Rivers state

People's Democratic Party, Rivers State chapter has reacted to the claim that  Governor, Nyesom Wike has plans to ban the presidential campaign of the party’s candidate, Atiku Abubakar in the state. The party noted that Governor Wike…

In order to advance their political ambitions for 2023, certain misguided politicians have reportedly begun recruiting cults, ex-offenders, and thugs, according to intelligence reports obtained by Rivers State Governor Nyesom Wike.…

President Muhammadu Buhari on Saturday, August 6, inaugurated the multi-million naira flood and erosion control project in the Omoku community of Rivers. Buhari said at the inauguration at the Federal College of Education…

Pastor David Ibiyeomie, the senior pastor and General Overseer of Salvation Ministries has stated that nobody can emerge as Rivers state governor without the influence of his church. Speaking during his church's week of empowerment…

The University of Port Harcourt (UNIPORT) Teaching Hospital stated, on Saturday, July 2, that there is no iota of truth in the reports that some babies died in the Special Care Baby Unit. Prof Lucky Onotai, Chairman, Medical Advisory…

Attorney General and Commissioner for Justice, Prof. Zacchaeus Adangor, has been directed by Rivers State Governor Nyesom Wike to begin diligent prosecution of the alleged illegal financial dealings involving the immediate past…

Nyesom Wike, the Governor of Rivers State, has, on Friday, June 3, announced steps to reorganise the State Executive Council. The governor, through his Special Assistant, Mr Kelvin Ebiri, declared the council's dissolution with…

Governor of Rivers State, Nyesom Wike, on Monday, May 30, stated that he will not be regarded as a second-class citizen in the country. Wike, who lost the Peoples Democratic Party's presidential primary poll to former Vice President…

Supreme Court has on Thursday, May 19 granted Rivers State's request to be added as a party to the litigation filed by President Muhammadu Buhari, and the Attorney-General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Abubakar Malami, to…

Rivers State Commissioner for Education, Prof. Kaniye Ebeku, has suspended a teacher at Government Girls (Junior) Secondary School, Rumuokuta, in Obio/Akpor Local Government Area of the state, over alleged involvement in sexual misconduct.…

Federal High Court in Port Harcourt, Rivers State, has convicted and sentenced a Ponzi scheme operator, Umoren Edet, to seven years imprisonment for obtaining money under false pretence and issuance of dud cheques. He was said to…

Ignatius Ajuru University of Education in Port Harcourt, Rivers state has expelled six of its students for various offences, including the gang rape of a female colleague in one of the institution’s hostels. Vice-Chancellor of the…

Gunmen on Friday night attacked security checkpoints and police stations in Rivers State, with seven security operatives feared killed, it has emerged. The attack which occurred on Friday night was launched at a police station in Rumuji…

Governor Nyesom Wike of Rivers State has alleged that the governor of Kaduna State, Nasir El-Rufai, is reaping from the evil he plotted against Rivers in the past. Wike, in a statement by Kelvin Ebiri, his media aide, stated this on…

Unknown gunmen have again killed about five soldiers in Abua, Abua/Odua Local Government of Rivers State in the early hours of Monday. Security commanders in the state were said to be holding an emergency meeting at the Government House…