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Latest Politics, National Politics, Rivers, State News, Top Stories
Sunday, March 7th, 2021
The 6 Division, Nigerian Army, has rescued ten foreigners abducted in Gabon, in Tombia, a creek in Bille waterways, Degema Local Government Area, Rivers State, after a ransom of $300,000 was paid for their release. The victims, among whom were six Chinese, three Indonesians, and a Gabonese along with four Nigerians, said to have facilitated […]
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Headlines, Rivers, State News
Wednesday, March 3rd, 2021
How I became successful, starting from the scratch in UK despite being a prince – Tonye Princewill By Ekaette Bassey Apart from being a Prince of the Kalabari kingdom in Rivers State and son to an eminent Professor of Medical Microbiology and First class King, Prince Tonye J.T Princewill is a prominent businessman, petroleum engineer, […]
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Governors, Headlines, Latest Politics, Legislature, Rivers, Senate, State News
Wednesday, February 24th, 2021
The Governor of Rivers State, Nyesom Wike, has criticized the senate for the confirmation of the immediate past service chiefs as ambassadors. Wike, in a statement on Wednesday, stated that Nigerians are not happy that the same lawmakers who had called for the sack of the former service chiefs for the poor way they handled […]
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Headlines, Rivers, State News
Tuesday, February 16th, 2021
From TONY JOHN Port Harcourt The National Butchers Union of Nigeria (NBUN), Rivers State chapter, has raised the alarm over the smuggling of unapproved beef for consumption to serve members of the public in the State. Assistant Public Relations Officer of the union in Rivers, Babajio Tanko, said some dealers have taken advantage of the […]
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Headlines, Muhammadu Buhari (1983-85, 2015 - 2023), Presidency, Rivers, State News
Saturday, February 6th, 2021
From Tony John, Port Harcourt The Finima community in Bonny Local Government Area of Rivers State has urged President Muhammadu Buhari to intervene in an impending crisis among the host families, in view of the commencement of the Nigeria Liquefied Natural Gas (NLNG), Train 7 project, in the area. Sunday Sun gathered that the brewing crisis followed […]
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Headlines, Niger Delta, Rivers
Friday, February 5th, 2021
MOSOP Kingdom Coordinators for Bori National Territory, Sylvanus Adamgbo has declared that insinuations suggesting some kind of leadership crisis in the Movement for the Survival of the Ogoni People (MOSOP) were untrue. Adamgbo who is MOSOP Kingdom Coordinator for Bori National Territory said there is an elected president of MOSOP in the person of Mr […]
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Air Force, Armed Forces, Army, Governors, Headlines, Navy, Rivers, State News
Tuesday, January 26th, 2021
Don’t politicise security, Wike charges new service chiefs Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Wike, has commended president Buhari for appointing new service chiefs for the country even though the appointments came late. The governor, in a statement from the State Commissioner for Information and Communications, Paulinus Nsirim, charged the new appointees to see their appointments as an […]
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Governors, Headlines, Rivers, State News
Tuesday, January 26th, 2021
Gov. Wike of Rivers is known to always shout at the traditional chiefs in his state. At home, he is a fearless lion roaring at his chiefs. Some of them are well-respected and highly educated Grade A chiefs. But that status does not prevent them from being at the receiving end of his anger and […]
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Headlines, Niger Delta, Rivers, State News
Friday, January 15th, 2021
Ladies and Gentlemen, At the time of submitting this post, the Nigeria Police has shot into a peaceful crowd of Ogoni people marching to the MOSOP Secretariat in Bori, Ogoni. One person simply identified as Dumka was shot and his conditions are unstable. Efforts are being made to save his life. Today reminds us of […]
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COVID-19, Headlines, Health, Rivers, State News
Tuesday, December 29th, 2020
By Rosemary Nwisi, Port Harcourt Some residents of Rivers State have criticised Governor Nyesom Wike’s threats to lockdown the state again in January over the resurgence of COVID-19. Wike, at a thanksgiving service in Omagwa, Ikwerre Local Government Area on Sunday hinted about the plan to impose the fresh lockdown as one of the stringent […]
