Governor Nyesom Wike of Rivers State has sacked the Permanent Secretary, Establishment, Sunny Okere, for allegedly flouting guidelines put in place to curb the spread of the coronavirus disease in the state. This was contained in a statement signed on Wednesday by the state’s Commissioner for Information and Communication, Paulinus […]
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A faction of the All Progressives Congress (APC) Caretaker Committee led by Sokonte Davies has called on the State Governor, Nyesom Wike to reopen markets in the state. Davies, who spoke while receiving a delegation of market women in the state at the party’s Secretariat in Port Harcourt on Wednesday […]
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Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Wike, has lifted the lockdown he imposed on the oil-rich Bonny Island and Onne to curtail the spread of the coronavirus pandemic. Wike in a statement signed by the Commissioner for Information and Communications, Paulinus Nsirim, said he would formally address all the issues in a […]
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Rivers State Commissioner for Information and Communications, Paulinus Nsirim, has said the President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd.), approved the refund of N78.9bn to Rivers for the repair of federal roads because of Governor Nyesom Wike’s “courage to speak up when others are silent”. Nsirim stated this in response to an […]
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Rivers State Commissioner for Information and Communications, Paulinus Nsirim, has lambasted Femi Adesina, the Special Adviser to President Buhari on Media and Publicity, over some comments the presidential aide made about Governor Nyesom Wike of the state in a piece he wrote during the week titled ‘Wike vindicates Buharists’. He […]
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A gang of women syndicate were arrested in Port Harcourt while negotiating the sale of a two-week-old baby. Mrs Roseline Nwokocha from Umuahia was arrested with her sister, Chioma, at Rumuokuta junction in Port Harcourt, Rivers State. Chioma had accompanied her to Rivers State to see the baby, Roseline told […]
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Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Wike, has threatened to sanction contractors, who failed to deliver on their agreements with the state government. Wike said it was unacceptable for contractors, particularly those, who had received full payment before the COVID-19 pandemic, to use the Coronavirus an excuse not to deliver their projects […]
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The Rivers State Coronavirus intervention and impact monitoring group, COVID-19 Situation Room, has decried the littering of of mortuaries with corpses following new guidelines on burials instituted by the State Government to check the spread of the pandemic. The Situation Room, a coalition of Civil Society Organisations (CSOs) and media […]
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A chieftain of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Rivers State, Eric Nwibani, has urged Senator Magnus Abe to reconcile his political differences with the Transport Minister, Rotimi Amaechi. Nwibani in an open letter to Abe insisted that it was time Abe discontinued his fight with Amaechi and return to […]
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Governor Nyesom Wike of Rivers State, has commended President Buhari over his magnanimity in refunding Rivers State government funds used in the rehabilitation of some federal roads in the state. Parts of the letter reads, ” I wish to, on behalf of the Government and people of Rivers State, appreciate […]
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