Tag: Rivers State
APC sacks Amaechi’s loyalists, appoints caretaker c’ttee for Rivers
The National Working Committee (NWC) of the All Progressives Congress (APC) has dissolved the Rivers State executives of the party at all levels.
The APC...
‘I’m a man of peace’: Fubara apologises over Rivers crisis
Rivers State Governor, Siminalayi Fubara, has apologised to the people of the state over the recent political crisis in the state, describing himself as...
Rivers crisis: Those accusing me of demanding 25% ignorant, says Wike
The Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Nyesom Wike, says the people accusing him of demanding 25 per cent from the Rivers State...
Breaking: Rivers Assembly Leader removed
The members of the Rivers State House of Assembly have removed the House Leader, Edison Ehie.
Ehie was removed by the lawmakers in the early...
Tinubu appoints INEC RECs in Edo, Lagos, Rivers, 6 others
President Bola Tinubu has approved the appointment of nine new Resident Electoral Commissioners (RECs) for the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) for a term...
Lagos, Rivers lead as Nigeria generated N1.9trn IGR in 2022
The National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) said the 36 states and the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) recorded a 1.6 per cent year-on-year growth in...
Student jailed for internet fraud in Rivers
The Federal High Court sitting in Port Harcourt, Rivers State, has convicted and sentenced a student of the Rivers State University, Chika Eguma Ekwodu,...
Ogoni leader drags FG, Rivers govt to UN over $300m fund
A former President of the Movement for the Survival of the Ogoni People (MOSOP), Legborsi Saro Pyagbara, has dragged the federal and Rivers State...
Police demote Inspector over assault in Rivers
The Nigeria Police Force (NPF) has demoted an officer, Inspector Adejoh Siaka, for assaulting a man at Emohua, the headquarters of Emohua Local Government...
Police officers face trial for extorting Rivers resident N620,000
The Rivers State Police Command says it is investigating some policemen alleged to have forcefully abducted and extorted a resident of N620,000 at gunpoint.
The...
