Abaribe in Rivers, Blasts Buhari for Always Justifying His Failure With Excuses

Senate Minority Leader, Senator Enyinnaya Abaribe, has opened fire on the Buhari administration, saying the administration has been profusely searching for excuses to justify its glaring failure since 2015. Abaribe who was speaking in Rivers State on Thursday where he went to inauguration a road project at Isiodu in Emohua Local Government Area of the […]

Rivers Community Shuts down First Bank In Enforcement of N210bn Compensation Ruling

PH – Banking activities were disrupted on Tuesday at the First Bank headquarters on Aba road in Port Harcourt, Rivers State. This was following the enforcement of a Supreme Court ruling of November 27, 2020 by the people of Ejamah –Ebubu community. The court had ordered First Bank to pay 210 billion naira compensation to the […]

Rivers Health Facilities Can Help Nigeria Cut $1.00 Billion Squandered on Medical Tourism- Okorocha

Despite the fact that health facilities in Nigeria including health professionals and medical equipment are grossly inadequate, Senator Rochas Okorocha says health facilities in Rivers State can assist the country to cut back on the $1.00 billion squandered annually on medical tourism. Okorocha is describing Rivers State Government House Clinic as a top class health […]

Okorocha in Rivers, Woos Wike for Realignment of Political Forces for 2023 Battle

Ahead of 2023, the Senator representing Imo West Senatorial District and former Governor, Rochas Okorocha, is advocating for a realignment of political forces in Nigeria, in a patriotic bid to make the country great again. He is already wooing Governor Nyesom Wike of Rivers State to brace for joining forces with political like-minds to rescue […]

In Rivers, Ndume Says Nigeria Would Have Been Better Off If…. 

Former Senate Majority Leader, Senator Mohammed Ali Ndume, who was in Rivers State on Wednesday to inaugurate an 11.53 kilometers Eleme-Afam Road, said Nigeria would have been better off for all if it had a leader like Governor Nyesom Wike. Ndume who was in the state as Governor Wike’s Special Guest of Honour said what […]

Rivers APC crisis: Beware, your hatred for Amaechi may send you to jail, Eze tells Abe, Aguma

The recent letter from the National Secretariat of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) seems to have laid to final rest, all speculations and uncertainties about the leadership of the party and the fortunes of her teeming members in Rivers State, who have continued to endure the raging storm since 2018 amidst challenges. In a […]

Eze commends Buhari for the approval of new projects in Rivers, S’South

Commendations have continued to greet the approvals by President Mohammadu Buhari, of award of contracts for the construction of the Port Harcourt-Maiduguri (Eastern) rail line, a deep seaport in Bonny, and an industrial park in Port Harcourt, as analysts posit that the city may have been tipped as an emerging commercial hub for the African […]

Nunieh: Rivers is fully out to fight any injustice – Wike

Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Wike has said he would always fight back injustice meted on any indigene of the state. Wike said this in reaction to the attempted arrest of the former Managing Director of the NDDC, JoiyNunieh by security operatives at her residence in Old GRA, Port Harcourt. The Governor who described the invasion […]

In Nigeria, Oil Curse Cuts-off Abia, Akwa Ibom, Rivers Communities

The oil and gas sector has continued to play a significant role in the economy of Nigeria, and accounts for 65% of total revenue to the government. According to the Organisation of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC), the country has near 40 billion barrels of proven oil reserve.    With a maximum crude oil production capacity of […]

PHED Braces For Tariff Increase In Akwa Ibom, Bayelsa, Cross River, Rivers

Electricity tariff in Akwa Ibom, Bayelsa, Cross River and Rivers states will be going up from April 1. To this end, the Port Harcourt Electricity Distribution Plc (PHED) is hosting public consultation for the proposed tariff review. According to the PHED, the coming tariff review was directed by the Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission (NERC). PHED’s […]