Despite ban by government, several communities still circumcise the female child in Rivers State.
Nkechi Uduma The issue of female circumcision or what is also known as female genital mutilation has not been totally eradicated in Rivers state as some communities still practice it despite the implementation of the Rivers state abolition of female circumcision law in 2001. In an interview with the chairperson of International Federation of Women […]
Rivers LG Election -PDP Begins Registration Of Members
Gladys Nweke The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), in Rivers State, has commenced re-registration of old and new members into the party across the 23 Local Government Areas ahead of the June 16, 2018, council polls in state. Rivers State chairman of Peoples Democratic Party (PDP ), Bro Felix Obuah, while addressing council chairmen and secretaries […]
Rivers APC Sets Up Peace and Reconciliation Committee.
The All Progressive Congress, APC in Rivers State has constituted a committee after an extraordinary Rivers APC stakeholders meeting, on Monday in Port Harcourt. The mandate of the committee is to mend perceived cracks within the fold of the party in the state and to reposition it ahead of 2019 general election. Members of the […]
The Rivers State Neighbourhood Safety Corps: why Wike is right (Part 1)
By Enemi Alabo George – Essence of Neighbourhood Security – Proactivity, Rather than Reactivity – Provisions of the Law – Needless Worries – Dakuku Peterside’s comments The recent passage into law of the Rivers State Neighbourhood Security Corps bill (HA.8), 2018 by the Rivers State House of Assembly has elicited a cascade of reactions, positive […]
WHO Raises Alarm over Alleged Sale of Free Tuberculosis Drugs in Rivers State.
Okenyi Kenechi The National Professional Officer of World Health Organisation (WHO) in Nigeria, Dr. Michael Jose, has decried the alleged sale of free Tuberculosis (TB) drugs to TB patients in Rivers. Jose who raised the concern in an interview with reporters in Port Harcourt on Thursday said it was inhuman on the part of the […]
2019: Muslims threaten to vote against Wike.
Muslims in Rivers State have threatened to vote against Governor Nyesom Wike, in 2019 if he refuses to appoint a Rivers Muslim into his cabinet in the proposed minor cabinet resuffle. Wike had promised that there would would be a minor cabinet reshuffle during the swearing-in of four newly appointed Commissioners in the state on […]
Neighborhood watch bill has exposed the plans of the APC to disrupt the peace of the state” – Rivers PDP
Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, in Rivers state has said the neighborhood watch bill has recorded its first major landmark, by exposing what it termed the secret plans of the opposition, All Progressive Congress, in the state to the security agencies about the security situation in Rivers State. PDP Chairman in the state, Felix Obuah, stated […]
Domestic violence on the increase – FIDA President says.
Nkechi Uduma The chairperson of International Federation of Women Lawyers, FIDA, Rivers state chapter, Barrister Anthonia Osadebe says the rate of domestic violence in Rivers state is on the increase. Barr Osadebe stated this in an out of court interview today where they handled about 20 cases of domestic violence. She said that the spousal […]
Rivers Civil Liberty Organization condemns inclusion of arms bearing in the neighborhood watch law
John Diidi Chairman Rivers State Civil Society organization, Enefa Georgewill, has condemned the proposed arming of the neighborhood watch officers by Rivers State Government. He made this known while stating his views on the provisions of the neighborhood watch bill in Port Harcourt, saying the government lacks the mechanism to regulate the excesses of the […]
Measles Vaccination: Rivers State Government Warns Non-Compliant Schools
Gladys Nweke The Rivers State Commissioner for Health, Prof Chike Princewill has warned no fewer than 74 private schools that refused to allow their pupils and students to participate in the ongoing measles immunization to do so or face government sanctions. The Commissioner, after a routine inspection of progress made on the measles immunization exercise […]
Omechiri Odum Onu Celebrated in Port-Harcourt
One of the popular churches in Port-Harcourt, The Rest place CGMi, celebrated their Eastern Nigerian Sunday yesterday. They called it African Praise Igbo Sunday. TPCN was there live to celebrate Jesus with them, they called God so many names and also celebrated Him in all the Igbo dialects, the one name they kept calling God […]
RIVERS STATE NEIGHBORHOOD SAFETY CORP ….ITS RESPONSIBILITY AND MERIT by Princewill Emejuru
The Governor of Rivers State Nyeson Ezenwo Wike couple of days ago signed into law the Neighborhood Safety Corp bill passed by the Rivers State House of Assembly. Since the presentation of this bill at the floor of the Rivers State House of Assembly, there have been reactions in various quarters, hence the need for […]