The Rivers State chapter of the All Progressives Congress, APC, says the plan by the Governor Nyesom Wike administration to limit available employment opportunities in government establishments to persons within the age bracket of 25 to 35 years smacks of discrimination. The position was canvassed by the Spokesman for... Read more

The Rivers State security council is to meet and review the situation in the besieged Oyigbo Local Government Area. The meeting is a sequel to the violent clashes and alleged killing of security operatives by members of the proscribed Indigenous Peoples Organisations of Biafra (IPOB) and further killings by... Read more

The Spiritual Director of Adoration Ministry, Enugu, Nigeria, (AMEN), Rev Fr Ejike Mbaka, has lashed out at president Muhammadu Buhari over his failure to address the nation’s numerous challenges which resulted in the nationwide #EndSARS protests. Mbaka who was addressing congregants at this year’s All Saint’s Mass in Enugu... Read more

Nine women have been abducted by suspected insurgents in Takulashi village of Chibok town in Borno state. According to local sources, 11 men were killed in the operation that occurred on Sunday morning. The insurgents reportedly attacked mourners in Takulashi village, barely 15 kilometers to the local government headquarters.... Read more

Rivers State Governor,  Nyesom Ezenwo Wike has challenged members of the Nigerian Guild of Editors (NGE) to always hold public office holders accountable to the people. Governor Wike gave the charge when the national leadership of the Nigerian Guild of Editors (NGE) paid  him a courtesy visit at Government... Read more

The Secretary to the Rivers State Government (SSG), Dr Tammy Wenike Danagogo, has expressed joy over the Supreme Court Verdict on Soku Oil wells, stating that the Apex court judgment will usher in more peace at the Soku Oilfields and it’s environs. The SSG’s reaction to the judgement was... Read more

The International Society for Civil Liberties & Rule of Law, Intersociety says a calculation error occurred in its statement of Sunday, 25th Oct 2020 where “mistakenly stated that “30,400 unprocessed citizens died in police custodies across the country since 2004 or in the past 16 years”. In a clarification... Read more

Most European Union member states have continued to express their support for Nigeria’s former finance minister, Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, as the next director-general of the World Trade Organisation. The BBC also reported on Wednesday that the WTO’s ambassadors have backed Okonjo-Iweala for the position. If the former managing director of... Read more

Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Ezenwo Wike, has signed an executive order to reinforce the ban on the Indigenous Peoples Organization of Biafra (IPOB) and its activities in the State. The Governor maintained that while Rivers State remains the home to all tribes and ethnic nationalities, the State government is... Read more