Kindly reconsider the 7pm-6am lockdown in Rivers
Your Excellency, writing you is a difficult task considering that at the micro levelI am Ikwerre; but at the macro level I am Igbo. You are also Ikwerre and the theater of this violence is…
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Coca-cola to unveil wall murals across in celebration of Nigeria’s strength,…
Coca-cola Nigeria Limited is set to unveil stunning wall murals across the country to highlight the unity and tenacity of Nigerians during the yuletide season.
According to a statement…
Tension builds in Rivers as EndSARS takes usual volatile partisan pathway
The protests against police brutality and SARS (Special Anti-Robbery Squad) in Rivers State have started the way of all Rivers matters in recent years, the Wike-Amaechi crisis pathway.…
Organised labour suspends planned protest in Rivers
The organised labour, on Tuesday suspended its planned protest in Port Harcourt, over a lingering industrial dispute which led to sealing of the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) secretariat in…
OML 11: Rivers wins case against SPDC on takeover of Ogoni oil fields
The Rivers State government on Thursday, August 13, 2020, won a suit handing over Shell’s landed assets in Ogoni known as Oil Mining Lease 11.
The suit marked PHC/652/CS/2020 was filed by…
Yibo Koko: Rewriting Rivers tourism narrative
Truly, Yibo Koko, director general/chief executive officer, Rivers State Tourism Development Agency (RSTDA), is many things rolled into one.
But the most urgent goal on his mind is to…
Gov Wike pins 60% of COVID-19 infections in Rivers on oil workers from rigs
Statistics may be coming out to show why Governor Nyesom Wike of Rivers State seems to aggressively engage oil companies and top-level visitors to the state. Now, the governor has stated…
Rivers to review permit to oil companies as positive case emerges in oil workers
Governor Nyesom Wike of Rivers State may withdraw the permission granted oil workers to enter the state, saying it was being abused. In a televised press briefing Friday morning, May 1,…
Business owners in Rivers cry out
The closedown of markets in Rivers State by Governor Nyesom Wike as part of measures to check the spread of corona virus may be a step in the direction for some residents, but for business…
Ikokwu-5 case: Coalition demands redeployment of Rivers CP
Coalition of civil society organisations (CSOs) and human rights lawyers working on the Ikokwu-5 saga in Port Harcourt have called for the redeployment of Mustapha Dandaura, the Commissioner…