Nyesom Wike, Rivers governor, has accused the federal government of refusing to release the government budget support fund meant for his state.Wike said other states have received the fund except for Rivers, alleging that it is because of his critical stance on national issues.He was quoted to have said this on Saturday during the commissioning of three road projects by [...]
Nyesom Wike, governor of River state, says John Oyegun, national chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC), cried when the party lost the 2015 governorship election in Rivers state.The governor said this on Monday in Port Harcourt, the state capital, when he appeared on Channels Television.He, however, denied a statement credited to him that he was against President Muhammadu Buhari's [...]
The May 5 ward congress and May 12 local government congress of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Rivers state have been cancelled.The factions led by Rotimi Amaechi, minister of transportation, and Magnus Abe, senator representing Rivers south-east, had clashed over the congresses.While Amaechi said the exercise went smoothly, Abe insisted that the process was hijacked.He even headed to the [...]
Aggrieved soldiers stormed Rumukpakani police station in Port Harcourt, Rivers state capital, on Thursday over the death of one of their colleagues.A resident told TheCable that a policeman opened fire on a soldier after a heated argument.Two soldiers who lodged at a hotel in Rumukpakani were said to have gone in search of food in the community.The soldiers were said [...]
Suspected thugs broke into a high court in Port Harcourt, Rivers state capital, on Friday, chasing away lawyers, judges and litigants.Magnus Abe, senator representing Rivers south-east, had gone to seek a court order restraining the faction under Rotimi Amaechi, minister of transportation, from holding the local government (LGA) congress of the party on Saturday.The motion followed a controversial ward congress [...]
A high court sitting in Port Harcourt, Rivers state, has stopped the All Progressives Congress (APC) local government congress scheduled for Saturday, May 12.Chiwendu Nwaogu, a judge, gave the ruling in Port Harcourt on Friday after the police quelled a riot by unknown persons within the court premises.TheCable had reported that some youth chased judges away from the court, resulting [...]
The crisis rocking the River state chapter of the All Progressives Congress (APC) took a new turn on Friday as lawyers, judges and litigants were chased out of a high court in Port Harcourt, the state capital.The group headed by Magnus Abe, senator representing Rivers south east, had gone to the court to seek an injunction restraining the faction under [...]
A pastor in Afam, Rivers state, has been arrested in connection with the murder of three persons – two women and a nine-month-old girl, all members of his church.Cyril Okoro, the deputy commissioner of police, disclosed the arrest in Port Harcourt on Friday at a press briefing. Okoro spoke on behalf of the commissioner, Zaki Ahmed.The police alleged that the [...]
Nyesom Wike, governor of Rivers state, has given a N500 million grant to PAMO University of Medical Sciences (PUMS), Port Harcourt, the first indigenous private university in the state.He also promised a five-year sponsorship for 100 indigent students in the state.He spoke at the installation of Abdulsalami Abubakar, former head of state, as chancellor of the institution founded by Peter Odili, [...]
Timi Alaibe, chairman of the Oil and Gas Free Zone Authority (OGFZA), has fully equipped a library in the faculty of management sciences of the Rivers State University, Port Harcourt.The university had named a library after Alaere, his late wife.Speaking at the unveiling ceremony, Alaibe said through his donation, he was determined to make the library the “best of [...]
The faculty of management sciences of the Rivers State University, Port Harcourt, has announced its decision to immortalise Araere Timi Alaibe, one of the school’s “illustrious” daughters.In a statement on Tuesday, D.J. Hamilton, dean of the faculty, said the new library of the faculty will be named after Araere on the ninth anniversary of her demise.He said the measure was [...]
Nyesom Wike, governor of Rivers, says there is no land for cattle colonies in the state.The governor said this on Tuesday when he received members of D-Source Connect Group in Port-Harcourt, the state capital.The federal government had proposed cattle colonies as a measure to end the incessant clashes between herdsmen and farmers/communities in the country.But some states, including Benue where [...]
Nyesom Wike, governor of Rivers state, says that the electoral prospects of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the state has brightened owing to the "remarkable performance of his administration".Speaking during a radio interview in the state capital, Wike said the programmes rolled out by his administration have made the PDP popular among the electorate."If elections are held 100 times [...]
Nyesom Wike, Rivers state governor, has warned kidnappers and cultists to leave the state or risk death sentence.The warning is coming on the heels of the amendment of the state anti-kidnapping law prescribing death sentence for criminals involved in cultism, robbery and kidnapping.The governor said this on Tuesday in Port Harcourt in a statewide broadcast on the killing of Johnson [...]
A suspected cultist attack has left one person dead in Egbeda community, Emohua local government area of Rivers state.Nnamdi Omoni, spokesman of the state police command, confirmed this to TheCable on Thursday.He said the attack, which occurred in the morning, also left an unconfirmed number of persons injured.“It has to do with cult rivalry; (it was) against themselves. Some persons [...]
At least 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 the exact number of those killed.“It was unknown [...]
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