THE NATION Tension has heightened in Rivers State following a disagreement between the organised labour and the state government over industrial actions. The government at the weekend accused the state chapter of the Nigerian Labour Congress (NLC) of conniving with…
THE NATION Nigeria continues to meet expectations. Some weeks are slow and dull with public officials and their aides just choosing to keep a clean nose. On other weeks, they simply let go, serving up the most jaw-dropping, applause-rousing or…
PUNCH THE Rivers State Government on Wednesday began the demolition of property to pave the way for the expansion and repairs of the Rumuola flyover project in Obio/Akpor LGA of the state. The State Commissioner for Works, Austin Chioma, had…
THIS DAY Rivers State Government has signed contracts for the rehabilitation and upgrading of 496 kilometres of pipeline to produce 330,000 cubic meters of potable water per to Port Harcourt and Obio/Akpor Local Government Areas. The Managing Director of Port…
THE GUARDIAN As concerns grow among ex-militants that the federal government might be considering the termination of the Presidential Amnesty Programme (PAP), signs of a possible resistance are already building up in the Niger Delta region. Faced with existential reality back…
THE TIDE The Rivers State representative in the selection committee on Federal Government Special public works programme. Bar Erastus Awortu says the All Progressives Congress, APC, is playing politics with 23,000 job chances allotted to the state. Awortu made this…
PUNCH THE Delta State government has called on occupants of flood prone area of the Delta State to take the advantage of the August break to relocate to higher grounds, nothing that camps will be opened for flood victims due…
THE GUARDIAN It is now clear that our policy makers will never be short of curious excuses to justify the neglect and underdevelopment of the Niger Delta region. The Niger Deltans, government apologists often think are too agitative and over…
THE SUN When Governors of South West Nigeria announced the setting up of a regional security outfit, known as Amotekun (Leopard), it seemed a long shot given the delicate nature of policing which is thought to be constitutionally the exclusive…
THE NATION The Rivers State Government has ordered commercial tricycles popularly called Keke Napep to steer clear of 19 major roads and streets in the state. The government also threatened to impound trucks involved in unsafe container haulage. A statement…
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