Tag: Rivers State
Online petition seeking visa ban for Wike crosses 200,000
Over 239,864 Nigerians have signed an online petition asking the United Kingdom, United States, Canada, and the entirety of the European and Asian con [...]
Rivers police arrests federal lawmaker Chinyere Igwe in possession of $500,000
Operatives of the Rivers State Police Command in the early hours of Friday, arrested a member of the House of Representatives, Hon. Chinyere Igw [...]
Wike withdraws approval for use of Adokiye Amiesimaka stadium for Atiku’s presidential rally
Governor Nyesom Wike of Rivers State has withdrawn the approval he had earlier granted Atiku Abubakar, the Peoples Democratic Party’s presidential can [...]
Refund N695m entitlements or get ready to challenge us in court,’ Wike tells ex-Rivers gov, Celestine Omehia
Rivers state governor, Nyesom Wike, has said that Celestine Omehia must refund the entitlements close to N695 million he wrongfully received as a form [...]
Wike appoints 28,000 special assistants, donates N1bn to flood victims in Rivers
The Rivers state governor, Nyesom Wike, has approved the appointment of 28,000 special assistants for various political units in the state.
This wa [...]
Rivers ADC governorship candidate picks Tonto Dikeh as running mate
The governorship candidate of the African Democratic Congress (ADC) Rivers State, Mr. Tonte Ibraye, has announced Nollywood controversial actress, Ton [...]
Rotimi Amaechi, Minister of Transport joins 2023 presidential race
Minister of Transport, Rotimi Amaechi, has joined the 2023 presidential race.
While Amaechi is yet to make a formal declaration of his presidential [...]
Wike warns oil companies in Rivers, says VAT not for ‘Abuja people’
Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Wike, has insisted on going on with his move to stop the federal government from collecting Value Added Tax from the oil [...]
Just in: Mob attack police station, appeal court in Rivers
Mobs have set ablaze Afam Divisional Police Office in Oyigbo Local Government Area (LGA), Rivers State, hours after hoodlums also razed the Police Are [...]
Police arraigns 21 year-old for indecent dressing in public in Rivers
One Blessings Levi has been arraigned before a Magistrate Court sitting in Choba Community in Obio-Akpor Local Government Area of Rivers State on a th [...]