Rivers state
N6bn Defamation Suit: Supreme Court throws out Peterside’s appeal against Odili
A former governorship candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Rivers State, Dr Dakuku Peterside, has lost his suit challenging a N6...
BREAKING: ln one fell swoop, Rivers Gov. Wike sacks commissioners, other cabinet members
Just a year to the end of his tenure, Rivers Gov. Nyesom Wike, has sent packing members of the State Executive Council...
Another multi-billion dollar scandal by Rotimi Ameachi unearthed
An Embraer Legacy 600 plane owned by Rivers State Government and “abandoned” in Germany since 2012 by the then Gov. Rotimi Ameachi has...
Wike-Amaechi rivalry rekindled, blasts Transport Minister
Transportation Minister Chibuike Amaechi at the weekend got a bashing from his erstwhile strong political ally and Governor of Rivers State Ezenwo...
Julius Berger’s workers’ protest turns bloody as cop shot dead one, injured others
“He promised to meet the management of Julius Berger and the workers in order to resolve the crisis” Unwarranted interference by the...
Three Customs men ambushed, killed by gunmen
By Boye Ajayi Three operatives of Nigeria Customs Service have been killed by some unknown gunmen in Isiokpo community in Ikwerre council area...
OB Lulu-Briggs: Kalabari Chiefs urge Dumo Lulu-Briggs Never to exclude stepmother and Moni Pulo boss from Oil mogul’s burial
As the controversy rages over the burial of oil Mogul and founder of Monipulo Petroleum Development Company, Late Chief Olu Benson Lulu-Briggs,...
Sexagenarian abducts, rapes teenage daughter of widow who declined his marriage proposal
By Ajuma Edwina Ameh A 60-year-old man, Mgbechi Wekwea, has been accused of abducting and raping a 16-year-old girl at gunpoint...
In River State, vigilance group commander gunned down at motor park
By Boye Ajayi Report from Rivers State says some yet-to-apprehended gunmen have killed one of the commanders of a local vigilance group,...
APC suspends Igo Aguma as Rivers acting chairman
The Rivers State All Progressives Congress, APC, seems to be heading for another trouble with the acting chairman. The Party’s...
Five states N148bn richer as FG approves refund for federal roads rehabilitation
Following the approval of the Federal Executive Council (FEC), five states are to get N148.14 billion as refunds for rehabilitating or...
Executive lawlessness : SERAP drags Gov. Wike, FG to ECOWAS Court
Says Wike is using Executive Orders 1 and 6 to ride roughshod on Rivers people For alleged brutal crackdown, repression, and human...
Rivers in shock over death of governor Wike’s spokesperson Simeon Nwakaudu.
Rivers resident were left in shock and grief Sunday after Mr. Simeon Nwakaudu’s death. The late Mr. Simeon Nwakaudu, is the...
Justice Mary Odili, The Legal Amazon, Is 68
By James Ume For Mrs Mary Ukaego Odili, life has been a fairy tale in the manner of speaking. Considering the fact...
Demolition: Falana repremands Gov. Wike, action primitive, embarrassing to lawyers
Rivers State Governor, Mr Nyesom Wike, a senior lawyer, has been slated and censured by a Senior Advocate of Nigeria, Mr Femi...
Alleged COVID-19 lockdown violation: CSOs slam Gov.Wike over demolition of hotels
…its cruelest display of arbitrary executive powers …demand compensation, investigation by Human Rights Commission Three civil society organizations...
