Tag: Rivers State
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APC crisis: Rivers High Court sends Victor Giadom packing
…says he is not a member of APC A Rivers State High Court sitting in Port Harcourt has sent acting National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Victor Giadom packing. TheNewsGuru.com (TNG) reports the Rivers State High Court declared that Giadom is not a member of the party. This spells more troubles as the…
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Wike clarifies N10 million burial fine, releases new guidelines for religious activities
Rivers State Governor Nyesom Ezenwo Wike has reviewed the restriction on the number of worshippers during church services from 50 to 70 persons in the state. According to Governor Wike, modalities were also being worked out for the number of Muslims that will participate in Friday prayers. These were part of resolutions reached at a…
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Rivers State: Reason why people are dying in Bonny
Finally, the mystery behind the unexplainable number of deaths reported in Bonny Local Government Area of Rivers State has been unravelled. TheNewsGuru.com (TNG) recalled that Awoiyeala Samuel Allison, President of the Bonny Graduates Forum had raised alarm to the unpalatable incident in May. Since then, suspecting Coronavirus disease, officials of the State Ministry of Health…
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Mysterious Deaths on Bonny Island: Reps ask FG to immediately intervene to halt ugly trend
…urge NEMA to urgently provide relief materials to residents …demand establishment of FMC By Emman Ovuakporie Disturbed by mysterious deaths of fishes and 13 Nigerians on Bonny Island in Rivers State, the House of Representatives on Thursday moved that the Nigeria Center for Disease Control (NCDC) to immediately brief the Joint Committee of the House…
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BREAKING: Rivers State cancels lockdown till further notice
The Rivers State Government has cancelled till further notice the lockdown emplaced to check the spread of the Coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in the State. TheNewsGuru.com (TNG) reports the State Governor, Nyesom Wike made this known on Tuesday during a statewide broadcast. The Governor stated that in continuation of the struggle against the spread of the…
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Strange illness results in unexplainable deaths in Rivers State
An unexplainable number of deaths have been reported in Bonny kingdom of Rivers State, and according to sources, in the past two weeks alone, at the last count, 11 persons have been reported dead. TheNewsGuru.com (TNG) reports this is coming after a dead whale washed ashore the beach of some communities in Bonny and reports…
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Wike, slow down and take it easy – Ehi Braimah
By Ehi Braimah Governor Nyesom Wike of Rivers State has been in the news lately for his exertions to contain the spread the spread of coronavirus in the state, and he has supporters on both sides of the aisle for his actions. Let me be clear: Wike, in my view, has good intentions for his…
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Stampede kills 62-yr-old woman in Rivers as residents wrestle for Wike’s food palliative
A 62-year-old woman identified as Florence Onuobodo has died at the University of Port Harcourt Teaching Hospital after her involvement in a stampede that occurred in Elele, the Ikwerre Local Government Area of Rivers State. The woman was said to have been seriously hurt, while several others were injured as residents jostle for food during…
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Rivers Deputy Gov, Ipalibo Banigo reacts to reports of being sidelined by Wike in fight against COVID-19
Rivers State Deputy Governor, Dr. Ipalibo Banigo, has dismissed an allegation that the Governor, Nyesom Wike, sidelined her in the ongoing management of COVID-19 in the state. Recall that a group, Centre for Public Trust (CPT), at the weekend, accused the governor of marginalising Banigo, who is a public health expert, in all programmes and…
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BREAKING: Gov. Wike loses aide, Simeon Nwakaudu
Simeon Nwakaudu, Special Adviser on Electronic Media to Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Wike is dead. Governor Wike made this known in a statement by the Commissioner for Information and Communications, Paulinus Nsirim. Governor Wike expressed shock over the sudden death of the media aide, describing the late Nwakaudu as a loyal and dedicated professional who…