*Civil Servants from grade level 1 to 10 to resume work Rivers State Executive Council has approved the employment of 5000 youths into the State Civil Service.The approval was given during its meeting on Wednesday 28th, October 2020, which was presided over by Governor Nyesom Ezenwo Wike and held... Read more
Gov. Wike Signs Executive Order Proscribing IPOB
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
UK Demands Investigation, Punishment Of Killers Of Lekki EndSARS Protesters
The British High Commission in Nigeria has asked the Federal Government of Nigeria led by President Muhammadu Buhari to investigate all  incidents associated with the #EndSARS protests including that of Lekki toll gate. The commission in a tweet on Monday evening said it is also concerned over the spate of... Read more
20 Killed, 16 Injured As Nigerian Soldiers Repel Boko Haram Assault In Borno
At least 20 people have been killed, including 16 Boko Haram members, when the insurgents attempted to attack a military base in the southern part of Borno State Sunday evening, sources confirmed. The attackers, it was gathered, came around 1640hrs into Damboa town, headquarters of Damboa LGA of the... Read more
200 EndSARS Demonstrators Killed So Far — Intersociety
No less than 200 defenseless EndSARS protesters have so far been killed by Nigerian soldiers, police personnel and hired pro-Government hoodlums, rights group, the International Society for Civil Liberties & Rule of Law (Intersociety) has estimated after an investigative tally it said was based on reliable information obtained from... Read more
The Making Of A CSR Masterstroke: An X-Ray Of FirstBank’s Yeoman Effort To Move One Million Children To E-Learning
The rabbit hole of uncertainty, confusion and fear that pupils and their parents fell into in the dying days of March when the country was in lockdown was best captured in a Saturday Sun feature of May 16, titled, “COVID-19: Troubles of e-Learning.”   The story catalogues the challenges that erupted... Read more
I Did Not Order Attack On Yoruba Assets-IPOB Leader
Leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Nnamdi Kanu has denied that he ordered the destruction of economic assets of Yoruba people in Lagos State. He said that agents of the Federal Government carefully twisted parts of his recent broadcast to create impression that he had turned the... Read more
We Have Deep Rooted Synergy With The Yorubas – Ohaneze
Apex sociocultural organisation of the Igbos, Ohaneze has condemned the calculated attempts by some Nigerians to make the on-going EndSARS demonstrations organized by young Nigerians against long-standing injustices across the country to look like incited by the Igbos. The Ohaneze position was contained in a release by the Secretary... Read more
#EndSARS Protest: Nigeria Bleeds
Rivers State COVID-19 Committee Directs Schools To Set Up Compliance Teams
Rivers State Government Committee for the Compliance of COVID-19 protocols has directed schools to set up monitoring teams to sustain current compliance level. Chairman of the Committee, Ambassador Desmond Akawor gave the directive shortly after monitoring the compliance level of COVID-19 protocols in some schools. Ambassador Akawor appealed to... Read more