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 …
Read More »Rivers ANA Chairman Decries ‘Neglect Of Writers’
The chairman of the Rivers State chapter of the Association of Nigeria Authors (ANA), Mr. Uzo Nwamara has decried what he termed neglect of the writers in the state by governments and corporate bodies. He made this known during the 2018 ANA Inter-Secondary Schools Poetry Competition/World Poetry Day held at …
Read More »Opposition Greets Wike’s Neighborhood Watch Law
Sharp condemnation, especially from the opposition All Progressives Congress (APC), has greeted Governor Nyesom Wike’s signing of the Rivers State Neighborhood Watch Safety Corps Law No. 8 of 2018 into law. Wike, last week assented to the Neighborhood Watch law, along with two others – the Rivers State Secret Cult …
Read More »Constitution Review: NULGE, APC Knock Rivers Assembly On LG Autonomy
Following the Rivers State House of Assembly’s rejection of the proposal seeking financial autonomy for local governments, in the ongoing review of the Nigerian constitution, the state chapters of the Nigeria Union of Local Government Employees (NULGE) and the All Progressives Congress (APC) have expressed disappointment with the Assembly over …
Read More »They Won’t Impeach Me ~ Imo Deputy Gov
… Rejects Senate Seat The deputy governor of Imo State, Prince Eze Madumere, has debunked rumours that House of Assembly members loyal to his boss, Governor Rochas Okorocha, are planning to initiate impeachment proceedings against him. In a chat with correspondents at the Port Harcourt International Airport, Prince Madumere noted …
Read More »Wike swears in 15 Local Council Caretakers
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 …
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