NDDC, UNIPORT Inaugurate Malaria Research Board
The Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC), has inaugurated the Governing Board of the NDDC Professorial Chair on Malaria Elimination and Phytomedicine Research, at the University of Port Harcourt...
View ArticleWike Has Redefined Governance In Rivers – PDP Chieftain
A chieftain of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Hon. Loveday Owujie, has said that the Rivers State Governor, Chief Nyesom Wike has redefined governance in the state through the introduction of...
View ArticleNOSDRA Warns Against Indiscriminate Waste Disposal
The National Oil Spill Detection and Response Agency (NOSDRA) has warned against indiscriminate dumping of waste and condemned oil in gutters/ running waters so as not to spoil the aquatic life or...
View ArticleStakeholders Advocate Severe Penalties For Rapists
Stakeholders have called for the implementation and enforcement of existing laws against rape to tackle the spate of violent crimes and rape across the country. The call was made in separate interviews...
View ArticleWike Attends Funeral Service Of Late Victoria Mpigi
The Rivers State Governor, Chief Nyesom Wike joined political and business chieftains from across the country on Saturday to honour late Lady Victoria Ntorkawa Mpigi, mother of Hon Barry Mpigi, member...
View ArticleAyade Regularises C’River Water Board Contract Staff
Governor Ben Ayade of Cross River has approved the regularisation of the appointments of the 463 contract staff of the Cross River Water Board (CRWB). The Acting Managing Director of the board, Dr...
View ArticleActivist Canvases Increased Women Participation In Politics
A human rights lawyer in Rivers State, Barr. Helen Ben, has said that although women constitute a larger percentage of Nigeria’s voting population, they occupy only 5.8 per cent of the political...
View ArticleNSCDC Arrests 30 Suspects In Bayelsa
Bayelsa Commandant, Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC), Mr Godwin Nwachukwu said yesterday that the command arrested 30 suspects of various offences between January and April. Nwachukwu...
View ArticleSPDC Spends N14.85bn On Projects In Rivers
The Shell Petroleum Development Company of Nigeria (SPDC) has expended a total sum of N14.85billion on positive-impact community-driven infrastructure and human development projects under the Global...
View Article12 Communities Get 18 GMoU Projects
In a bid to uplift the quality of lives of the people in Rivers State, 12 communities in Emohua and Ikwerre Local Government Areas (LGAs) under the Emohua Cluster Development Board (ECDB) have so far...
View ArticleShell Insists On Presence In Delta
The Shell Petroleum Development Company of Nigeria Limited (SPDC), operator of the SPDC Joint Venture, has restated its active presence in Delta State against the belief in some quarters that the...
View ArticleWike, Crown Of Democracy – Monarch
As the country marks its 19 years of democratic rule, the Rivers State Governor, Chief Nyesom Wike has been described as the crown of democracy both in the state and federation. Paramount Ruler of Woji...
View ArticleOkowa Assures Of Better Days Ahead
Delta State Governor, Senator Ifeanyi Okowa has congratulated Deltans and Nigerians as the nation marks the 2018 Democracy Day on May 29. The Governor thanked the citizenry for their support for his...
View ArticleSPDC Contains Leaks On Trans Ramos Pipeline
The Shell Petroleum Development Company of Nigeria Limited (SPDC) has confirmed four leak points on its 24″ Trans Ramos Pipeline in the swamps of Western Niger Delta, said a statement by a spokesperson...
View ArticleRSG Tasks Varsity Health Providers On Medical Gaps
The Rivers State government has tasked the University Health Services providers across the country to bridge the medical gaps in the health care services delivery by expanding their operational...
View ArticleSpeaker Laments Lawmaker’s Demise
The Speaker of the Cross River State House of Assembly, Rt Hon. John Gaul Lebo has described the death of the former Commissioner of Water Resources in the state, Engineer Elemi Etowa, as sad and...
View Article…As Commission Rates Gov High On Service Delivery
The Rivers State Local Government Service Commission has rated the administration of Governor Nyesom Wike high in service delivery at the local government councils. Executive Chairman of the...
View ArticleWike Has Eliminated Riverine, Upland Dichotomy – Emeh
Elder Statesman and Special Adviser to the State Governor on Political Matters and Strategy, Chief Emeh Glory Emeh says riverine and upland dichotomy is no longer in vogue in Rivers State. Chief Emeh...
View ArticleNAPPS Hails BYSG Over Multiple Taxes
The Bayelsa State chapter of National Association of Proprietors of Private Schools (NAPPS) has commended the State Government for harmonising the taxes paid by its members and eliminating multiple...
View ArticleWike’s Wife Tasks Christians On Women, Children’s Protection …Bags Adventist...
The wife of Rivers State Governor, Justice Eberechi Suzette Nyesom-Wike has called on Christians and the church community at large to rise up to their responsibility for the protection of vulnerable...
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