Tag: rivers
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Police arrest suspect involved in gang-rape of minor in Rivers
The Police Command in Rivers has confirmed the arrest of a suspect allegedly involved in the gang raping of a 14-year-old female minor in the state. Emmanuel Godwin, 23, alongside three accomplices who are currently at large, allegedly abducted the minor,
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Rivers Govt. cancels all pending procurement, tender processes
The Rivers State Government has on Thursday cancelled all pending procurement and tender processes in compliance with the Supreme Court judgement. The Sole Administrator, Vice Admiral (Rtd) Ibok-Ete Ibas,
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Rivers emergency rule: Tinubu acted in national interest – TDF
A pro-democracy group, the Democratic Front (TDF) on Wednesday defended President Bola Tinubu’s proclamation of State of Emergency in Rivers. This is contained in a statement by Malam Danjuma Muhammad, TDF Chairman.
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Ex-Minister defends Tinubu’s emergency rule in Rivers
A former Minister of State for Transportation, Prince Ademola Adegoroye, has described the state of emergency in Rivers as a proactive step to prevent an escalating political crisis. During a media chat with journalists on Saturday in Akure, Adegoroye warned that if individual political
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Rivers Sole Administrator, Ibas approves payment of workers’ salaries
The Rivers Sole Administrator, Vice Admiral Ibok-Ete Ibas, has approved the payment of salaries for the state Civil Servants, pensioners, and all suspended political appointees. The Secretary to the State Government (SSG), Prof. Ibibia Worika
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Why NBA faults state of emergency in Rivers – Wike
Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) Nyesom Wike has faulted the Nigeria Bar Association’s (NBA) stand that the declaration of state of emergency in Rivers by President Bola Tinubu was unconstitutional and illegal.
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APC chairman explains necessity for emergency rule in Rivers
Mr Tony Okocha, Chairman Rivers All Progressives Congress (APC), says the declaration of emergency rule in Rivers by President Bola Tinubu saved the state from situations of anarchy. Okocha said that the situation in Rivers was moving towards a state of lawlessness with non-state actors
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Ibas charges new SSG to restore public trust to Rivers
The Rivers Sole Administrator, Vice Admiral Ibok-Ete Ibas (rtd), has charged the new Secretary to the State Government (SSG) to critically drive the vision of restoring law, order and public trust to the state. Ibas made the remark in a statement to newsmen issued after the swearing-in of Prof Ibibia Worika as the new SSG…
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BREAKING: Rivers’ Sole Administrator suspends all Fubara’s appointees
The Rivers State Sole Administrator, Retired Vice Admiral Ibok-Ete Ibas, has suspended all political appointees and office holders appointed by suspended Governor Siminalayi Fubara with immediate effect.
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Rivers: The day after – By Pius Mordi
In 1983, the ABC, an American broadcast company, envisioned exploring the effects of nuclear war on the United States. The product was a television movie called The Day After. The film postulates a fictional war