Newly inaugurated family court will make our work easier – Says Rivers FIDA
Brave Dickson The Rivers State branch of the International Federation of Women Lawyers (FIDA) has expressed gladness over the inauguration of a family court, saying that the court would make its work easier. The court was inaugurated by Governor Nyesom Wike as a special court to give quick and speedy dispensation of justice to child-related […]
2023: Meet with us first or lose our vote, Rivers farmers tell gov candidates
Brave Dickson As the 2023 general elections draw nearer, farmers in Rivers State have insisted that only a governorship candidate who physically meet with them will they vote for. The farmers under the umbrella of the Commercial Farmers and Agro-Allied Producers of Nigeria said since the state governorship candidates are yet to meet with them, […]
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Rivers community raises alarm over invasion by strange men
Police harass Rivers Community over N45bn compensation by Shell
The Ejama-Ebubu Community in Eleme Local Government Area of Rivers State has lamented the continued police harassment following the oil-spill compensation from the Shell Petroleum Development Company of Nigeria Limited. Indigenes of the community alleged that after Shell made the payment, a 13-man disbursement committee was set to release the sum of N5 million to […]
Rivers mothers worried over rising sexual immorality, HIV Prevalence
…RSG announces free healthcare services By Kelechi Esogwa-Amadi Some mothers in Rivers State have expressed fear over the reported prevalence of the dreaded Human Immuno-Deficiency Virus (HIV) in the State and nation at large. They are also worried about the increasing rate of sexual immorality among young girls in recent times, which they fear might […]
NAWOJ calls for an end to gender-based violence
Desmond Iwuchukwu The Nigeria Association of Women Journalists NAWOJ, Rivers State Chapter has called on all relevant stakeholders to eliminate all forms of electoral violence against women. The association made the call in a statement to commence this year’s 16 days of Activism to end all forms of gender-based violence. NAWOJ in a statement regretted […]
Appeal Court dismisses Accord Party’s appeal in suit filed Rivers PDP
Tina Amanda The Court of Appeal sitting in Port Harcourt has dismissed two appeals filed by Accord Party in Rivers State challenging rulings delivered by a Federal High Court. The two rulings bothered on preliminary objection decisions, which the lower court agreed with the arguments of PDP on joinder and the name of the Party […]
Rivers: newly built law campus is good but has wrong location – Lawyer
Brave Dickson A Port Harcourt based lawyer in Rivers State, Barr Kingdom Chukwuezie has faulted the location of the newly built and commissioned law school campus in the state. The N17billion law school campus was built by Governor Nyesom Wike and commissioned by President Muhammadu Buhari who was represented by the Attorney General of the […]
NSCDC impounds five trucks for crude oil theft in Rivers
The Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) in Rivers, has impounded five trucks, and arrested a suspect for alleged oil theft. The State Commandant of the Corps, Michael Ogar, said this in a statement issued by the Corps spokesman Olufemi Ayodele on Friday in Port Harcourt. He said that the trucks were impounded for […]
Rivers people will shock PDP in 2023 – APC Legal Adviser
By Kelechi Esogwa-Amadi The legal adviser of the All Progressives Congress, Rivers State Chapter, Iheanyichukwu Dike Esq, has given hints about what he thinks will befall the Peoples Democratic Party in next year’s general election in the state. According to him, Rivers people are fed up with the PDP and are waiting to demonstrate that […]
Army begs Rivers indigenes to enlist into service
