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Rivers LG Polls: Eleme Secretariat Sets Ablaze As Newly Elected Chairman Resumes Office

Rivers LG Polls: Eleme Secretariat Sets Ablaze As Newly Elected Chairman Resumes Office

Following Saturday’s Local Government election, a section of the Eleme Local Government Council secretariat in Rivers State has reportedly been set ablaze. New Telegraph reports that the incident is coming barely 48-hours after the LG elections,…

Oil Production: CDS Gives Troops December Deadline To Ensure 2.2m Bpd

Oil Production: CDS Gives Troops December Deadline To Ensure 2.2m Bpd

The Chief of Defence Staff (CDS), General Christopher Musa, has tasked the Army, Air Force, and Navy to increase Nigeria’s crude oil production from the current 1.35 million barrels per day (bpd) to 2.2 million…

Northern Youth Leaders Demand Wike’s Arrest, Sack

Northern Youth Leaders Demand Wike’s Arrest, Sack

Northern Youth Leaders Forum (NYLF) has demanded the arrest  and sacking of the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Barrister Nyesom Wike, over what they described as a threat to democracy. The NYLF, comprising…

10 Maritime Workers Abducted Along Bonny Waterway

10 Maritime Workers Abducted Along Bonny Waterway

At least 10 maritime workers have been reportedly abducted by sea pirates while travelling along the Bonny-Port Harcourt waterway. Although details are still emerging, it was gathered that the incident occurred on Monday morning, involving 10…

Oko-Jumbo-Led Rivers Assembly Confirms Fubara’s Appointees

Oko-Jumbo-Led Rivers Assembly Confirms Fubara’s Appointees

The Rivers State House of Assembly-led by Victor Oko-Jumbo as the Speaker of the House has screened and confirmed Lawrence Oko-Jaja, SAN, as the Chairman of the Board of the Rivers State Bureau on Public…

Rivers Crisis: Fubara Won 2023 Guber Election, Must Be Allowed To Lead – HURIWA

Rivers Crisis: Fubara Won 2023 Guber Election, Must Be Allowed To Lead – HURIWA

The Human Rights Writers Association of Nigeria, (HURIWA) has urged the Governor of Rivers State, Siminalayi Fubara to remain committed to upholding democratic principles, assuring him that he won the 2023 Rivers State gubernatorial election. HURIWA…

Rivers Govt Donates 46 Motorcycles To Boost Tuberculosis Control Efforts

Rivers Govt Donates 46 Motorcycles To Boost Tuberculosis Control Efforts

The Rivers State Government has announced the donation of 46 motorcycles to tuberculosis (TB) supervisors and their deputies across the 23 Local Government Areas of the state. New Telegraph reports that the donation is in…

Fubara Submits Five Commissioner Nominees To Rivers Assembly For Screening

Fubara Submits Five Commissioner Nominees To Rivers Assembly For Screening

The Governor of  Rivers State, Siminalayi Fubara  has submitted  the names of five Commissioner nominees to the State House of Assembly, under the leadership of Victor Oko-Jumbo for screening. The nominees which were confirmed during…

Court Reinstates Beke As Rivers APC Chairman

Court Reinstates Beke As Rivers APC Chairman

…Dismisses Caretaker Committee A Rivers State High Court sitting in Port Harcourt has dismissed the seven-member Caretaker Committee of the All Progressives Congress (APC), led by Tony Okocha, which was appointed by the National Working…

Rivers: IPAC Condemns Bombing Of APP Secretariat

Rivers: IPAC Condemns Bombing Of APP Secretariat

The Inter-Party Advisory Council (IPAC), has condemned the bombing of the State Secretariat of the Action Peoples Party (APP) in Rivers State. This was as the Council called on President Bola Tinubu to take a…