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Articles, Columnists, Kano, Rivers, State News, Top Stories
Monday, June 9th, 2014
THE Rivers State Governor, Mr. Rotimi Amaechi, was locked inside the Mallam Aminu Kano International Airport on Sunday for an undisclosed number of minutes after his chartered aircraft was grounded by the airport authorities. The State Commissioner for Information and Communications, Mrs. Ibim Semenitari, who spoke on Amaechi’s behalf, while briefing newsmen on Monday, said […]
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Headlines, Oil Politics, Rivers, State News
Monday, May 19th, 2014
Dapo Falade – Port Harcourt with Agency Report SEVEN people were feared dead on Sunday morning during a fire explosion which occurred at the Okrika, Port Harcourt jetty of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC). This was as scores of others were said to have suffered severe degree of burnt during the fire incident, which […]
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Headlines, Rivers, State News
Tuesday, April 15th, 2014
There was confusion in Portharcourt, the Rivers State capital on Tuesday as operatives of the Nigeria Police Force evacuated a leather bag suspected to contain explosives. Residents, commuters and traders along the ever busy Ikwerre Road axis of Port Harcourt ran for their dear lives when an unidentified man dropped laptop bag by the roadside […]
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Headlines, Rivers, State News
Tuesday, April 15th, 2014
Azuka Onwuka | credits: File copy One thing that is striking about Governor Chibuike Amaechi of Rivers State is that he is a fighter. He is also never afraid to bare his mind on any issue. As a fighter, when President Olusegun Obasanjo denied him his Peoples Democratic Party governorship ticket with the lame excuse […]
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First Ladies, Headlines, Patience Jonathan, Rivers, State News
Monday, April 7th, 2014
Comments Mrs. Patience Jonathan | credits: en.wikipedia.org Wife of the President, Mrs. Patience Jonathan, on Monday said she was solidly behind the Supervising Minister of Education, Chief Nyesom Wike, to take over from the Rivers State Governor, Rotimi Amaechi, in 2015. Wike, who was at a time Amaechi’s Chief of Staff, has been at […]
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All Peoples' Congress (APC), Headlines, Party Politics, Rivers, State News
Sunday, March 9th, 2014
Apologise or Face Suspension’ APC Tells Him The Rivers State Chapter of the All Progressives Congress says it has watched with sadness the great embarrassment brought to Rivers State and its people by Hon. Evans Bipi, the self-acclaimed Rebel Speaker of the Rivers State House of Assembly. The party in press release signed and made […]
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Party Politics, Peoples' Democratic Party (PDP), Rivers, State News
Sunday, March 9th, 2014
Rivers State Governor Rotimi Amaechi The Rivers State Governor, Mr. Rotimi Amaechi, has dismissed President Goodluck Jonathan’s declaration that the PDP will take over Rivers State in the 2015 general elections. President Jonathan had in PDP rallies in Owerri, Lafia, Sokoto and most recently, Minna expressed confidence that the party would regain the five […]
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Headlines, INEC Politics, Rivers, State News
Tuesday, March 4th, 2014
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) in Rivers on Tuesday handed over 1,238 laptops to the Rivers State Ministry of Education to boost computer literacy among students. The Resident Electoral Commissioner (REC) in the state, Mr Aniedi Ikoiwak, said the gesture was aimed at expanding the frontiers of education, especially in ICT. Ikoiwak said the […]
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Headlines, Rivers, State News
Sunday, February 23rd, 2014
Rivers State Governor, Mr. Rotimi Amaechi | credits: File copy Rivers State Governor Rotimi Amaechi has dismissed the threat by the Supervising Minister of Education, Nyesom Wike, that he (Amaechi) will be arrested after Jonathan’s victory in 2015. Amaechi said he would continue to speak against decisions of the Federal Government under President Goodluck […]
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Headlines, Rivers, State News
Saturday, February 22nd, 2014
From: TONY JOHN, Port Harcourt The Rivers State Governor, Chibuike Amaechi, yesterday said he is not a coward and would continue to speak against the policies and decisions of the President Goodluck Jonathan-led government. Amaechi spoke through the Chief of Staff, Government House, Port Harcourt, Tony Okocha, in reaction to the statement by the […]
