…state of emergency looming The seeming peace in the political family of former Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Wike, has been shattered and is erupting into a crisis that could lead to a state of emergency. Within a few hours, two factions of the House of Assembly had emerged. One under the speakership of Martin Amaewhule,…
FG Begins Reconstruction of Eleme – Onne Axis of East-West Road
The Federal Government has commenced work on the reconstruction of the 18-km Eleme Junction – Trailer Park section of the East-West Road in Rivers State barely two weeks after the Minister of Works, Dave Umahi, visited the site. Umahi had promised that work on the project would soon be commenced. But many stakeholders had ignored…
Fubara, new Rivers governor to probe water contract at Secretariat complex
Rivers State civil servants wildly cheered the new governor of the state, Siminalayi Fubara, as he went round the Secretariat complex in Port Harcourt on Thursday, two days after he was sworn in. Everywhere the governor turned, the workers applauded and danced for him to express their appreciation of him and hopes that he would…
SPDC Reports 51 Broken Pipelines in Niger Delta
Shell Petroleum Development Company of Nigeria, SPDC, has said that it has recorded 51 oil spills from its facilities in the Niger Delta this year. This was contained in a report of Shell’s spills incident PORTAL on Tuesday. According to the company, 44 of the spills were caused by sabotage by vandals while seven of…
David Mark Bows Out of Presidential Race
….As Wike Faults Buhari on Security Former Senate President, David Mark, has declared that he would not be contesting the 2023 presidential election. Mark made the declaration at Etche, Rivers State on Tuesday while inaugurating the 21-kilometre Odufor – Akpoku – Umuoye road construction by the Rivers State Government. Mark, who described the Rivers State…
Wike Says Rivers Can’t Provide Free Medicare, Lays Foundation For Renal Centre
The Governor of Rivers State, Nyesom Wike, has said that harsh economic realities would not allow the state government to provide free medical services to people in the state. The governor, who was responding to an appeal by the management of the Rivers State University Teaching Hospital to consider paying the bills of indigent renal…
Wike Threatens to Convert Disputed Land in Ogoni to Mortuary
Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Wike, has threatened to acquire a disputed land between Bomu and Lewe communities in Ogoniland and convert it to a mortuary if the people of the feuding communities failed to resolve their differences. The governor made the threat when he laid the foundation stone of Government Secondary School, Kpor in Gokana…
Bonny Youths Attack Journalists, Burn Bus, Gadgets
Angry youths of Bonny Island in Rivers State on Thursday attacked journalists on official duty and burnt down the bus conveying them to the Nigerian Liquefied Natural Gas Limited premises. The youths had gathered at the gate of the company where they were protesting an alleged unjust distribution of the N3 billion annual community development…
Drivers’ Strike Keeps Passengers Stranded in Port Harcourt
Passengers along the NTA and University of Port Harcourt route in Port Harcourt, the Rivers State capital have been going through hell since Wednesday when drivers of commercial buses and taxis pulled off the road. They did so to protest the killing of one of their members by a member of the Nigerian Security and…
Bonny, Finimah youths fight at NLNG gate
Bonny and Finimah youths on Thursday clashed at the gate of the Nigeria Liquefied Natural Gas Limited over demands for community development grants. Finimah youths were said to have mobilised in front of the gate when Bonny youths got wind of the protest and moved to dislodge the Finimah youths. Finimah youths had alleged that…
