Bill Providing Housing For All Retired Rivers Judicial Officers Signed Into Law
Governor of Rivers State, Nyesom Ezenwo Wike, says the provision of personal homes to judicial officers of Rivers’ extraction will serve as good motivation to resist enticements of all forms capable of compromising the rectitude of their judicial functions. He stated this on Tuesday at the Government House, Port... Read more
Onne Port: Customs Rakes In N128.3b In Onne In Q3, Harps On Compliance
The Nigeria Customs Service, Area II Command Onne Port, has generated a total of N128,317,325,936.68 as revenue from January to September 2021. This was made known in a statement by Ifeoma Ojekwu, Customs Public Officer, Area ll Command Onne Port. The collected figure which is N45,761,404,176.65 above the total... Read more
Wike Urges Upward Review Of Revenue Accruable To States
Governor Nyesom Wike of Rivers State has charged the Revenue Mobilisation Allocation and Fiscal Commission (RMAFC) to reduce revenue accruable to the Federal Government from the federation account to 40 per cent. He made this known when members of the RMAFC  led by its chairman, Elisa N. Mbam, paid him a... Read more
Bayelsa Debt Burden Hits N150.60 bn As Gov. Diri Gets Nod To Restructure Loans
Gov. Douye Diri of Bayelsa has received the approval of the Bayelsa House of Assembly to restructure the state’s commercial debts with some banks, to ease the state’s monthly debt servicing obligations.   Diri had in September 2020 secured the approval of the Bayelsa House of Assembly to obtain... Read more
FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022 Race: 22 Eagles Train In Lagos As Les Fauves Arrive
Only Netherlands –based goalkeeper Maduka Okoye was being expected in the Super Eagles’ Eko Hotels & Suites abode as at the early hours of Tuesday evening – 48 hours before the FIFA World Cup African qualifying Day 3 encounter against the Les Fauves of the Central African Republic.  ... Read more
South-South Governors Resolve To Join VAT Dispute In Supreme Court
Governors of South -South States of Nigeria have resolved to join the suit currently before the Supreme Court of Nigeria over collection of Value Added Tax (VAT) between Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS) and Rivers State. This is part of the six point communique that was read out to journalists... Read more
USCIRF Alarmed By Violence Against Christians And Shi’a Muslims In Nigeria
Describes crimes committed by Kano State Government in the name of religion as “egregious”   The United States Commission on International Religious Freedom (USCIRF) has in strong terms, condemned what it cited as “recent instances of violence against religious communities in Nigeria, including attacks on Christians in Kano state... Read more
Environmental Right Group, HOMEF Advocates Protection Of Biodversty In Water Bodies Of The Niger Delta
The Health of Mother Earth Foundation (HOMEF) on Thursday restated its commitment and solicited support for defence of the biodiversity of the water bodies in the Niger Delta region. The group urged all those interacting with and utilizing our water bodies to do so with respect and place the... Read more
Okowa, Bello, Ihedioha, Others For Book Launch
THE much-awaited book on pilgrimage,  authored by a renowned journalist and Special Assistant, Media to Governor Ifeanyi Okowa of Delta State,  Comrade Fidelis Egugbo has been slated for public presentation in Asaba,  Delta State on Wednesday, October 6, 2021. Titled: “The Experience,” the book is about religious pilgrimage captured... Read more
We Must Work Together To Salvage Our Country – Gov Wike
Governor of Rivers State, Nyesom Ezenwo Wike has urged Nigerians to work together to salvage the country from current political and socio-economic woes. He pointed out that development can only be secured in a society that promote good governance that is predicated on the rule of law. Governor Wike made... Read more