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Our people called me to this humble service – Speaks the youngest candidate in...
James Oweikimi Useghan, 36-years-old governorship candidate of the Sustainable National Party (SNP) in Ondo State and former Senatorial candidate of Ondo South Senatorial district....
Two Lebanese arrested at PH airport with $890,000 cash
Dina Jihad Khali and Chamseddine Waell Mohammed, two Lebanese men, have been arrested by officials of the Nigeria Customs Service (NCS).
According to the NCS,...
Rivers govt refutes claim of receiving N78b from FG
By Ebi Perekeme
Rivers State on Wednesday debunked insinuations it received the N78 billion refund from the Federal Government.
Commissioner for Information and Communications Paulinus Nsirim...
Rivers govt withdraws from FG’s 774,000 special project jobs
By Ebi Perekeme
Rivers State government has withdrawn from the selection of candidates for Federal Government’s 774,000 special project jobs.
The Special Adviser to Governor Nyesom...
Gov Wike gives a nod to dissolution of Rivers taskforce
Governor of Rivers State, Nyesom Ezenwo Wike, has approved the dissolution of the State Taskforce on Illegal Street Trading and Motor Parks with immediate...
Ogoni mandates oil companies to liaise with natives before resuming operation
By Ebi Perekeme
Ogoni oil producing communities in Rivers state on Wednesday declared that any oil firm desirous of resuming exploration in the area must...
LGA chairmen: Wike directs removal of Joint Account Allocation Committee from banks
By Our Correspondent
Governor Nyesom Ezenwo Wike of Rivers State has directed the removal of Joint Account Allocation Committee, JAAC, from banks that gave unauthorized...
IYC describes delay in payment of students’ scholarship school fees as call for anarchy
The Ijaw Youths Council (IYC) Worldwide has identified the ongoing delay in the payment of students under the scholarship scheme of the Niger Delta...
Niger Delta Agitations: Allow us control our resources, environments, Mayor tells Buhari
'50 years counting, we've been denied opportunity to control our resources, environments'
A former presidential aspirant of Ijaw Youth Council, IYC, Worldwide, Mayor Ala Hart,...
NDDC invites President Buhari to Commission Signature Project
By Ebi Perekem
The Niger Delta Development Commission, NDDC, has invited President Muhammadu Buhari to commission the 29-kilometre Ogbia-Nembe Road in Bayelsa state. The road,...
Gov Wike signs revised Appropriation Bill into law
By Ebi Perekeme
Governor Nyesom Wike of Rivers State has signed into law the revised 2020 Appropriation Bill. This followed the presentation of the budget...
Wike donates SUVs to Judges in Rivers
By Ebi Perekeme
Rivers State Governor Nyesom Wike has gifted judges in the state High Court 41 new sports utility vehicles (SUV).
Presenting the vehicles in...
Gunmen demand N16m ransom to release 60-yr-old woman in Rivers
Unknown gunmen who abducted Nyieda Kpeenu in Nweol community, Gokana Local Government Area, Rivers State, have demanded N16m ransom for her ransom.
Kpeenu, a 60-year-old...
Wike rebuts allegation he wants to control NDDC
By Ebi Perekeme
Erastus Awortu, Special Adviser to Governor Nyesom Wike of Rivers State on Niger Delta Development Commission Matters, has dismissed insinuations that his...
Covid-19: Wike distributes kits to 257 public schools ahead of resumption
Ahead of resumption of schools for exit classes, the Rivers State Governor, Barr. Nyeson Wike, has distributed COVID-19 protective kits to 257 public schools...
Seven alleged sex workers rescued in Rivers
The Rivers State Government said on Friday that seven girls had been rescued from a bar in Rumuokwurusi, Obio/Akpor Local Government Area where they...
Court mandates NDDC to seek Wike’s consent before executing contracts
A Rivers State High Court sitting in Port Harcourt has ordered the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC) to always seek the consent of the...
RSG gives hope to Omoku community over oil spill
By Joshua Williams
Rivers State Government has called on people of Omoku, in Ogba/Egbema/Local Government Area of the State, to remain calm, following an oil...
Hausa boy drowns in burrow pit in PH
By Joshua Williams
A young Hausa man simply identified as Mohammed, residing in Port Harcourt, has drowned in a burrow pit behind Timber Market, Rumuosi,...
NASS Probe: Pondei has been ill… doctors advised against attending the hearing – Office
The Acting Managing Director of the Niger Delta Development Commission, NDDC, Prof Kemebradikumo Pondei, collapsed today at the public hearing by the House of...
Embattled ex-NDDC boss vows to expose more highhandedness in NDDC
Dismissed acting Managing Director of the Niger Delta Development Commission, NDDC, Joy Nunieh, on Thursday, vowed that Nigerians would hear more from the can...
Former NDCC boss under house arrest allegedly rescued by Wike
Armed security operatives have surrounded the home of former managing director of the NDDC, Joy Nunieh, in Port Harcourt.
Rivers State Governor, Mr Nyesom Wike...
NDDC: Job opportunities as Niger Delta rice mill revived
The Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC) has given a boost to agriculture in the Niger Delta region by reviving its six tonnes per hour...
My govt has projects in all LGAs in Rivers – Wike
Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Ezenwo Wike says development projects are executed in every local government area of the state to improve the socioeconomic life...
COVID-19: Akpor king allegedly buried in cemetery by govt without family consent, members want...
The immediate family of the Late King of Akpor Kingdom, in Obio/Akpor Local Government Area of Rivers State, His Royal Majesty, King Anele Orlu...
Rivers: More than sixteen cultists renounce memberships, surrender ammunitions
No fewer than 16 cultists of two separate cult groups have renounced membership of their cult groups in Rivers State.
The repentant cultists also surrendered...
COVID-19: NDDC Head Office reopens
By Ebi Perekeme
The Niger Delta Development Commission, NDDC, will re-open its head office on Thursday, June 18, after a two week lockdown to allow...
NDDGG threatens to sue Rivers govt if it fails to give account of N117bn
By Ebi Perekeme
A rights group, Network for Defence of Democracy and Good Governance (NDDGG), has threatened to sue the Rivers State Government if it...
Rivers govt worries over health crisis in Bonny LGA
Rivers State Governor Nyesom Wike has confirmed the health crisis in Bonny Local Government Area saying the oil-rich island was becoming the epicentre of...
Wike set to demolish markets flouting lockdown rules
The Rivers Government warned on Wednesday that some markets in the state might be demolished for flouting the order of the government that trading...
Wike shuts down three markets in PH
By Ebi Perekeme
Rivers State Governor Nyesom Wike has announced the total closure of three popular markets in the state.
The affected markets included Oginiba Slaughter...
Coronavirus: NCDC orders shutdown of Rivers community for 21 days
By Ebi Perekeme
The people of Asari-Toru Local Government Area, ASALGA received the directive of the Nigeria Centre For Disease Control, (NCDC) to shut down...
COVID-19 scare, NDDC shuts office over death of one of its directors
By Ebi Perekeme
Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC) headquarters in Port Harcourt was shut on Thursday following the death of the agency’s Acting Executive Director...
For good, well-being of residents in COVID-19 era, NDDC begins distribution of medical supplies,...
By Ebi Perekeme
The Niger Delta Development Commission, NDDC, has kicked off the distribution of medical supplies, relief Materials and Public Enlightenment Campaign to contain...
Residents tremble as Rivers embarks on new round of lockdown
By James Nwosu
The Rivers State Government has resumed another round of total lockdown after giving Port Harcourt and Obio/Akpor residents four days to restock...
