Tag: Rivers State
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BREAKING: Gov Wike releases N1 billion for Rivers flood victims
Rivers State Governor Nyesom Wike has approved the sum of N1 billion for emergency relief measures to support flood victims in Ahoada West and Ogba/Egbema/Ndoni Local Government Areas (LGAs) of the State.
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JUST IN: Wike appoints 14,000 advisers, 359 liaison officers
Rivers State Governor Nyesom Wike has appointed 14,000 advisers for various political units in the State and 359 liaison officers.
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2023: I have all it takes to turn around Rivers into a first class state- SDP guber candidate, Abe asserts
The Gubernatorial candidate of the Social Democratic Party (SDP) in the 2023 general elections in Rivers State, Senator Magnus Ngei Abe, has said he has the ideas, knowledge, political experience, capacity and institutional memory to govern the state if elected. Abe stated this while speaking during a teleconference with Rivers people in diaspora from…
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I stand with Wike, PDP not fair to him – Gov. Ortom
Contrary to an earlier report that he has ditched Governor Nyesom Wike, Benue State Governor, Samuel Ortom, has declared that he stands by Wike and that PDP was not just to his counterpart. Addressing journalists in Makurdi on Tuesday after a meeting with caucus PDP members from the North West senatorial district known as Zone…
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PDP Crisis: Wike reveals what Iyiorcha Ayu did to offend him
Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Wike, has revealed what the National Chairman Iyiorcha Ayu did to him to ensure that he doesn’t emerge as the presidential candidate of the party. The Rivers-born politician made this known during a live media chat with journalists in Port Harcourt on Friday.
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PDP Crisis: Wike finally speaks on his preferred party for 2023
Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Wike, has finally cleared the air on defecting from the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) saying that he will remain at the party and fight on. Wike made the announcement on Thursday amid the crisis bedeviling the party.
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BREAKING: PDP crisis: Wike, team pull out of Atiku Campaign Council
The uneding crisis rocking the PDP has further deepened with Wednesday’s decision of the Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Wike and his team to pull out of the party’s presidential campaign council. The development is on the heels of a meeting held early on Wednesday morning in Port Harcourt, the Rivers State capital, to find a…
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Gas leak in Sangama Community caused by suspected oil thieves, NUPRC report reveals
The Nigerian Upstream Petroleum Regulatory Commission (NUPRC) has said its report after investigating the reported gas leak in Sangama Community of Bonny Local Government Area of Rivers State revealed that it was caused by suspected vandals and thieves. This is contained in a press statement signed by the commission’s executive, Gbenga Komolafe, a copy of…
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Container terminal awards N30m scholarship to 50 Rivers undergrads
The West Africa Container Terminal (WACT) has awarded scholarships worth N30 million to 50 undergraduate students drawn from communities in Rivers State. Speaking at the scholarship presentation ceremony, the managing director of WACT, Mr. Naved Zafar, congratulated the beneficiaries and urged them to work hard in their studies. “congratulations to the awardees. Your success today…
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NCWS lauds Wike for assenting to law on rights of women to family Inheritance
The National Council of Women Societies (NCWS) on Monday commended Gov. Nyesom Wike of Rivers for ending the denial of women to family inheritance. The national president of NCWS, Hajiya Lami Lau, gave the commendation in a statement in Abuja. Newsmen reports that Wike on Thursday signed into law, the Rivers State Prohibition of the…