RIWAMA Blames Flooding In PH On Drains Blockage
The Rivers State Waste Management Agency (RIWAMA), has identified the disposal of refuse in public drains as a major cause of flooding in Port Harcourt City its and environs. Sole Administrator of the...
View ArticleDiocese Invests 19 Knights, 11 Dames
The 20th Anniversary cel ebration of the Diocese of Niger Delta North has ended with the investiture of 19 Knights and Dames. The anniversary started on 17th December, 2016 with singing competition,...
View ArticleGermany Grants Ex-Militant Asylum
An ex-member of the Ice Lander group based in Port Harcourt, Mr. Osuogwu Onyinyechi is now on Asylum in Germany. Mr. Onyinyechi who hails from Imo State, South East, Nigeria told newsmen in Port...
View ArticleFlood Disaster: RSG Assures Bille Kingdom Of Support
Communities in Bille Kingdom in Degema Local Government Area of Rivers State have been assured of the state government’s support to enable them overcome the challenges posed by recent flooding in the...
View ArticleConserving Biodiversity In Niger Delta
Akwa Ibom, Bayelsa, Delta and Rivers States are the four states in the Niger Delta region of Nigeria that are currently benefiting from the Niger Delta Biodiversity Conservation programme of the United...
View ArticleRSG’ll Support Army To Fight Crime – Wike
Governor Nyesom Wike of Rivers State says the state government will support the 6 Division, Nigerian Army to strengthen the security architecture of the state and its environs. Special Assistant to...
View ArticleSoberekon Flays FG Over Morocco Gas Deal
An elder statesman in Rivers State, Rev Sokari Sobereron says the decision by the Federal Government to supply gas to the Kingdom of Morocco will lead to massive job losses in the country. Recall that...
View ArticleMonarch Seeks Policies To Save Forest
The Paramount ruler of Alesa of Rivers State, Clan in Eleme Local Government Area, Emperor J. D. Nkpe, has called for an integrated policies to stop further encroached on the Onura forest. The...
View ArticleRSG Moves To Reform Civil Service
The Rivers State Government says it is determined to reform the State Civil Service to enable it respond to the needs of the times and enhance efficiency and productivity. To this end, the Rivers State...
View ArticleN-Power: RSUBEB Posts 8,000 Teachers To Schools
The Rivers State Universal Basic Education Board (UBE) has posted 8,000 beneficiaries of the Federal Government’s N-Power programme to various schools across the state. The Commissioner in-charge of...
View Article‘Don’t Link Southern Kaduna Killings To Islam’
The Rivers State Council for Islamic Affairs has cautioned Nigerians against linking the recent killings in Southern Kaduna to the Islamic religion. Vice President-General of the Council and Rivers...
View ArticleUNDP Plants 500 Trees In Rivers
The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), has planted over 500 trees at Oko-Ohia Afara in Etche Local Government Area of Rivers State. The exercise was part of the on-going Biodiversity...
View ArticleIdentify With Less Privileged, Nurses Tell Nigerians
A Rivers State-based Non-Governmental Organization, Nursing World Nigeria, has called for more attention to the less privileged in the society. Chief Executive Officer of the association, Mrs Jennifer...
View ArticleNAFDAC Destroys N9bn Fake Drugs In Rivers
The National Agency for Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC), has destroyed 11 containers of fake pharmaceutical products worth N9.6 billion in Port Harcourt. The 11 containers were seized last...
View Article‘Lack Of Environmental Justice, Bane Of N’Delta’
The Director, Centre For Conflicts and Gender Studies, University of Port Harcourt, Dr. Fidelis Aden, has linked the crises in the oil rich Niger Delta region to the absence of environmental justice...
View ArticleGroup Seeks Ledum Mitee Report Implementation
A stakeholder group, the West Africa Network for Peace Building (WANEP) ,Nigeria, has advocated the immediate implementation of the full report of the Ledum Mitee Technical Committee on the Niger Delta...
View ArticleWike Gets Kudos Over Ogu Stool Upgrade
The Okrika Divisional Council of Chiefs (ODCC), has said that the upgrading of the stool of Amanyanabo of Ogu to first class by Governor Nyesom Wike will improve native administration in the area....
View ArticleTowards Keeping PH Markets Clean
A Manager of one of the emerging modern markets in Port Harcourt, once told newsmen in his office that the commonest thing about markets in this part of the world is their level of untidiness. That...
View ArticleNURSS Plans Empowerment Scheme For Members
The National Secretariat of the National Union of Rivers State Students (NURSS), has said that it would liaise with the Rivers State House of Assembly with a view to working out an empowerment...
View ArticleEx-Onelga Chairman Quits Bachelorhood
Some political heavy weights and business executives from Ogba/Egbema/Ndoni Local Government Area of Rivers State and beyond last Saturday gathered in Port Harcourt to celebrate with one of their...
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