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… As Peterside Rejects ‘Sham Election’ The governor of Rivers State, Chief Nyesom Wike has sworn-in the 23 council chairmen that emerged from the June 16, 2018 local government elections conducted by the Rivers State Independent Electoral Commission (RSIEC). This is even as the deputy leader of the …
Read More »Kidnapped Thrice, Nwigbarane Goes To Mother Earth
The death of a prominent Ogoni leader and philanthropist, Late Elder Baranu Bennet Nwigbarane has been announced by the family. He was aged 75 years. A release signed by the son, Engineer Suka Nwigbarane and Martins Giadom of the Rivers State Broadcasting Corporation indicates that there will be service of …
Read More »Buhari’s June 12 Declaration, Ploy To Deceive Nigerians ~ Kingsley Chindah
The recent declaration by President Muhammadu Buhari that June 12 would henceforth replace May 29 as Democracy Day in honour of Chief MKO Abiola, the presumed winner of the annulled June 12 presidential election, has been described as a fraud and a ploy to deceive Nigerians again and obtain their …
Read More »Rivers PASAN Commends Wike over Payment of Allowances
Members of the Parliamentary Staff Association of Nigeria (PASAN), Rivers State chapter have commended the governor of the state, Chief Nyesom Wike, over the release of their 2016, 2017 and 2018 outfit and committee allowances. Chairman of the state chapter, Comr. Okeleke Louis, in a statement in Port Harcourt, said …
Read More »Dickson Committed To Airport Project ~ Commissioner
The governor of Bayelsa State, Hon Seriake Dickson, is committed to the completion of the state’s cargo airport. This is according to the state commissioner of Information, Iworiso Markson. Iworiso Markson, who spoke with our correspondent in Port Harcourt recently, said the Bayelsa Airport will have one of the best …
Read More »World Environment Day: NOSDRA Lauds Focus on ‘Plastic Pollution’
By Kelechi Esogwa-Amadi The National Oil Spill Detection and Response Agency (NOSDRA), Port Harcourt office, has joined other agencies around the world to mark this year’s World Environment Day with the theme: Beat Plastic Pollution Through Reuse. The event was held at the Port Harcourt office of the …
Read More »Faith-Based NGO Donates Free Uniforms To Indigent, Street Children
A faith-based organization, the MD-Info-Change Development Initiative (MD-IDI), has donated free school uniforms numbering over 60 to indigent street children in Rivers State for the 2018/2019 academic session. About 11 free uniforms were presented to indigent students of State School Elekahia and Iche Akarolo Model Primary School Elekahia with an …
Read More »Adaka Boro: Ijaw Youths Insist on ‘Resource Control,’ Mark 50th Anniversary
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 …
Read More »Rivers Assembly: Lawmaker Calls on Speaker ‘To Resign’
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 …
Read More »Buhari Must Not Be Impeached – Ijaw Activist
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 …
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