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… 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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …

Leading EPCI Contractor, Saipem Contracting Nigeria Limited (SCNL), has been recognized as the ‘Most Compliant Local Content International Service Company’ in Nigeria. The award, which follows over 50 years of Saipem’s extensive contribution to the local content development in the Nigerian Oil and Gas sector, came on the sidelines of …

Over 200 youth groups in Rivers State have endorsed the likely re-election bid of the state governor, Chief Nyesom Wike, in the 2019 general elections, declaring a “100% victory” for the governor. Rising from a summit in Port Harcourt on Thursday, February 15, 2018 the youths agreed to stand behind …

  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 …

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), …

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 …