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Aviation, Headlines, Rivers, State News
Saturday, October 18th, 2014
By LAWANI MIKAIRU The South-South/South-East regional General Manager, Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria, FAAN, Mrs Ebele Okoye, has assured passengers that the Port Harcourt international airport has adequate security contrary to belief that the airport has porous security. This is coming just as she affirmed that the remodeling of the airport will be completed soon. […]
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Latest Politics, Muhammadu Buhari (1983-85, 2015 - 2023), Presidency, Rivers, State News
Friday, October 17th, 2014
Buhari: Beyond a presidential declaration! He may have run for Nigeria’s presidency in the past without success, but the massive turnout of people on the declaration of his intent to run for the same office on the platform of the All Progressive Congress, APC, in 2015 on Wednesday may just be an indication that the […]
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Headlines, Rivers, State News
Sunday, October 12th, 2014
The Nigerian Bar Association has pleaded for the release of its immediate past President, Mr. Okey Wali (SAN), who was said to have been abducted in Port Harcourt, the Rivers State capital, on Saturday. Wali was said to have been abducted at about 9pm on Saturday. He was abducted in Rumualogu, Obio/Akpor Local Government Area […]
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Headlines, Rivers, State News
Monday, September 29th, 2014
Governor Rotimi Amaechi of Rivers State has called on Rivers people to choose a credible person to succeed him on May 29, next year. Amaechi, at an inter-denominational church service to mark the 54th Independence Day Anniversary held at the St. Cyprians Anglican Church in Port Harcourt, said that the era of imposition of candidates on the […]
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Agatha Okoroiwu, Headlines, Rivers, State News
Tuesday, September 16th, 2014
Rivers State Governor Rotimi Amaechi The Rivers State Governor and Chairman of Nigeria Governors’ Forum, Mr. Rotimi Amaechi, has expressed worry over the level of corruption in the country, saying the level of graft in the country knows no bound. Amaechi, who spoke on Tuesday while swearing in 21 local government caretaker committee chairmen, observed […]
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Headlines, Rivers, State News
Tuesday, September 16th, 2014
Amaechi and Wike A chief of the Peoples Democratic Party in Rivers State and former Chief SecurityAdviser to ex-Governor Peter Odili, Chief Anabs Sara-Igbe, has said the Minister of State for Education, Nyesom Wike arm-twisted President Goodluck Jonathan to engage in a feud with Governor Rotimi Amaechi to enhance his 2015 governorship ambition. Sara-Igbe in an […]
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Headlines, Rivers, State News
Monday, September 15th, 2014
Rivers State government has warned the Federal Government to drop its proposed plan to renovate and build some blocks of classrooms in some state-owned secondary schools in the state. Minister of State for Education, Chief Nyesom Wike, had, last Friday, at Ogu, in Ogu/Bolo Local Government Area of the state, stated that the Federal Government […]
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Headlines, Rivers
Friday, September 12th, 2014
Rivers State Governor Rotimi Amaechi The people of Ubima in Ikwerre Local Government Area of Rivers State have been thrown into mourning following the murder of Mr. Sabinus Odu, an uncle to the state governor, Mr. Rotimi Amaechi. Odu, the Vice-Principal of Community Secondary School, Aluu, was killed earlier in the week by some suspected […]
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Headlines, Rivers, State News
Monday, September 8th, 2014
The Rivers government said on Monday that the outbreak of Ebola virus disease in the state has not caused any expatriate drift from their work places. The commissioner for health, Dr Sampson Parker, told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Port Harcourt that government has not received reports of expatriates leaving the state because […]
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Headlines, Rivers, State News
Friday, September 5th, 2014
PORT HARCOURT —Three doctors, a nurse and one other health worker have been kidnapped in Rivers State. Vanguard gathered that the health workers were taken hostage at Okolomabo community in Abua/Odua Local Government Area. Condemning the abduction, Coordinator, Niger Delta Youths for Positive Attitude Change and Progress, Mr Emmanule Enisuo, called for their unconditional release. […]
