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  By Joel Anekwe   Rivers State governor, Chief Nyesom Ezenwo Wike, has unveiled the mascot and theme song for the 2018 National Festival of Arts and Culture (NAFEST) holding in Port Harcourt. Describing the unveiling ceremony as the beginning of activities for NAFEST 2018, at the Government House Port …

South East bureau chief of ThisDay Newspaper, from Enugu Zone, Chris Isiguzo, on Friday emerged the national president of the Nigeria Union of Journalists (NUJ) at the union’s general election in Abeokuta Reports indicate that Isiguzo polled 346 votes to defeat the incumbent president, Waheed Odusile, who polled 329 votes. …

Men of the Nigerian Army, 6 Division, have uncovered an illegal oil depot in Port Harcourt, the Rivers State capital. The Army also impounded 16 trucks, of about 40,000-litre capacity each, generating sets and different sizes of hose, as well as apprehended one of the suspected operators of the illegal …

  – – – As Councillors ‘Plan Defection To APC’   Chairman of Asari-Toru Local Government Council in Rivers State, Chief Odieari Princewill has been accused of allegedly shortchanging councillors representing the wards in the LGA. A sociopolitical organization, Niger Delta Action Network (NDAN), made this known to this medium, …

The crisis in the Rivers State chapter of the All Progressives Congress (APC) deepened on Sunday as Tonye Cole and Senator Magnus Abe emerged winners of the parallel governorship primaries held by the two factions of the party. At the indirect governorship primary held by the faction loyal to the …

  By Joel Anekwe   The Social Development Integrated Centre (Social Action) has called for a legislation and framework to make it mandatory for governments, especially at the state level, to allow for citizens’ participation in budget formation and implementation in their states. The civil society organization (CSO) made the …

Governorship aspirant on the platform of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Rivers State, Senator Magnus Ngei Abe, has threatened to boycott the party’s primaries if it fails to adopt direct primaries as earlier advocated by the National Executive Committee (NEC) of the party. Abe, who issued the threat during …

  By Joel Anekwe   British Government has declared that the will work with relevant stakeholders to ensure peaceful and credible polls across Nigeria in 2019. The deputy British High Commissioner to Nigeria, Laure Beaufils made the commitment after a closed door meeting with Rivers State governor, Nyesom Wike in …

  … Sets Up Relief Camps in Ahoada, Aluu   By Joel Anekwe   The Rivers State Government has berated the National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) for excluding it from funds disbursed to states suffering flooding last year. The state commissioner for special duties, Hon Emeka Onowu expressed sadness that …

All Progressives Congress’s front-line governorship hopeful in Rivers State, Tonye Cole says, if given the mandate in 2019, his first task would be to unite Rivers people and restore peace in the state. Cole, who spoke in a recent interview with news men at the Port Harcourt International Airport, Omagwa …