The governor of Rivers State, Chief Nyesom Wike has sworn-in 15 local government caretaker committee chairmen, following their screening and confirmation by the State House of Assembly. Performing the swearing-in ceremony at the Government House Port Harcourt on Thursday, Wike charged the caretaker committee chairmen to pay the outstanding salaries …
Read More »Abia plans increased Cocoa Production, to Distribute Seedlings, Subsidized Equipment
The Abia State government says it is poised to increase its production of cocoa, through an effective partnership with those presently farming the crop. Declaring open a workshop on ‘Increasing the Production of Cocoa for Export in Abia State’ on Tuesday in Umuahia, the governor of Abia State, Dr Okezie …
Read More »Slain Taxi Driver: 4-Month Old Baby, CSOs Lead Protest Against ‘Killer Cop’
Miss Emmanuella Chiamaka Mark, the four-month old child of Bright Mark Chinatu, the taxi driver who was reportedly killed by a Police officer at Rumuokoro Junction, in Port Harcourt on February 18, 2018, last Monday led members of the Rivers State Civil Society Organization, the Drivers Welfare Association and others …
Read More »Emmanuel Signs N646.6bn Budget For 2018
The governor of Akwa Ibom State, Mr Udom Emmanuel has signed the 2018 Appropriation bill into law. The total figure of 646.6 billion Naira, which he assented to on Wednesday, is against the 651 billion naira he had earlier proposed to the State House of Assembly. A breakdown of the …
Read More »Rivers APC Denies Rift, Explains Parallel Events
By Joel Anekwe, Port Harcourt The leadership of the All Progressives Congress, APC has promised to conduct free and fair primaries ahead the 2019 general elections, as it clarified that that the two events that took place in Rivers State last Saturday involving two of the party’s bigwigs …
Read More »I’m Committed to Enthroning Riverine Governor in 2019 ~ Amaechi
Former governor of Rivers State, Rt Hon Chibuike Amaechi, has said that he is committed to the enthronement of a Riverine governor in 2019, and called for the support of all Rivers people towards actualizing this. Rt. Hon. Chibuike Amaechi who is the leader of the All Progressive Congress (APC), …
Read More »Governance In Rivers Needs Strategic Leadership
A strategic leader, technocrat and consultant in Rivers State, Leesi Gabriel Gborogbosi, has attributed the failure of Rivers State to attain her full potential to lack of strategic leadership in governance and failure of leadership to adequately confront increasing “wicked problems” facing the society. These problems, which he said seem …
Read More »Wike Rejects Okorocha’s Amnesty to Don Wanny’s Boys
Governor Nyesom Wike has said that the amnesty granted by his Imo State counterpart to cultists behind the New Year Day killings in Omoku community, will have no effect in Rivers State. Imo State Governor, Owelle Rochas Okorocha, had on Monday granted amnesty to cultists in his state, including those …
Read More »Prosecute Any Lawmaker Involved in Crime ~ Akwa Ibom Speaker
Speaker of the Akwa Ibom State House of Assembly, Barrister Onofiok Luke has asked the state commissioner of Police, CP Adeyemi Ogunjemilusi not to spare anyone, including himself and his colleagues, who is found involved in any criminal activity. The speaker stated this while receiving the Police commissioner during a …
Read More »Graham Douglas Endorses Book On Jonathan, Tasks N’ Delta Youths
Elder statesman and four-time federal minister, Hon. Alabo Tonye Graham-Douglas has endorsed a book entitled ‘Diamond In The Rough’ written by Pastor Dimabo Soberekon. Graham-Douglas endorsed the book, a motivational hinged “on the wisdom of former president, Dr Goodluck Jonathan,” during the award ceremony organized by the Ijaw Republic Patriotic …
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