Tag Archives: Rivers

In a significant boost to the infrastructure development of Rivers State, the Kalama Development Initiative, a socio-political pressure group, has praised Governor Sir Siminalayi Fubara for approving the construction of a bridge that will connect Kalama to the rest of the state. The group, founded in 2018 to address the socio-political concerns of youths in Kalama, hailed the Governor’s commitment ...

  An Ikwerre socio-cultural group, the Iwhnurohna Progressive Organisation has faulted claims by the Ohanaeze Ndigbo and its President, Chief Emmanuel Iwuanyanwu, that Ikwerre is part of Igbo. The IPO said it was careless and insensitive for Iwuanyanwu to be associated with such a claim that the Ikwerre people in Rivers State were Igbo, describing it as false and unfounded. ...

By Christie Oby Ndukwe After a period of relative silence, I am compelled to address the recent tragedy that unfolded in Rivers State, prompting me to speak out once again. During my online vigil with a particular church, I came across a distressing video on WhatsApp. In the video, a young man, his voice filled with pain and desperation, called ...

The new Rivers State House of Assembly Speaker, Rt. Hon. Edison Ogerenye Ehie, has escaped assassination attempt on his life late yesterday’s night. A statement circulated to News Media outlets by Ken Uchendu, Legislative Correspondent, Rivers State House of Assembly, said, “At about 11pm on Sunday the 19th day of November, 2023, a group of armed thugs and rogue police ...

The leadership of the Labour Party says it “has watched with trepidation the ongoing rape of democracy in Nigeria as being supervised by the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC.” The party made its views known in a statement signed by the National Chairman, Barrister Julius Abure. The statement reads, “Today, the INEC led by Prof. Mahmood Yakubu has clearly proved ...

The International Press Centre (IPC), Lagos is highly disturbed by the reported incidents of attacks on journalists and other media professionals covering today’s governorship and House of Assembly elections in some parts of the country including Lagos, Ogun and Rivers States. IPC’s JOURNALISTS’ -ELECTION-DAY-SAFETY-ALERT-DESK has confirmed that AIT Reporters and cameramen including Henrietta Oke, Amarachi Amushie and Nkiru Nwokedi were ...

… laughs off Wike’s civil servants promotion and employment gimmick Erstwhile National Publicity Secretary of the defunct New People’s Democratic Party (nPDP), and Chieftain of the All Progressives Congress, Chief Eze Chukwuemeka Eze, has commended the Igbo Community in Rivers State for adopting the governorship candidate of the APC, Pst. Tonye Cole as their sole candidate for the rescheduled February ...

The Presidential Candidate of Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Atiku Abubakar, has advised Rivers State Governor Nyesom Wike to stop speaking while he is under the influence of alcohol. Wike had while addressing supporters at the Emohua Local Government Area of Rivers State on Friday stated that he was drinking a 40-year-old whiskey while he was watching members of his own ...

The Rivers APC 2023 Campaign Council said it is constrained to report the unprovoked attack on its governorship Campaign Rally at the traditional grounds, Rumuwoji Town in Mile 1, Port Harcourt City Local Government Area by hundreds of armed thugs. These hoodlums according to Sogbeye C. Eli, Spokesman, Rivers APC 2023 Campaign Council, “led by the Mayor of Port Harcourt ...

The campaign Spokesman to Tonye Cole/Innocent Barikor Gubernatorial Campaign Council, Sogbeye C. Eli, has called on the Rivers State government to stop what he described as the Fraud in Pension’s Administration under governor Nyesom Wike. Mr. Eli in a statement said, “Rivers people will recall that in June this year, the Nyesom Wike Administration announced the approval of payment of ...