SAHARA REPORTERS Organized labor in Rivers State comprising Nigeria Labour Congress and Trade Union Congress has said that workers in Rivers State were tired of failed promises by the administration of Governor Nyesom Wike. The group said it wants Wike’s…
THIS DAY The Rivers State Government yesterday disclosed that it would construct hostels that would accommodate 1800 students at the Nigerian Law School, Yenagoa, Bayelsa State. The state government said it would also build a 1, 500 capacity Multi-Purpose Hall…
VANGUARD GOVERNOR Nyesom Wike on Tuesday overwhelmed Rivers lawmakers in the National Assembly (NASS) with car gifts, charging them to defend Rivers state interests at all time in the discharge of their duties. Wike, through Amb Desmond Akawor, Rivers Chairman…
VANGUARD NEWS GOVERNOR Nyesom Wike on Tuesday swore that no project conceived by his administration would be abandoned or uncompleted at his exit as Rivers State Governor. Nyesom Wike, speaking in Port Harcourt on the state of Rivers, politics and…
PUNCH The Rivers State Government has announced the reopening of all markets in the state about five months after their closure as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic. Governor Nyesom Wike, who gave announced the reopening in a state-wide broadcast…
THE NATION The Port Harcourt Electricity Distribution Company (PHEDC) at the weekend said angry youths shut down a major power facility, the Afam Power Station, in Rivers State. The Acting Manager, Corporate Communications, PHEDC, Mrs. Chioma Aninwe, said the angry…
THIS DAY Against the backdrop of unending negative news coming out of Rivers State, Vanessa Obioha reports that creative consultant, Yibo Koko, who superintends the carefully-structured Rivers State Tourism Development Agency(RSTDA) as Director General and Chief Executive Officer by the…
DAILY TRUST For residents of Odual kingdom, accessing their ancestral home is like the proverbial camel passing through the eyes of a needle. Despite its rich mineral resources and prominent sons and daughters who have occupied positions of authority in…
ALL AFRICA.COM Port Harcourt — The Rivers State Command of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) has warned those involved in oil bunkering and illegal diversion of petroleum products in the state to stay off such facilities or…
THE STREET JOURNAL On Wednesday, July 29, a Rivers State High Court in Port Harcourt directed the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC) to always seek the consent and approval of the state government before the execution of projects in the…