Scores of youths attending an event organised by the Rotary Club with the Rivers State Governor, Mr. Rotimi Amaechi, were on Friday barred by policemen from inspecting some state projects in Port Harcourt. The youths, who were about 600 in number, were said to be waiting for Government House buses to convey them from the […]
By SaharaReporters, New York SaharaReporters has learned that John Vidal, a correspondent with The Guardian newspaper in London, has been arrested by overzealous local police men in Eleme, Rivers State. Sources said he was seized along with his photographer, who was identified simply as Noah. Both British nationals were said to have been taking pictures […]
There was a drama in Port Harcourt, Rivers State on Thursday as policemen stopped Governor Rotimi Amaechi from gaining entrance into the Government House. Amaechi was in company with 102 former Speakers of state Houses of Assembly when a team of policemen, allegedly drafted by the State Police Commissioner, Mr. Joseph Mbu, blocked the Forces […]
THE Movement for the Emancipation of the Niger Delta has asked former Vice President Atiku Abubakar; Rivers State Governor Rotimi Amaechi; and others in the new Peoples Democratic Party to ignore the threats by those parading themselves as ex-militants in the Niger Delta. A group of former militant leaders had issued a warning to Atiku […]
Escort commander’s removal, an order from above -Police It’s an afterthought, lame excuse-Govt Barely 24 hours after the Rivers State government raised the alarm that the state police commissioner, Mbu Joseph Mbu was plotting harm against Governor Rotimi Aamechi following the sudden withdrawal of the latter’s security commanders, the police command has offered explanations for the […]
The Police Command in Rivers State said on Saturday that its detectives had commenced search for Bishop Ignatius Kattey, the Archbishop of Niger Delta North of the Anglican Communion. The command’s Public Relations Officer, DSP Angela Agabe, told the News Agency of Nigeria in Port Harcourt that Kattey was abducted with his wife, Beatrice, on […]
My attention has been drawn to various electronic and print media announcements/publications of a malicious press release by the Rivers State chapter of the People’s Democratic Party, purporting to have expelled me from the Party. A full page advertorial of the same subject matter was placed on page 49 of The Nation newspaper of Wednesday, […]
BARELY six days to its national convention, the Peoples Democratic Party in Rivers State has expelled 18 members loyal to the state Governor, Mr. Rotimi Amaechi. The state PDP announced the expulsion of the members shortly after receiving the report of the Performance Evaluation Committee on Monday at the party secretariat in Port Harcourt on […]
Chairman, Nigeria Governors’ Forum, Rotimi Amaechi BARRING any last change of mind, the Rivers State Governor, Mr. Rotimi Amaechi, and 27 members of the State House of Assembly loyal to him will be stopped from attending the national convention of the Peoples Democratic Party slated for August 31, 2013. The Minister of State for […]
THE Peoples Democratic Party in Rivers State has barred Governor Rotimi Amaechi, and the 27 pro-Amaechi members of the State House of Assembly from the performance appraisal that commenced on Thursday. The state PDP executive members, had, few weeks after being sworn in, set up a Committee on Performance Evaluation of its members holding political […]
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