Tag: RIVERS STATE
Gunmen behead 28-year-old in fresh Rivers violence
Unidentified gunmen Thursday morning attacked Mgbuitanwo community in Emohua Local Government Area of Rivers State, the home country of the All Progressives Congress (APC)...
Dakuku Peterside assumes duty as NIMASA DG
All Progressives Congress (APC) candidate in the April 11, 2015 Rivers governorship election, Dakuku Peterside, has assumed duty as the Director General/CEO of the...
Buhari in Malabo, vows to deal decisively with perpetrators of Rivers...
President Muhammadu Buhari Tuesday in Malabo condemned recent political violence in Rivers State, saying that the killing of people over political differences was primitive,...
Peterside: Amaechi’s anointed candidate becomes NIMASA DG
President Muhammadu Buhari on Thursday approved the appointment of Dr. Warisenibo Dakuku Adolphus Peterside as the Director General/CEO of the Nigerian Maritime Administration and...
Gunmen behead Rivers APC chief, kill wife, son
Gunmen struck in Omoku, the headquarters of Ogba/Egbema/Ndoni Local Government Area of Rivers State on Saturday and killed the Ward 4 chairman of the...
Wike: APC chairman, Oyegun, denies calling for probe of Supreme Court...
National Chairman, of the All Progressives Congress (APC) John Odigie-Oyegun, has denied calling for the probe of Supreme Court judges over the recent affirmation...
Wike bans pro-Biafra protest in Rivers as police take on demonstrators
Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Wike, on Tuesday banned protests by “some unauthorised group” calling for the release of the director of outlawed Radio Biafra,...
PDP senators stage walkout as Senate confirms Amaechi minister
The Senate on Thursday confirmed former Governor of Rivers State, Chibuike Amaechi, as minister, despite protest by senators of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP).
It...
Supreme Court dismisses Wike’s suit against election tribunal
The Supreme Court on Tuesday dismissed a suit filed by the Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Wike, challenging the authority of the state governorship election...
Tribunal sacks Wike as Rivers governor
The Rivers State Election Petition Tribunal has sacked Nyesom Wike as governor of the state.
Delivering its judgment on Saturday, the tribunal said the All...