Solomon Eke, Chairman, Obio/Akpor Local Government Council, Rivers, has blamed the flooding at Nkpolu-Rumuigbo on the activities of illegal property developers.
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The Supreme Court on Thursday dismissed a motion by the Chairman of the All Progressives Congress in Rivers, Ojukaye Amachree, to travel to Dubai for a medical checkup.
In the same vein, the Command recorded 10 seizures of prohibited items with Duty Paid Value of N543,958,740.00 within the same period under review, which spanned August 16, 2018 to date when the Area Controller, Aliyu Galadima Saidu, took over the Command.
The order was conveyed on Wednesday in Lagos via a statement signed by NIWA’s General Manager of Corporate Affairs, Fadile Eyitayo.
The National Emergency Management Agency on Saturday distributed five truckloads of relief materials to flood victims in the Internally Displaced Persons camps in Mbiama, Akinima, Akiniso and Abuoha in Rivers.
“It is most unfortunate that the National Publicity Secretary of the All Progressives Congress (APC) has allowed himself to be sucked into the current battle of supremacy between a faction of the APC in Rivers state and the Nigerian Judiciary.
The Committee on Local Content has concluded plans to investigate 100 per cent foreign ownership of some multinational companies registered in Nigeria.
Heritage Bank Plc affirmed that it will continue to partner River State Government in an effort to make art and culture a unifying factor and major earner to the contribution of Gross Domestic Product of the country.
The Nigerian Navy has denied the latest allegations that some of its personnel collected huge sums of bribes from illegal bunkerers to operate freely in Bille coastal communities in Rivers.
Yakubu Suleiman, NEMA’s Coordinator, Emergency Operation Centre in Rivers and Bayelsa, made the disclosure at a stakeholders meeting on Friday in Port Harcourt.
The Nigerian Navy has impounded five barges laden with about 12.8 million litres of petroleum product suspected to be adulterated diesel, an official has said.
Prof. Regina Ogali, Chairman of WAUG 2018 Local Organising Committee, told newsmen at the university’s sports centre, venue of games in Port Harcourt, on Thursday that the university was yet to receive funds from sponsors.
The advice is sequel to a motion, under matters of urgent public importance, moved by Hon. Uchechukwu Nnam-Obi at plenary, on the need to address the plight of communities sacked by flood in Rivers.
The theme of the 31st edition of the festival, which attracted 18 states of the federation, including Rivers, is: “Nigeria: Our Festivals, Our Heritage.”
Chairman of the Festival Media/Publicity Committee, and Rivers State Commissioner for Information, Barrister Emma Okah in a press release, said tomorrow’s events would begin with NAFEST Cultural Roundtable on Entrepreneurship at the Obi-Wali International Conference Center, Port Harcourt by 9am.
Wike said that their appointments were to fill vacant positions in the State Executive Council as well as others.
Gunmen suspected to be cultists have killed the traditional ruler of Elibrada community in Emohua Local Government Area of Rivers State, Eze Augustine Amadionu, and beheaded two others.
Just as you will not easily notice when he is tensed up except you study him or when he is offended except you find out why he positions the cap on his head, it will be difficult to read his mood. It takes such understanding to read the mood of Atiku Abubakar at the 2018 PDP elective national convention which held in Port Harcourt, Rivers State, October 6 and 7.
The party gave the commendation in a statement issued by its National Publicity Secretary, Kola Ologbondiyan on Monday in Abuja.
In a congratulatory letter, Turaki, who competed with the former Vice President and 10 others for their party’s nomination at the convention, which was adjudged as fair and transparent, noted that Abubakar’s victory bore eloquent testimony to his prowess as a formidable politician with a vast network of supporters.