Tag: rivers
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Gunmen kill two policemen, cart away AK-47 rifle in Rivers
Two policemen on stop and search duty were on Tuesday night killed by gunmen who opened fire on them at the Okija axis of Mile One in Port Harcourt, Rivers State. The two officers were attached to the Mile One Police Station, Diobu in Port Harcourt. The circumstances leading to the attack could not be…
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APC Ready To Take Over Rivers Governorship in 2023 – Dakuku
An All Progressives Congress (APC) stalwart, Dr Dakuku Peterside says the party is ready to take over Rivers governorship come 2023.
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2022 budget: We need a sustainable exchange rate to survive in Nigeria -Sen Sekibo
…says if 2016 rate of N197 to a dollar was sustainable 2022 budget would have been $83bn not $39bn By Emman Ovuakporie Senator George Sekibo on Thursday said Nigeria’s inability to come up with a sustainable exchange rate is one of the major problems confronting the country. The Senator representing Rivers East Senatorial District using…
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Wike hosts South South Governors in Rivers
Governors of the South-South region of the country are meeting in Rivers State. The meeting, hosted by
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Buhari honours Joe Blankson, hero who drowned after rescuing 13 people from Rivers
President Muhamadu Buhari has bestowed a posthumous award on a hero, Joe Blankson who save 13 people from drowning but died while attempting to save more people. Blankson died on July 28, 2018, while saving others following a boat accident on the Abonnema-Bakana waterway in Rivers State. He was survived by his wife and two…
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VAT controversy: Appeal Court approves Lagos’ request to join Rivers’ suit against FG
The Court of Appeal in Abuja has granted a request by the Lagos State Government, seeking to join Rivers State in the appeal filed by the Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS). TheNewsGuru.com, TNG reports that the FIRS had filed an appeal at the appellate court to challenge the collection of Value Added Tax (VAT) by…
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VAT war: Oyo approaches court, to join in Rivers’ suit against FG
The government of Oyo State has asked the Court of Appeal sitting in Port Harcourt, Rivers State, for joinder in the suit instituted by the Rivers State Govern
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BREAKING: Drama as Wike, Akpabio attack each before Buhari in Rivers
There was mild drama on Tuesday at an event attended by President Muhammadu Buhari in River State between Governor Nyesom Wike and the Minister of Niger Delta Affairs Senator Godswill Akpabio.
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Nobody can play politics without me in Rivers – Magnus
Senator Magnus Abe has spoken of his political influence in Rivers State and declared that no one can exclude him from the politics of the opposition All Progressive Congress in the state. The former lawmaker representing Rivers South-East senatorial district made this assertion while addressing APC stakeholders in Bera community in Gokana Local Government Area…
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How a boy I fed, clothed arranged for my kidnap in Rivers – Businessman
A businessman, Alex Arthur, has narrated how a boy he fed and clothed contracted a gang to kidnap him in Port Harcourt, Rivers State.