RSLGSC Wants Legal Departments In 23 LGAs
The Rivers State Local Government Service Commission has called for the establishment of legal departments in the 23 local government councils of the state. Chairman of the commission, Chief Azubuike...
View ArticleWorld Environment Day: MOSOP Urges Action On UNEP Report
Rivers State and the rest of Nigeria will join other countries across the world to mark this year’s World Environment Day (WED) today. The United Nations Organisations (UNO) had designated the...
View ArticleFG Flags Off Graduate Farmers Scheme In Rivers
The Federal Government has restated its commitment towards ensuring food security in the country. The Minister of Water Resources, Eng. Suleiman H. Adamu , disclosed this at Egberu Ndoki, Oyigbo Local...
View ArticlePH Environmental Summit Holds, ’Morrow
A two-day Port Harcourt Environmental Summit organised by the Rivers State House of Assembly in collaboration with the State Ministry of Environment begins tomorrow. The summit which has as its theme:...
View ArticleExpert Decries Pollution Of N’Delta …Says Gas Flaring Released 700kg Soot In...
An environmental expert, Dr. Mofoluso Fagbeja says over 700 kilogramme of sooth was released from gas flaring into the atmosphere in the Niger Delta in 2015. Dr. Fagbeja who is the National Space...
View ArticleWike Bags UN Mayor Of Peace Award
Governor Ezenwo Nyesom Wike of Rivers State has been conferred with Mayor of Peace Award by United Nations (UN) Polac Peace Programme of Nigeria. Director General of the organsation, Lion (Dr) Halo...
View ArticleCVR: Group Assures On Rural Dwellers’ Sensitisation
Ahead of the 2019 general elections in Rivers State, a political group, the New Age Network has pledged to step up its campaign on the importance of the on-going voters registration exercise in the...
View Article‘True Federalism, Panacea To Ethnic Agitations’
True federalsim has been identified as the panacea to ethnic agitations in the country. A legal practitioner, Barrister Innocent Ekwu, stated this in a paper entitled “Curbing Restiveness in Nigeria by...
View ArticleRivers To Domesticate Paris Treaty On Climate Change
The Rivers State House of Assembly Committee on Environment, says the state will soon witness the domestication of the Paris treaty on climate change. Chairman of the committee, Hon. Christian Ahiakwo,...
View ArticleOil Bunkering Generates Black Soot – Regent
The Regent of Gokana Kingdom in Rivers State, Prince Babari K.F. Paago Bagia, has called on the Nigerian Police to investigate the accusation of involvement of some police officers in illegal oil...
View ArticleCentre Alerts On Pythons’ Extinction …Seeks Safeguards For Road Project
The Centre For Environment, Human Rights and Development (CEHRD) has said that the proposed 260 kilometre Calabar Super Highway project may lead to the extinction of the endemic double headed snake,...
View Article‘RSG Not Aware Of NDDC’s Projects In Rivers’
The Special Adviser to the Rivers State Governor on Niger Delta Development Commission, Mr. Aribiton Okiri says the State Government is not aware of any project being executed by the commission in...
View ArticleThe Tide GM Wants More Campaigns Against Unethical Practices
General Manager of the Rivers State Newspaper Corporation (RSNC), Mr Vincent Ake has advocated increasing campaign against cultism and other unethical practices by youths in the state. Mr Ake who said...
View ArticleNorway To Assist INEC On Electoral Process
The Kingdom of Norway on Tuesday, assured that it would deploy necessary resources to assist the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to deliver on its mandate. The Ambassador of Norway to...
View ArticleMachine Malfunctioning Mars Voters Registration In PHALGA
Hundreds of eligible voters were disappointed at the Port Harcourt City Council office of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) over the alleged malfunctioning of the registration...
View ArticleNwanosike Tackles APC Over Failed Promises
The Publicity Secretary of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Rivers State, Mr Samuel Nwanosike, has described President Muhammadu Buhari’s administration as a failed government. Nwanosike who...
View Article2017 Flood: RSG Advises Residents Not To Panic
The Rivers State Government, has urged residents of flood prone areas of the state not to panic over the flood outlook for this year, but be prepared for emergencies at all times. The Permanent...
View ArticleRSUBEB Plans Early Child Care Dev Centres
The Rivers State Universal Basic Education Board (UBE) has disclosed plan for an Early Child Care Development Centre (ECCDC) in the state. Executive Chairman of the board, Ven Fyneface Ndubuisi Akah,...
View ArticleFIDA Empowers 30 Women
Over 30 women including widows have been presented with empowerment packages by the International Federation of Women Lawyers (FIDA), Rivers State chapter under its Feed the Family Scheme. The...
View ArticleSallah: Work Resumes In Rivers, Today …Drivers Bemoan Low Patronage
Normal work will resume today throughout the country following the end of the Sallah holidays declared by the Federal Government. The Federal Government had declared Monday and Tuesday as public...
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