship and ‘Make in Nigeria’ strategies as a conscious effort towards economic stimulation, wealth creation and employment generation. President of Port Harcourt Chamber of Commerce, Dr. Emi Membere-Otaji, represented by the …

… NBBF lifts sanctions on suspended clubs, referees   Nigeria will for the first in 10 years host an international basketball competition after winning the hosting bid for the 2017 FIBA Africa Club championship zonal elimination finals. The hosting right of the event which was held in Togo in 2016 …

The new Rivers State commissioner for health, Prof. Princewill Chike, has restated the state’s commitment to revamping its syringe manufacturing plant at Rumuosi in Obio/Akpor Local Government Area. The commissioner, who was on a visit to ascertain the state of the factory, said the Chief Nyesom Wike-led administration is determined …

Operators in the maritime industry have frowned at the recent order by the Federal Government stopping cross examination of goods at the exit gate. The operators under the aegis of Customs Licensed Agents / Importers Transparency Group, headed by Chief Gabriel Omenukor told the Maritime and Energy Media Practitioners of …

Despite low patronage and Importation of goods at the Rivers Ports, the Nigeria Customs Service Area 1 Command has recorded improvements in most areas of operation since the assumption of office of the new area controller, Compt. Kabiru Isiyaku. Our reporter gathered that in a bid to improve efficiency and …

Joel Anaekwe    Experts and stakeholders in the export sector have lamented Nigeria’s continued underutilization of opportunities provided by the Africa Growth and Opportunities Act (AGOA), a United States of America trade Act, meant to diversify and stimulate economies of the Sub-Saharan African (SSA) countries. They say Nigeria is not …

  Joel Anaekwe    Rivers State governor, Chief Nyesom Wike has drawn the attention of the international community to what he called the latest rigging system hatched by the ruling APC wherein they use the Police to concoct electoral results in collusion with the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC). Wike who …

The Rivers State of House of has issued the “last warning” to the management of Ignatius Ajuru University of Education. This followed the university’s failure to appear before it on Tuesday 15 August 2017 even after the house had threatened to invoke section 128 and 129 of the 1999 constitution …