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What a pity……Provocation under the influence is not supported but this man could have walked away..he could have!!! A mother of two identified as Sokari West was allegedly stabbed to death by her husband during a fight in their house in Buguma, Asari-Toru Local Government Area of … Read...

The Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Wike, has called on all party members in the state to live in peace adding that politics is not war. He described the violence that broke out on Friday by some supporters of the All Progressives Congress … Read more via Channels Television –...

Violence broke out on Friday as members of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Rivers State wreaked havoc at the party’s secretariat in Port Harcourt. Ahead of the party’s congresses across the country on Saturday, hundreds of supporters protested the alleged unacceptable development in the...

Former Rivers state governor, Rotimi Amaechi has said that the continued re-occurrence of soot in Rivers state was because of the inability of the state government to utilize the security apparatus around him to curb the menace. Amaechi who is now … Read more via Naijaloaded | Nigeria’s...

The senator representing Rivers South-East senatorial district in the National Assembly, Sen. Magnus Abe, has advised the leadership of All Progressives Congress, APC, in the state to shelve every plan to manipulate the will of members of the party during ward congresses of … Read more via...

The senator representing Rivers South-east district in the National Assembly, Senator Magnus Abe, wednesday formally declared his intention to contest for the governorship of Rivers State in 2019 on the platform of the All Progressives Congress (APC). Abe, who made the declaration while...

Concerned residents of Rivers State under the aegis of Stop-the-Soot Campaign and Civil Liberties Organisation, CLO, in the state have staged a protest in Port Harcourt, seeking an end to the soot that is ravaging the state. protesters, who marched to the Rivers State Government House and the...

National Oil Spill Detection and Response Agency, NOSDRA, has said that due to overwhelming challenges, Nigeria still has a long way to go to be able to proactively regulate oil spill response and keep the operating environment safe. Director-General of NOSDRA, Sir Peter Idabor, opened up on...

President Muhammadu Buahri has approved further healthcare intervention in the communities of Ogoni, Rivers State, to alleviate the suffering of residents of the area following much exposure to oil pollution. This came as the Movement for the Survival of Ogoni People, MOSOP, pleaded with the...

Rivers State governor Nyesom Wike has again urged Nigerians to prevail on the National Assembly to override President Muhammadu Buhari’s veto on the 2010 Electoral Act Amendment Bill. He said this will guarantee free, fair and credible electoral system. Click here to read more

Operatives of the Inspector-General of Police Intelligence Response Team have arrested two suspected members of the Amalgamated Niger Delta Avengers, Lovegod Chinuzioke and Justice Okolo. The suspects had reportedly written to an oil company, Niger Delta Petroleum Resources, at Obumeze...

The Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Wike, has stated that the nation’s security degenerated “dangerously” because the All Progressives Congress’ Federal Government chose to play politics with the security challenge in Rivers State. The governor also called on professionals to show interest in...

A chief in Ndele community in the Emeoha Local Government Area of Rivers State, Chief Goodluck Umetor, who was kidnapped and freed last week, said his captors warned him not to block his bank accounts. Umetor, who was kidnapped around 10pm on April 2, 2018, said the kidnappers vowed to come...

FORMER Vice-President Atiku Abubakar on Tuesday declared his intention to contest the position of the President. Atiku made this declaration when he led some leaders of the Peoples Democratic Party to the Government House in Port Harcourt, the Rivers State capital. click here to read more

Governor Nyesom Wike of Rivers said on Tuesday that the management of Real Madrid Football Club would lay the foundation for the construction of the Real Madrid Football Academy in Rivers state by the first week of March 2018. The Governor who dropped the hint in Port Harcourt in … via...

The Minister of Transportation, Rotimi Amaechi, on Saturday described the 2019 general election as the last battle for members of the All Progressives Congress (APC). He also assured that there would not be imposition of candidates by the APC during this year’s primaries. Amaechi, the leader...

Governor Nyesom Wike of Rivers State Governor Nyesom Wike of Rivers State has warned kidnappers and cultists to leave the state or risk death sentence. The warning is coming on the heels of the amendment of the State Anti-kidnapping Law prescribing death sentence for criminals involved in...

The All Progressives Congress (APC) in Rivers state has alleged that Governor Nyesom Wike lied in his broadcast to the people following recent attacks and killings that forced the government to announce names of some wanted cult leaders. In a statement … via Nigeria News today & Breaking news...

Rivers state chapter of the All Progressives Congress (APC) has claimed that governor Nyesom Wike is using the state’s funds to sponsor his party. The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP). Chukwuemeka Eze, media aide to Davies Ikanya, chairman of the Rivers APC, in a statement on Monday said PDP...

The Rivers State Government has bought new SUVs – Toyota Land Cruisers – worth hundreds of millions of naira for the 16 National Assembly members from the state, despite the fact that the state is owing retired civil servants their pensions and gratuities for over three years now. Three of the...