2023: Abe planning APC’s downfall with Rivers govt. – Officials allege
Some members of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Rivers State have alleged fresh moves by some groups to exclude the party from participating in the 2023 general elections. The members loyal to the former lawmaker representing Rivers South-East Senatorial District, Senator Magnus Abe, accused Abe of conspiring with the Rivers State Government to achieve […]
2023: Princewill reveals plans of emerging Rivers governor
The 2015 governorship candidate of the Labour Party in Rivers State, Prince Tonye Princewill has disclosed that he is set to commence consultations for the 2023 governorship election in the state. Princewill, in a chat with newsmen on Friday, said he is confident of emerging winner of the governorship election in 2023. Also speaking on […]
3 die in car crash in Rivers
Three persons lost their lives on Friday, following an accident that occurred along Akpajo-Elelenwo road in Obio/Akpor Local Government Area of Rivers State. It was gathered that a female driver, whose identity could not be ascertained, rammed her car into another vehicle before crashing into a building leading to the death of three persons. Several […]
Soot: Ibaa community has many dumpsites – Chidi Lloyd
The chairman of Emohua Local Government Area, Dr Chidi Lloyd has said that many houses in Ibaa community have dumpsites for illegally refined petroleum products. No less than 15 buildings were lost to an inferno in Ibaa community in Emohua Local Government Area on Wednesday after a truck suspected to be laden with illegally refined […]
Soot: Emuoha council chairman accuses oil companies of aiding illegal bunkering, refining of crude oil
Chairman of Emuoha local government area, Dr Chidi Lloyd, has expressed displeasure over the silence of multinational oil companies in the ongoing war against illegal oil bunkering and refining activities in Rivers State. According to him, the companies have not issued a word since the directive by the state Governor, Nyesom Wike, to clamp down […]
Rivers community gets paramount ruler 14 years after
A fourteen-year-old rift on the traditional stool of Ogbogoro Community in Obio Akpor Local Government Area of the state was on Tuesday resolved, after a High Court sitting in Port Harcourt declared Chief Felix Amadi as the paramount ruler. This follows the unrest of the Ogbogoro chieftaincy tussle and the land dispute between the family […]
Properties worth millions of naira lost to fire in Rivers community
No less than 15 buildings were lost to fire on Wednesday in Ibaa community, Emohua Local Government Area of Rivers State after a truck suspected to be laden with illegally refined petroleum products burst into flames. Recall that Governor Nyesom Wike had ordered a clampdown on operators of illegal bunkering and artisanal refineries in parts […]
Rivers people need jobs, clean enviroment – Tonye Princewill replies PDP
Former governorship candidate in Rivers State, Prince Tonye Princewill, has said he resists the temptation to openly abuse Governor Nyesom Wike. He said due to the urge to exchange insults among the political class at the slightest provocation, the things that matter the most have been ignored. Reacting to a statement issued by the Rivers […]
Home lesson teacher allegedly kidnaps 5 children in Rivers
The Police in Rivers have launched a manhunt for a home lesson teacher who allegedly kidnapped five children along the Rukpakulus axis of Eliozu, Port Harcourt. The children who are between 18-months and four years old were reportedly kidnapped from one family, while two others from another family. The mother of the first three abducted […]
Police nab 35 suspected armed robbers, others in Rivers
The Rivers State Police Command says it has apprehended 35 suspected armed robbers, kidnappers and cultists, in different parts of the state. According to the Command, arms and ammunition were recovered from the hideouts of the hoodlums, where they also rescued 10 victims from the criminals. The State Police Commissioner, Friday Eboka, who spoke to […]
As Wike rids Rivers of soot, smoke-emitting vehicles remain a concern
By Kelechi Esogwa-Amadi When Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Wike, in January this year, declared a total war against illegal bunkering and artisanal refining of crude oil, many thought it would be a task too herculean to carry out, given how rampant the act had become across the length and breadth of the state, the subtleties […]
Soot: War against illegal bunkering, artisanal refining not political – Wike
Governor of Rivers State, Nyesom Wike, has said that even if his political party, the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) is in opposition, as a responsible government, his administration would not allow any act of economic sabotage such as crude oil theft take place in the state. He explained that the war against illegal bunkering and […]