Rivers: Govt sch students sit on bare floor to learn, says principal
Brave Dickson The damaging effect of last year’s flood is still a source of worry to the, managements, teachers and students of some schools in Ahoada West Local Government Area of Rivers State. A community secondary school principal in the area, Wisdom Santos Owolo whose school was also affected told our correspondent how students now […]
Why I withdrew petition from election tribunal – Abe
Magnus Abe, the Social Democratic Party, SDP gubernatorial candidate in March 18 governorship elections in Rivers state, has withdrawn his petition before the elections tribunal challenging outcome of the exercise. Abe told party leaders on Sunday that the decision, though personal, was reached in consultation and agree with the party hierarchy at state and national […]
Court sacks Rivers APC chairman, legal adviser
Why we declared Rivers prophetess wanted, NDLEA spokesman
MOSOP condemns manipulation of results in Rivers
Press Release The Movement for the Survival of the Ogoni people, MOSOP, vehemently condemns in strong terms the reported connivance of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) officials with unscrupulous politicians to subvert the free and lawful will of voters expressed through the ballot box in the February 25 polls in the state. The report […]
INEC to conduct fresh elections in Rivers RAs
Johnson Sinikiem, the Resident Electoral Commissioner (REC) in Rivers State, says elections will be conduct elections in seven Registration Areas(RA) in Degema Local Government Area of the state. The areas are in Tombia and Bakana which had logistics issues and voting could not hold. The REC, during a media briefing, noted that the commission had […]
Presidential election: IGP posts four CPs, AIG to Rivers
Naira scarcity: Hunger, anger in Rivers as banks, POS operators frustrate residents
By Kelechi Esogwa-Amadi It is no longer news that the scarcity of naira caused by the central bank of Nigeria’s redesign/cash swap policy has thrown the nation’s poor masses into unprecedented suffering. In Rivers State, including Port Harcourt – the capital – the story is not different, as many poor residents are now finding it […]
Save me, vote my preferred presidential candidate – Wike tells Rivers voters
Rivers State governor, Nyesom Ezenwo Wike has said electorate in the State will not vote for any political party in Saturday’s presidential election that has shown blatant contempt for political power shift and inclusivity in governance. He said considering the heterogeneous nature of Nigeria, the resolve in Rivers State is that electorate and all lovers […]
Man shoots brother to death in Rivers community
Tina Amanda Rivers State Police Command has commenced an investigation on the alleged killing of forty-four-year-old patent medicine dealer Benedict Chukwu by his younger brother, Patrick Chukwu, at Mgbuayim community Elele-Alimini in Emohua LGA Rivers State. The Spokesperson of Rivers State Police Command, SP Grace Iringe-Koko, in response to an inquiry into the incident by […]
I will make Rivers State ‘forest of joy’ – Tinubu
Florence Uwaeme Bola Tinubu, the presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC) has said he wants to be president to change the lives of Rivers people and make the state a “forest of joy.” He made the statement during a rally in Port Harcourt on Wednesday. While wooing Rivers people to support his presidential […]
Lawyers urge Police to forward cases to AG’s office, and not to Magistrates
Tina Amanda The Nigerian Police Force has been urged to forward case files from the Police Stations to the State Attorney General’s office as provided in the Administration of Criminal Justice Law ACJL to avoid unnecessary delays of case files at the Magistrate court. Lead Advocate, Civic Space Watch Cluster, Rivers State and Vice Chairman […]