RSG Berates Council Chairmen On Sanitation Exercise
The Rivers State Govern ment says Chairmen of the Caretaker Committees of the 23 Local Government Areas have failed in their duties of participating and enforcing environmental sanitation in their...
View ArticleEU/NDSP: RSG Pays N19m Counterpart Fund
The Rivers State Government has paid the sum of N19 million counterpart fund for the provision of Water to Opobo/Nkoro and Akuku-Toru Local Government Areas under the EU/Niger Delta Support programme....
View ArticleUNICEF Pledges Access To Sanitation, Water By 2017
The United Nations Children Fund (UNICEF) says it is committed to ensuring that vulnerable children and their families have equitable access to sustainable water and sanitation facilities by 2017 in...
View ArticleSoberekon Cautions Avengers On N’Delta Environment
Elder statesman in Riv ers State, Rev (Dr) Sokari Soberekon, has cautioned members of the Niger Delta Avengers (NDA) against causing ecological disaster in the region. Soberekon who said this in an...
View ArticleRSBOPP Reads Riot Act To MDAs
The Rivers State Bureau on Public Procurement (RSOBPP) has threatened to sanction Ministries, Departments and Agencies (MDAs) which violate the state procurement law on the awards of contracts. The...
View ArticleMonarch Warns Youth Against Vices
The Paramount Ruler of Rumukwurukwuru community in the Obio/Akpor Local Government Area, Eze Clifford Ken Iwezor, has warned youth of the community against involvement in social vices. Eze Iwezor, who...
View ArticleRivers Authors Mourn Elechi Amadi
Association of Authors of Rivers State (AARS) has described the death of Captain Elechi Amadi as a great loss to Rivers State and the entire Nigerian nation. The association which stated this in a...
View ArticleAnti-Graft War: Institute Demands Due Process
The Institute of Char tered Secretaries and Administrators of Nigeria (ICSAN) says it would back the Federal Government’s anti-corruption war if due process is being followed. National President of the...
View ArticleWhy Moral Decadence Is Pervasive – Kattey
The Archbishop of Province of Niger Delta Anglican Communion, Most Rev. Ignatius Kattey, has blamed the high level of moral decadence in the society on lack of fear of God. Kattey said this in Port...
View ArticleCommuters Call For Work On Igbo Etche Road
Commuters plying the Eleme Junction/Igbo Etche road are now groaning following the poor conditions of the road. Igbo Etche, which comprises of several communities in Etche Local Government Area, is one...
View ArticleChurch Donates Blood To Military Hospital, Port Harcourt
Over 500 members of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints, Port Harcourt, have embarked on free blood donation exercise to the Military Hospital, Port Harcourt. The President, Port Harcourt...
View ArticleTaskforce Demolishes Illegal Structures At Okujagu Link Road
The Rivers State taskforce on the demolition of illegal structures, has cleared scavengers and squatters at the Professor Okujagu link road, Trans/Amadi. Chairman of the Taskforce Mr Mina Aprioku, told...
View ArticleChurch Plans Toilet, Canal Facilities For Ogu Waterfront
The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints has promised to consider the requests by the Abo-Ama community popularly known as Ogu Water front, for a toilet and canal facilities in the area....
View ArticleRed Cross Trains 200 On First Aid
The Nigerian Red Cross Society, says it has trained over 200 persons from various communities in Rivers State on First Aid. The State Chairman of the Society, Mr. Blessing Otoru Ikemejinma disclosed...
View ArticleMrs Ake Urges Peaceful Co-existence
Widow of deceased el der statesman and politician, Chief Gods power Ake, Mrs Christiana Ake, has enjoined the people of Egi and the entire people of Ogba/Egbema/Ndoni (ONELGA) Local Government Area to...
View ArticleCommunity Seeks State Burial For G U Ake
The Erema Community in the Ogba Egbema/Ndni Local Government Area of Rivers State, has called for a state burial for late Chief G.U. Ake. The community also commended the Rivers State Governor, Chief...
View ArticleGroup Calls For Completion Of East-West Road
A youth group in the Niger Delta which is known as Coalition of Niger Delta Youth Leader, has called for the early release of funds by the Federal Government for the completion of the East/West Road....
View ArticleRSG Assures Civil Servants On Entrepreneurial Opportunities
The Rivers State Govern ment has promised to create opportunities that will improve the entrepreneurial base of civil servants in the state. Commissioner for Local Government Affairs, Dr Rudaford...
View ArticleOgoni Clean Up: Group Faults FG Over Proposed Centre Of Excellence
A Non-Governmental Organisation: Social Action, has rejected the proposed creation of a centre of excellence for the clean-up of Ogoni land by the federal government. The group which said this at a...
View ArticleRSG Tasks LG Bosses On Flooding
The Rivers State Gov ernment has urged the caretaker committee chairmen of the 23 local government areas to step up their sensitisation campaign on the impending flooding of the state. Commissioner for...
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