By Sotonye Ijuye-Dagogo When will this Amaechi Vs Wike narrative end? Would Amaechi’s name be on the governorship ballot again? Was Amaechi on the 2015 Rivers State governorship ballot? Would Amaechi become Rivers State governor again? I can’t just get it! Can’t Rivers people question the actions …
Read More »MOSOP Raise Alarm Over ‘Plots To Resume Oil Operations In Ogoni’
The president of the Movement for the Survival of Ogoni People (MOSOP), Comrade Legborsi Saro- Pyagbara, has raised alarm over “a grand plan by Shell Development Petroleum Company (SPDC) and Nigeria Petroleum Development Company (NPDC) to clandestinely resume oil operations in Ogoni land.” The MOSOP President made this known during …
Read More »Ijaw Youths Berate FG On ‘Neglect Of N’ Delta Ports’
The national executive of the Ijaw Youth Council (Worldwide) IYC has berated the Federal Government over what is described as deliberate abandonment of sea ports in Port Harcourt, Warri and Calabar, imposition of high tariffs and implementation of stifling policies aimed at sabotaging the economy and marginalizing the people of …
Read More »Towards 2019: I’m Not Leaving APC ~ Abe
By Joel Anaekwe, Port Harcourt Aftermath of last weekend’s ward and local government non-elective congress of the All Progressives Congress (APC), which further exposed the cracks in the party in Rivers State, the senator representing Rivers South East senatorial district, Magnus Abe has said that no amount of …
Read More »Rivers Assembly: Court Upholds Anabraba as Minority Leader
A high court sitting in Port Harcourt has upheld the position of Hon Benibo Anabraba as minority leader of the Rivers State House of Assembly. Justice C.D. Green of high court 20 at a ruling that lasted over 30mins ruled that the election of Hon Anabraba who represents Akuku Toru …
Read More »Kalu’s Brace Sends Rivers Angels Back To Top
In-form Patience Kalu scored twice to ensure Nigeria Women Football league Champions, Rivers Angels, edge visiting Abia Angels 4-1 in a Match Day 12 played on Thursday. The match played at the Yakubu Gowon Stadium saw the league champions produce a dominant display, scoring three un-replied goals with their visitors only …
Read More »Pay Workers, Pensioners ~ Rivers APC Charges Wike
By Joel Anakwe, Port Harcourt The Rivers State chapter of the All Progressives Congress, APC has charged the Rivers State governor, Nyesom Wike to stop “his endless biometric data capturing of Rivers civil servants and pensioners and go ahead and pay them their salaries.” The APC`s charge is coming on …
Read More »No Restructuring, No 2019 Elections ~ Edwin Clark
Foremost Ijaw leader and elder statesman, Chief Edwin Clarke, has declared that no elections will take place in 2019 if the much clamoured for restructuring of Nigeria did not take place. Clarke who spoke during a recent interview with newsmen at the Port Harcourt International Airport, Omagwa said anyone who …
Read More »Makarfi’s Victory’ll Ensure Vibrant Opposition ~ Omehia
Former governor of Rivers State, Sir Celestine Omehia says the Supreme Court judgement that confirmed Senator Ahmed Makarfi as the interim national chairman of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) is not just a victory for the party and Nigerians, but would bring about vibrant opposition in the Nigerian politics. Sir …
Read More »Past Administrations, Responsible For Agitations In Nigeria ~ Capt Briggs
A frontline Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) stalwart and one of the founding fathers of PDP in Rivers State, Engr. Captain Briggs Opunabo Dokubo, has attributed the series of agitations going on in the country, and calls for re-structuring, to accumulated frustrations Nigerians had been physiologically forced into, as a result …
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