Rivers, Total Plan Clay Industry
Plans have reached an advanced stage for the construction of a clay manufacturing industry in Egi in the Ogba/Egbema/Ndoni Local Government Area of Rivers State. The industry is being undertaken by...
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Pollution And Environmental Litigations’ Effects In N’Delta
The fact is that, it is only few people that will dispute that environmental degradation is rampant throughout the oil producing region of Nigeria. Whether due to oil spills gas flaring, dumping of...
View ArticleCleric Urges Reintroduction Of Moral Instructions In Schools
The Presiding Bishop of Vineyard of the Lord Mission Port Harcourt, Rt Rev James F. Egbe has called for the reintroduction of moral instruction in schools across the country to curb the spate of...
View ArticleAbsence Of God-Fearing Leaders, Bane Of Society – Cleric
A clergyman in Rivers State, Rev Osikiesiyu-Y Amakiri, has linked the absence of God-fearing leaders as the bane of society. Rev. Amakiri said this in his funeral oration at the burial ceremony of late...
View ArticleGroup Wants 35 Affirmative Action For Rivers Women
Agender-based Non- governemntal Organisation, the Rumukwurukwuru Women Development Initiative has called on the incoming administration in Rivers State to implement the 35 percent affirmative action in...
View ArticleMay 29 : Oruge Urges Check Off Dues Remittance
The out-gone chairman of the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) in Rivers State, Comrade Chris Oruge has pleaded with the State Government to clear the payment of check off dues before May 29 handover....
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Odual Communities And Water Hyacinth
Communities in the Odual and Emago Kubo axis of Abua/Odual Local Government Area of Rivers State are on the brink of extinction following the invasion of the area by water hyacinth. The Tide learnt...
View ArticleAndoni CTC Boss Tasks New Appointees On Service
The Chairman, Caretaker Committee of Andoni Local Government Area, Hon. Esuku M. Esuku, has tasked the new appointees of the council to see their appointments as a call to serve the people. In a press...
View ArticleEnvironment Ministry Inspects Proposed Site Of EEPC Plant In Rivers
The Federal Ministry of Environment and its Rivers State counterpart have inspected the site of the phase I proposed Etche Economic Processing Complex (EEPC) at Okomoko in the Etche Local Government...
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Commentator Tasks Labour On Democratisation
A social commentator in Rivers State, Mr Andrew Ajayi has urged the leadership of the Nigerian Labour Congress (NLC) to allow the wind of democracy to pass through it. Ajayi said this in his lecture...
View ArticleSemenitari Tasks Media Practitioners On Professionalism
The Rivers State Commissioner for Information and Communications, Mrs. Ibim Semenitari, has charged media practitioners in the state to continue to uphold the core values of the profession anchored on...
View ArticleAPC Presents Flags To LG Chairmanship Candidates
The All Progressives Congress (APC) in Rivers State has presented flags to 21 out of the 22 chairmanship candidates of the party for this Saturday’s local government election in the state. Those...
View ArticleSiat Grants Scholarships To Eight Rivers Students
As part of its corporate social responsibilities, Siat Nigeria Limited has awarded undergraduate scholarships to eight indigenes of its Elele and Ubima host communities in Ikwerre Local Government Area...
View ArticlePH: ‘Distortion Of Flood, Drainage Masterplan Responsible For Flooding’
The Rivers State Flood Control Committee, has blamed the incessant flooding in the city of Port Harcourt and environs, on the distortion of the flood drainage master plan of the city. Chairman of the...
View ArticleDon Blames Government For 2012 Flood
The Director, Institute of Geosciences and SpaceTechnology Rivers State University of Science and Technology (RSUST) Port Harcourt, Professor ThankGod Abam, says the lack of preparedness on the part of...
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RSG Commissions The Tide Rotary Machine …RSBC Digital OB Van, Too
The Goss Rotary Machine of The Tide Newspaper Corporation, commissioned in Port Harcourt, yesterday. The out-going administration of Governor Chibuike Rotimi Amaechi has fulfilled its promise of...
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RSG Spends N4bn On Special Overseas Scholarships
Commissioner for Social Welfare and Rehabilitation, Hon Joe Poroma (left), conferring with his Permanent Secretary, Ms Kadilo Brown (right) and his wife, Rita, during his sendforth in Port Harcourt,...
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Illegal Dredging And Coastal Erosion In Rivers
Illegal dredging and sand excavation is fast becoming a major source of employment for thousands of youths across the Niger Delta and the rest of the country. For instance, in Rivers State...
View ArticleRSSDA Restates Commitment To Partner With Groups
The Rivers State Sustain able Development Agency (RSSDA) has indicated its readiness to partner with relevant groups to improve the condition of the citizenry. The Executive Director/Chief...
View ArticleRivers Set To Decongest PH …Degema, Eleme For Transformation To Urban Centres
As part of the move to break the jinx of the one-city status of Rivers State, the state government has restated its readiness to upgrade Degema and Eleme to cosmopolitan cities with modern...
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