… Says FG is Starving Rivers The general secretary of the Association of Niger Delta Monarchs of Nigeria (ANDMON), His Majesty, King Leslie Eke, has expressed support for the Rivers State governor’s observation on the distribution of the N166 billion earmarked for federal projects across the country. Governor Nyesom Wike …
Read More »CSOs, CBOs Rate Wike Low on Inclusive Governance
By Joel Anekwe Civil society and community based organisations in Rivers State have rated the governor, Nyesom Wike low on inclusive governance, adding that in the past four years of his administration, the governor has operated with little or no input from civil society or community representatives. This position runs …
Read More »Insecurity: Rivers to Deploy More Security Personnel to Ogoni Communities
By Joel Anekwe Following the increasing loss of lives and property to cultism and gangsterism in Ogoniland, the Rivers State governor, Nyesom Wike has declared that the state government would deploy more security personnel to the troubled Ogoni communities with a view to restoring peace. Speaking on Saturday when he …
Read More »Rivers, Almost Polio-Free ~ Agiriye Harry
Permanent secretary in charge of the Rivers State Primary Health Care Management Board, Dr. Agiriye Monima Harry, has expressed the hope that the state will be out of polio by the end of this year. This, he said, follows the concerted efforts of the state primary health care board to …
Read More »Ijaw Youths Warn Wike to ‘Steer Clear of Bayelsa Politics’
By Amos Okioma, Yenagoa Ijaw youths under the auspices of Defender of Izon Nation (DIN) on Sunday urged the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) to jettison the idea of using Gov. Nyesom Wike to conduct Bayelsa guber primaries. The DIN, an Ijaw pressure group comprising militants and non-militants and known in the …
Read More »Election Tribunal: ‘INEC Witness Casts Doubt on Rivers Guber Results’
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) in its press statement of March 15, 2019, admitted having collated 17 local government area results. Where did INEC get the 22 local government area results it used in returning Governor Nyesom Wike as winner of the election? This is the question presently before …
Read More »NAPPS Ready to Work with Wike on Quality Education ~ Green
The National Association Proprietors of Private Schools (NAPPS) in Rivers State has resolved to work with the committees set up by the state governor, Chief (Barr) Nyesom Wike, for accreditation and approval of private schools in the state. The state president of NAPPS, Chief (Hon) Victor Green made this assertion …
Read More »Fingesi Commiserates with Pipeline Victims, Condemns Wike’s ‘Nonchalance’
The candidate of the Action Democratic Party (ADP) in the 2019 governorship election in Rivers State, Mr. Victor Fingesi has commiserated with the families of victims of the pipeline explosion at Kom Kom community in Oyigbo Local Government Area. In a statement issued in Port Harcourt by his spokesman, Mr. …
Read More »OML 25: Wike Gives Disputing Parties 7 Days to Re-Open Facility
By Joel Anekwe Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Wike has intervened in the prolonged dispute relating to Oil Mining License (OML) 25 in Kula community, Akuku-Toru Local Government Area, and directed all parties involved to resolve all contending issues and reopen the oil facility within 7 days. The governor directed the …
Read More »Workers’ Day: Rivers Lifts Embargo on Employment, Promotion
By Joel Anekwe The Rivers State Government has lifted the ban on employments and promotions in the state civil service which has been on hold for up to 10 years now. The state governor, Chief Nyesom Wike announced the decision Wednesday during the 2019 Workers Day celebration at the Yakubu …
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