Tag: Rivers State
EFCC receives four suspected oil thieves from Navy in Rivers State
The Nigerian Navy has handed over four suspected oil thieves to the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC)…
Police confirm abduction and murder of former NUPENG chairman in Rivers
The kidnap and murder of a former Rivers State Chairman of Nigeria Union of Petroleum and Natural Gas…
COVID-19: Wike approves reopening of nursery, primary schools
The Rivers State Governor, Chief Nyesom Wike, has approved the reopening of Nursery and Primary Schools in the…
CAN reacts on Oyigbo killings, tells Wike not to generalise anger
The Rivers state governor, Nyesom Wike has been advised by the Anambra State chapter of Christians Association of Nigeria…
Only Rivers has not collected COVID-19 palliatives, Sadiya Umar reveals
Minister of humanitarian affairs, disaster management and social development, Sadiya Umar Farouq on Tuesday disclosed that all states…
Rivers relaxes curfew in Oyigbo
The Rivers State Security Council has relaxed the 24-hour curfew imposed on the entire Oyigbo Local Government Area…
Oyigbo Killings: I did not order soldiers to shoot residents, Wike declares
The Executive Governor of Rivers state, Nyesom Wike has stated that he did not order the military to…
“Let me chop life “- 30-year-old lady killed by stray bullet in Rivers State says a month before her death
The life of 30-year-old Queen Nwazuo who was slated to marry her fiancé Monday Bakor has been caught…
Rivers Gov Wike blasts churches for disobeying COVID-19 protocols
The Executive Governor of Rivers state, Nyesom Wike has blasted churches for disobeying COVID-19 regulations and threatened to…
Wike’s signs Executive Order reinforcing ban on IPOB
Governor Nyesom Wike on Wednesday signed an executive order reinforcing the ban on the proscribed Indigenous Peoples of…
Gov Wike announces N20m compensation to families of policemen, soldiers killed by IPOB members
Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Ezenwo Wike, has announced N20 Million compensation to the families of each of the…
Rivers govt to absorb 5,000 youths into civil service
The Rivers State government is set to employ about 5000 youths into the state civil service. This follows…