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Election 2015, Elections, Headlines, Nigerian Police, Rivers, State News
Sunday, March 13th, 2016
Adelani Adepegba, Abuja The Inspector-General of Police, Solomon Arase, has directed the Assistant Inspector-General of Police in charge of Zone 6, Calabar, Adisa Bolanta, and three Commissioners of Police to relocate to Port Harcourt on Monday (today) for preparations forwards the rerun, holding in the state on Saturday. This, he said, was in furtherance of […]
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Headlines, Rivers, State News
Thursday, March 10th, 2016
The Federal Government has appointed Dakuku Peterside as the Director-General of the Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency. The appointment takes effect from today, March 10, a statement said. Peterside was the governorship candidate of the All Progressives Congress in the April 11 governorship election in Rivers State and a close ally of the […]
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Headlines, Rivers, State News
Sunday, February 14th, 2016
Rivers: Randy pastor (PICTURED) rapes teenager, says blame me, not devil advertisement undefined TOP HEADLINES The General Overseer of Agape Baptist Church, Pastor Oprite Amakiri, has been arrested and detained at the Rumuolumeni Police Division in Obio/Akpor Local Government Area of Rivers State. The 50-year-old randy pastor confessed to how […]
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Headlines, Rivers, State News
Saturday, February 13th, 2016
SUSPECTED cultists have killed 15 people and beheaded six of them in Omoku, the headquarters of Ogba/ Egbema/Ndoni Local Government Area (ONELGA) of Rivers State. The killings came barely 24 hours after gunmen, lastThursday, assassinated a former member of the State House of Assembly, who represented Ogba/Egbema Ndoni Constituency, Monday Eleanya. Sunday Sun gathered that […]
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Headlines, Party Politics, Peoples' Democratic Party (PDP), Rivers, State News
Sunday, February 7th, 2016
THE Rivers State Governor, Chief Nyesom Wike, said on Sunday that he would not have contested a governorship rerun if the Supreme Court had failed to uphold his election. The governor also alleged that between December 1 and 18 of 2014, the immediate past government in the state led by Mr. Rotimi Amaechi had used […]
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Abia, Headlines, Rivers, Soccer, Sports, State News
Friday, February 5th, 2016
Seven-time Nigeria Professional Football League (NPFL) champions Enyimba will play their home fixtures in the 2016 CAF Champions League at the Adokiye Amiesimaka Stadium in Port Harcourt. Renovation work continues at pace at the Enyimba Stadium in Aba but it seems increasingly unlikely that the refurbishment will be completed in time for the club’s opening […]
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Headlines, National Politics, Rivers, State News, Top Stories, Wole Soyinka
Friday, January 8th, 2016
Nobel laureate, Professor Wole Soyinka has described as ‘abominable distractions,’ statement by the Rivers State Commissioner for Information, Dr Austin Tam-George, that the state would demand refund from him (Soyinka) if he collected cash from the N82 million allegedly spent by immediate-past Governor, Rotimi Amaechi on a dinner to honour him. Soyinka, who reacted in […]
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Headlines, Rivers, State News
Monday, January 4th, 2016
Monday, January 4, 2016 advertisement TOP HEADLINES Nigerian (PICTURED) who scammed 17 companies of $600,000 in US faces 30 years in jail Nigeria is too small for Igbo – Adamu Ciroma Speculators make huge profits as dollar scarcity persists Emir defends Buhari’s appointment of minister, INEC chief from one family Buhari […]
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Election 2015, Elections, Headlines, Rivers, State News
Wednesday, December 16th, 2015
The three-man Court of Appeal panel sitting in Abuja has struck out the appeal of Nyesom Wike seeking a dismissal of the judgment of the Rivers election petition tribunal which sacked him as governor of the state. In a 110-page ruling delivered by Justice M.B. Dongban-Mensem, the Court ruled that the election of Nyesom Wike […]
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Latest Politics, Presidency, Rivers, State News, Yakubu Gowon (1966-75)
Sunday, December 6th, 2015
Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Ezenwo Wike has announced that the state government will immortalise the name of former Head of State, General Yakubu Gowon for creating the state and serving as a symbol of national unity. Speaking at the Government House, Port Harcourt on Saturday when he received in audience Former Head of State, General […]
