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#Endsars: Video: Hausas/Fulanis reportedly on rampage in Port-Harcourt

Posted by admin Headlines, Nigerian Police, Rivers, State News Thursday, October 22nd, 2020

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Wike, the Emperor! Wike, the Kim Jong-Un

Posted by admin Governors, Headlines, Lagos, Nigerian Police, Rivers, State News Wednesday, October 14th, 2020

Wike, the Emperor! Wike, the Kim Jong-Un – By NewNigerianPolitics (NNP) (Editorial) Wike’s recent actions of banning all #Endsarsnow protests and his personal involvement in the demolition of two hotels whose owners allegedly violated his lockdown orders, remind one of the ruthless Roman Emperors who terrorized their subjects to obtain absolute loyalty. Be it Emperor Augustus, […]

#EndSARS: Genevieve Nnaji blasts Rivers State Governor, Wike

Posted by admin Arts/Culture & Entertainment, Governors, Headlines, Nigerian Police, Nollywood (Film Industry), Rivers, State News Wednesday, October 14th, 2020

Juliet Ebirim Nollywood actress, Genevieve Nnaji has lashed out at Rivers state governor, Nyesom Wike, for barring residents from staging an #EndSARS protest in the state. The state government last night released a statement barring residents from engaging in any peaceful protest. According to the statement, anyone who participates in any protest will be […]

Video: In spite of Gov. Wike’s ban on #Endsarsnow protests, youths take to the streets in Port-Harcourt

Posted by admin Headlines, Nigerian Police, Rivers, State News Tuesday, October 13th, 2020

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Gov. Wike oversteps his authority, violates citizens constitutional right to peaceful protests by banning all #Endsars protests

Posted by admin Governors, Headlines, Nigerian Police, Rivers, State News Monday, October 12th, 2020

Governor Nyesom Wike has banned all forms of protests in Rivers State. The governor specifically said all proposed protests by #EndSARS campaigners have been prohibited. Wike’s directive was contained in a statement on Monday night by his Commissioner for Information and Communications, Paulinus Nsirim. He explained that there was no need for any form of […]

Amaechi buries older brother

Posted by admin Latest Politics, Rivers, State News Saturday, September 12th, 2020

Minister of Transportation, Rotimi Amaechi on Sept. 12, buried his elder brother, Charles Amaechi, in his country home Ubima, Rivers State. Amaechi, in a statement made available to newsmen in Abuja, said the death left a huge family responsibility on him as it would be difficult to combine both family and official responsibilities. The minister […]

25 Years After Ken Saro-Wiwa: Ogoni Still Waiting for Justice by Fegalo Nsuke

Posted by admin Headlines, National Politics, Rivers, State News Monday, August 31st, 2020

There are very many reasons to celebrate our country just as there are also very many awful things we wish our country would have addressed or never have done. I would have been happy to see an end to the Boko Haram menace, an end to the killings ascribed to Fulani Herders, the exoneration of […]

Man, Chinedu Peter Ogwa, 45, commits suicide in Rivers State over huge debt

Posted by admin Headlines, Rivers, State News Saturday, August 29th, 2020

The businessman who hailed from Ebonyi State but traded at Ikokwu spare parts market in Diobu, Port Harcourt, reportedly killed himself over his failure in his business undertaking.Chidinma Ogwa, wife of the deceased, discovered that her husband started behaving strangely on Monday, August 24 and finally drank rat poison at his residence on Thursday […]

Soldiers shoot at protesters in Rivers, injure many

Posted by admin Armed Forces, Army, Headlines, Rivers, State News Wednesday, August 12th, 2020

Soldiers yesterday opened fire on protesters, who barricaded OB/OB gas plant operated by the Nigeria Agip Oil Company (NAOC) in Omoku, Ogba/Egbema/Ndoni Council of Rivers State, leaving many injured. They reportedly stripped old women and manhandled old men who were part of the protest. Some indigenes of Obosi quarters in Omoku had since last week […]

We’ll Scuttle APC Plans to Rig Edo Election, Says Wike

Posted by admin All Peoples' Congress (APC), Edo, Party Politics, Peoples' Democratic Party (PDP), Rivers, State News Tuesday, August 11th, 2020

Nyesom Wike Rivers gov talks more than he campaigns, says opposition party Court fixes date for suit seeking Ize-Iyamu’s disqualification Ernest Chinwo in Port Harcourt and Alex Enumah in Abuja AThe Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) National Campaign Council for Edo Governorship Election and Rivers State Governor, Mr. Nyesom Wike, has said the […]