The Governor of Rivers state, Nyesom Wike, says governors in the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) are inaugurating “key projects” unlike their counterparts in the All Progressives Congress (APC) “commissioning wheel barrows, hired tractors and bags of mangoes.” Wike said this on Friday when the newly-constructed governor’s office in Ado-Ekiti, Ekiti state, was inaugurated. He said […]
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The rescheduled ward and local government congresses of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Rivers state will hold on Saturday and Sunday. This followed the cancellation of the May 5 and 12 Ward and Local Government Congresses by the party’s national leadership. According to Chief John Odigie-Oyegun, the party’s National Chairman and Mr Muiz Banire, […]
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Governor Nyesom Wike of Rivers State, has reacted to the planned visit of President Muhammadu Buhari, by saying the All Progressives Congress (APC) is dead in the state. According to Simeon Nwakaudu, media aide of the governor, Wike said he has not been informed of the president’s planned visit to his state. “I have not been told […]
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A woman in Cross River state has been reportedly killed by suspected Lassa Fever at the Intensive Care Unit of the University of Calabar Teaching Hospital. The woman, who was transferred from the Navy Hospital in Calabar to UCTH, was said to have come into the state from Taraba State. Although, a hospital source denied that […]
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Minister of transportation, Rotimi Amaechi, has challenged Ikwere youths to take advantage of continuous voters’ registration, saying that if the All Progressives Congress (APC) loses the 2019 elections, it will “go home and rest”. Speaking during a reception organised for him as grand patron of Ikwerre Youth Movement (IYM) in Rivers state, Amaechi said the general […]
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Following a spate of crime in Rivers State, the state government has released a list of the dreaded felons, cultists and criminals on the heads of whom Rivers State Governor Nyesom Wike has put a record bounty of N640 million, far more than the N200m he offered for the Omoku killer, Don Wani. The men […]
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Not less than 21 people were reportedly killed in an attack on Omoku, a community in Ogba/Egbema/Ndoni (ONELGA) local government area of Rivers state, on Monday. There are reports that the assailants were working for a former militant leader. Although Nnamdi Omoni, spokesman of the state police command, confirmed the attack, he could not give […]
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An aged woman, Margaret Okere, on Thursday regained her sight after undergoing examination at the ongoing Nigerian Army medical outreach at Umuokwa Community, Igboh-Etche, Etche Local Government Area of Rivers. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the Nigerian Army is conducting educational and medical outreach programme in host communities where the ‘Exercise Crocodile […]
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His Excellency, Muhammadu Buhari, GCFR, President & C-In-C Armed Forces, Federal Republic of Nigeria, Aso Rock, Abuja. Your Excellency Sir, Letter of Appreciation to Mr. President on Some of His World Acknowledged Feats It is with the uttermost humility and patriotic disposition that I am compelled to write this open letter to our beloved President of our dear […]
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The Police Command in Cross River on Tuesday paraded a pastor, Mr Tony Obo-Ekpeyong, for allegedly being in possession of the heart of an 18-month-old baby girl whom he killed. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that Obo-Ekpenyog is the pastor of Royal God’s Commandment Ministry, Calabar. Parading the suspect, the spokesperson of the […]
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