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By Mandy Tina The Nigerian Medical Association (NMA) has condemned the invasion of a health sensitization event for mothers, children, and pregnant women at the Eliozu Primary Health Care Center in Obio Akpor Local Government Area of Rivers State by security personnel. NMA Chairman for Rivers State, Dr. Ebi Robinson, …

By Chukwumaechi Godwin The government of Rivers State has expressed readiness to model its secondary schools’ boarding system after that of Nigerian Navy schools with the aim of producing disciplined leaders. State Commissioner for Education, Ovy Chinedum Chukwuma, who announced this at the 2024 graduation and passing out parade at …

… Seals Building, Arrest 2 By Emma Sunday, Port Harcourt Officers and men of the Nigerian Navy in Rivers State says it has confiscated over two hundred thousand (200,000) litres of illegally refined Automotive Gas Oil (AGO), popularly known as diesel dumped in a private residence in Okwuzi Community in …

… Restrains INEC, Police, DSS, Others from disrupting process Emma Sunday, Port Harcourt A Federal High Court, sitting in Abuja, has restrained the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), the police, the Department of State Service (DSS), and seven others from stopping or disrupting the conduct of the ward, local government …

The leadership of David Theophilus Briggs (DTB) and AKULGA Patriotic Front (APF) in ward 14, Obonoma in Akuku-Toru Local Government Area has congratulated Chief (Hon) David Theophilus Briggs, and Barr. Emmanuel Frank Fubara on their appointments as chairman of the Rivers State Universal Basic Education Board (RSUBEB) and Commissioner for …

The joy of Oganuzo Chidera knew no bounds as he was bestowed with an Award of Excellence by the Niger Delta Media Forum for the “outstanding leadership and business prowess he has exhibited over the years as a leading player in the maritime sector of the Nigerian economy.” Chidera, who …

By Amos Odhe, Yenagoa Bayelsa State Commissioner for Tourism Development, Hon. John Alla, has commended the governor, Senator Douye Diri, for investing in grassroots sports development, noting that the initiative has contributed to the promotion of peace in the state. Allah said promotion of sports tourism fosters peaceful coexistence in …

Emma Sunday, Port Harcourt Rivers State Governor, Siminalayi Fubara has denied reports that he has proposed payment of N80,000 as minimum wage for workers in the state. Governor Fubara, in a statement issued in Port Harcourt yesterday by his Chief Press Secretary, Nelson Chukwudi, described the report as false and …

Former Chief Whip in the Bayelsa State House of Assembly, Hon. Jonathan R. Obuebite, has congratulated Senator Douye Diri, governor of the state and his deputy, Senator Lawrence Ewhrudjakpo, on their victory at the Court of Appeal. The Court of Appeal sitting in Abuja, the Federal Capital Territory had earlier …

By Amos Odhe, Yenagoa Governor of Bayelsa State, Senator Douye Diri, has described the appeal filed by the governorship candidate of the All Progressive Congress (APC) in the November 11, 2023 poll in the state, Chief Timipre Sylva, as a needless distraction. In his reaction shortly after the Appeal Court …