Community Decries Degradation Of Environment
Bomu community in Gokana Local Governemnt Area of Rivers State says, despite its enormous contributions to the economy of the country, its land still remains devasted by oil pollution. The community...
View ArticleExpert Seeks Legislation To Check Dumping Of Plastic Wastes
The Chancellor of the Waste Management Society of Nigeria (WAMASON), Sir Benson Abu has called for a legislative framework to end the indiscriminate dumping of plastic wastes in the country. Abu said...
View ArticleEx-Perm Sec Wants LG Autonomy
A retired Permanent Secretary in Rivers State, Mrs Ibaniba Briggs-Iti has said that independence from states control and proper funding would improve efficiency in the Local Government system in the...
View ArticleRSG Tasks Committee On Land Recovery
The Rivers State Government has tasked the Adhoc Management Committee of Igbo Etche Housing Estate to embark on the recovery of lands and other properties allegedly sold by previous managements of the...
View ArticleDELGA PDP Chairmanship Candidate Hails Wike On Road Projects
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) chairmanship candidate for Degema Local Government Area in the June 16th local government elections in Rivers State, Dr. Tony Philmore has commended Governor Wike for...
View ArticleMonarch Tasks NIPR On Professionalism
The Amanyanabo of Abonnema Kingdom, King Disrael Ubobo Bob-Manuel II has charged the Nigerian Institute of Public Relations (NIPR) to work towards professionalism in all its activities. Bobmanuel said...
View ArticleStakeholders Want Prosecution Of Fire Incident Perpetrators
Stakeholders have urged the Rivers State Government to immediately prosecute those responsible for the recent fire incident at a tyre dump, near the Port Harcourt flyover. A cross section of...
View ArticleMuslim Leader Blames Lawlessness On Injustice
The Vice President General of Rivers States Council for Islamic idris, Alhaji Awhelegbe Nasir Uhor has blamed the series of crises rocking the country on the absence of justice. Alhaji Uhor who said...
View ArticleShow Commitment To God’s Work, Monarch Tells Christians
The Bishop, Diocese of Niger Delta, Church of Nigeria Anglican Communion, Rt. Rev Ralph Ebirien says commitment to the work of God is the panacea to the myriads of problems facing mankind. Rt. Rev....
View ArticleMonarch Wants Higher Institution In Kalabari
The Amanyanabo of Abonnema, King Disrael Gbobo Bob-Manuel has appealed for the establishment of a higher institution in the Kalabari area of the state. King Bob-Manuel, who said this during the...
View ArticleFirst Baptist School, St Paul’s African Church Win BSN Quiz Competition
First Baptist Nursery/Pri mary School and St Paul’s African Church, all in Port Harcourt have emerged winners of the 2018 edition of the Bible Society of Nigeria (BSN) quiz competition for schools and...
View ArticleRainfall And Flooding In Rivers
The news media, both the electronic and print is awash with reports of flooding in some communities in Rivers State. If the reports are any thing to go by, then, some of these communities are in for a...
View ArticleOgoni Elders Fault Planned Stakeholders’ Engagement With Minister
Some prominent Ogonis under the aegis of Gbokubaari Ogoni, the elders forum of Ogoni people have disowned the proposed Ogoni stakeholders engagement with the Minister of State for Petroleum Resources....
View ArticlePH Residents Laud RSG For Tackling Street Trading
Some residents of Port Harcourt and its environs have commended the effort by the state government to rid the streets of Port Harcourt and its environs of illegal trading activities. Some of them who...
View ArticleMonarch Tasks Traditional Institution On Peace In Egiland
Following the proclamation of the Ogba New Yam Festival (Egwuogba) by the Umu Akoku family of Erema Town, the Eze Ali Erema Uku of Ogbaland/Paramount ruler of Erema town, Eze Azubuike Georgewill III...
View ArticleUmu Akoku Proclaims Egwu Ogba
In line with the customs and tradition of Egi Nation, the Umu Akoku family of Erema town in Ogba/Egbema/Ndoni Local Government Area of Rivers State has proclaimed August 9, 2018 as date for this year’s...
View ArticleWike, Leading Others In Support Of Security Agencies – Okah
The Rivers State Commissioner for Information and Communications, Barrister Emma Okah says Governor Nyesom Wike is leading other governors in the country in assisting security agencies. Barrister Okah,...
View ArticleEx-NES Boss Proffers Solution To Flooding In Rivers
The immediate past President of the Nigerian Environmental Soceity (NES), Olu Wai Ogosu has recommended a long time approach to tackle the perennial flooding in Rivers State. Ogosu who said this in a...
View ArticleRSG Tasks CDCs On Peace, Dev In Rural Areas
The Special Adviser to the Rivers State Governor on Rural Development. Hon. Okori Abelekum has urged for collaboration between Community Development Committees (CDCs) and the State Government to...
View ArticleNeighbourhood Safety Agency DG Tasks CDCs On Peace
The Director General of the Rivers State Neighbourhood and Safety Agency, Dr. Uche Mike Chukwuma has described Community Development Committees (CDCs) as an important tool for local security. Dr....
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