Rivers State Sole Administrator, Vice Admiral Ibok-Ete Ibas (retd.) has approved the appointment of administrators for the 23 Local Government Areas of the state. This comes less that 24 hours after a Federal High Court sitting in Port Harcourt reportedly restrained him from appointing administrators to oversea the affairs ofContinue Reading
Governor Nyesom Wike of Rivers State on Monday, November 2, slammed reports claiming he ordered the Military to kill Igbos in the Oyigbo area of the oil-rich state. Wike further stated that members of the proscribed Indigenous Peoples of Biafra (IPOB) had destroyed properties in the area and killed people while reiterating that the impositionContinue Reading
A High Court sitting in Port Harcourt, Rivers State, on Friday, October 10, issued the verdict of a death sentence by hanging to the serial killer, Gracious David-West. Mr David-West was charged for the murder of several young ladies in different hotels around Rivers State. The court convicted the killer based on piecesContinue Reading
The Rivers State National Assembly caucus has raised the alarm over the recent setting up of a parallel Task Force in the state by the Commissioner of Police, John Mukam. Furthermore, the caucus has accused the Police Commissioner of attempting to run a parallel government in the state. Indeed, their position was communicated in aContinue Reading
Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Wike has declared Caverton Helicopters persona non grata in the state. Consequently, Wike has ordered the shutdown of Caverton Helicopters offices in all the local governments in Rivers State. He made this disclosure in a state broadcast on Wednesday. Equally important, Wike accused the airline of endangering the lives of Rivers peopleContinue Reading
Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Wike on Friday announced the arrest of 22 staff of Exxon Mobil, a multinational oil company; for entering the State in violation of the State Executive Order on Covid-19. The governor, who made this known at a news conference in Port Harcourt, said that the oil workers; whoContinue Reading