Tag: rivers
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Gunmen attack Rivers checkpoint; kill policemen, soldiers
Gunmen have attacked military and police checkpoints along the Owerri-Port Harcourt Road in Ikwerre Local Government Area, Rivers State. It was gathered the gunmen, who launched the attacks around 8 pm on Saturday, killed four policemen and two soldiers. Details soon…
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2023 presidency: Neglect Rivers at your peril, Wike warns politicians
Governor of Rivers State, Nyesom Wike has said anybody jostling to be president of Nigeria will need to secure votes in Rivers to combine with either Kano or Lagos to win. He said such a pivotal position established the importance of Rivers in the political scheme of the country, and nobody would be allowed to…
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Wike bans meeting of Igbo group in Oyigbo, Rivers State
The Governor Nyesom Wike led Rivers State Government has placed a ban on a planned meeting of some Igbo residents in the Oyigbo Local Government Area over fears that such meeting could spark fresh unrest in the area. The meeting by a group known as the United Igbo community is scheduled to hold at Oyigbo…
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PDP ‘ll prove its voting strength during Rivers LG polls – Wike’s CoS
Chief of Staff to Rivers Governor, Mr Emeka Woke, has said that Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) will show its dominance in the state during the forthcoming local government election. Woke said this on Tuesday during a campaign by the party for the April 17 council poll, in Emohua, headquarters of Emohua Local Government Council. He…
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Wike to Akpabio: I’ll teach you a lesson if you talk ill of Rivers, South South Govs again
Rivers Governor Nyesom Wike has threatened to teach the Minister of Niger Delta Affairs, Senator Godswill Akpabio a lesson if he dares talk ill of his state (Rivers) or South South Governors in general. The Governor, who spoke on Friday when he inaugurated an office complex his administration built for the Trade Union Congress (TUC)…
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Soldier shoots truck driver for refusing to pay N200 bribe in Rivers
There was pandemonium on Saturday at the Airport Junction, Omuagwa Community, Ikwerre Local Government Area, Rivers State, following the shooting of a trailer driver by a yet-to-be-identified soldier. According to reports, the incident happened at an Army Checkpoint along Port Harcourt-Airport-Owerri Road, Omagwa, at about 9 pm on Friday. It was learnt that the soldier…
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How NDDC duped Rivers State of N400m – Wike
Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Ezenwo Wike, says despite the inauguration of the advisory council of the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC), oil-producing state governors are still sidelined in the affairs of the intervention agency. The governor noted that because the governing party dictates what happens in the NDDC, the commission now acts as a state…
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JUST IN: Twin explosions rock PDP secretariat in Rivers
Twin explosions suspected to be dynamites have unsettled the secretariat of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) in Port Harcourt, Rivers State. It was gathered that the dynamite was detonated in a Sports Utility Vehicle (SUV) parked in front of the secretariat located along Aba Road. The explosion, which occurred at about 3pm during the councilorship…
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Lawmakers impeach Rivers LG Chairman
The Executive Chairman of Emohua Local Government Area of Rivers State, High Chief Tom Aliezi has been impeached. According to reports, the embattled chairman was impeached by the two-third majority of members of the Legislative Assembly amid tight security. Ten out of the 14 lawmakers were said to have voted for his removal during plenary.…
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APC will not participate in ‘faulty’ Rivers LG election – Chairman
The All Progressives Congress (APC) Caretaker Committee (CTC) Chairman in Rivers, Mr Isaac Ogbobula, has said the party will not participate in the forthcoming local government council elections in the state. Ogbobula, in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Saturday in Port Harcourt, alleged that the “electoral process is faulty’’. He…