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  By Kelechi Esogwa-Amadi   There was traffic gridlock in parts of Port Harcourt, the Rivers State capital on Wednesday, as a crowd of Ijaw youths marched through the major roads in the city to mark the 50th anniversary of the death of their hero, Major Isaac Jasper Adaka Boro. Major …

The lawmaker representing Ahoada East constituency 1 in the Rivers State House of Assembly, Hon Martins Mannah, has called for the resignation of the speaker of the assembly, Rt Hon Ikuinyi Uwaji Ibani, for allegedly mismanaging the affairs of the House and failing to cater for the welfare of staff …

Ijaw, Kalabari-born activist, Rev. Dr Sokari Soberekon, has said that President Muhammadu Buhari should not be impeached, but should be allowed to stay and restructure Nigeria before next year, advising that the 2019 general elections should be suspended. Reacting to insinuations in some quarters that the President has failed, Dr …

The senator representing Rivers South East and governorship aspirant on the platform of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Rivers State, Senator Magnus Ngei Abe, says his disagreement with the minister of Transportation, Rt. Hon. Chibuike Rotimi Amaechi is political. In a statement in Port Harcourt on Thursday, Abe said …

The Rivers State chapter of the All Progressives Congress (APC) says some fraudulent persons, posing as members of the party, have contrived a plot to obtain a court injunction restraining the conduct of its local government congresses. State Publicity Secretary of the party, Senibo Chris Finebone, in a statement on …

Civil society groups in Rivers State, under the banner of the Rivers Civil Society Organisations (RIVCSO), on Thursday led a march through the streets of the state capital, Port Harcourt in protest over the continuing emission of soot in the city and its environs. The emission of soot has for …

By Joel Anekwe, Port Harcourt   The minister of Transportation and leader of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Rivers State, Rt. Hon. Chibuike Amaechi has charged the people of Opobo/Nkoro Local Government Area to hold their chiefs responsible if the party fails to win the governorship seat in 2019. …

By Joel Anekwe, Port Harcourt   The governor of Rivers State, Chief Nyesom Wike has said that the current political concern in the state is to keep the state one and united, adding that the issue of upland/riverine dichotomy was no longer necessary. He said one of the greatest achievements …

Less than a year to the 2019 general elections, Nigerians, especially those from the southern part of the country, have been charged not to vote into power any presidential candidate that does not support restructuring. According to Elder statesman, Chief Edwin Clark, without restructuring, southerners would find it difficult to …

The newly elected chairman of the National Association of Small Scale Industrialists (NASSI) Rivers State Chapter, Captain Opunabo Briggs has stated that the NASSI has been re-positioned, re­invigorated and re-focused to greatly assist all small scale Industrialists operating and doing business in South-South region, especially in Rivers State. The chairman …