Tag: RIVERS
Coronavirus: Wike imposes dusk-to-dawn curfew in Rivers
Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Wike, has ordered a dusk-to-dawn curfew in the state to forestall the spread of the coronavirus.
Wike, in a statewide broadcast...
Rivers records first coronavirus case, two each in Lagos, Abuja
The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) has confirmed five new cases of the coronavirus in the country.
In a tweet late Wednesday, the centre...
I put Rivers above PDP – Wike
Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Wike, has said that the state
remains top priority for him above all else.
Speaking on Thursday during a courtesy visit by...
Four policemen arrested over killing of mechanic accused of robbery in...
Four police officers in Rivers have been arrested and
detained over alleged torture to death of late Chima Ikwunado and inflicting
injuries on four others arrested...
#JusticeForChima: Police allegedly kill mechanic accused of robbery in Rivers
A journalist, Comrade
Phils, has accused the police in Rivers State of beating a mechanic to death
after falsely accusing him of robbery.
Phils said in a...
Amaechi denies collecting pension as ex-Rivers governor
Minister of Transportation, Rotimi Amaechi, says
he has never ‘requested’ nor ‘collected’ pension from Rivers State as a former
governor of the state.
Mr Amaechi was in...
Fake soldiers arrested in Rivers
Police in Rivers say
they have intercepted and arrested two fake soldiers allegedly involved in a
robbery operation within new Port Harcourt GRA on Wednesday.
Rivers police...
NLNG, Rivers government, Bonny set up health insurance scheme
Nigeria LNG Limited (NLNG), Rivers State Government and Grand Bonny Kingdom have inaugurated the Governing Board of the Bonny Community Health Insurance Programme, kicking...
Police rescue 3 kidnapped Lebanese nationals in Rivers
Police in Rivers have rescued three Lebanese nationals
who were kidnapped at a construction site in Andoni Local Government Area of the
state on June 8.
Rivers...
Wike declares free primary, secondary education in Rivers
Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Wike, has announced total
abolition of all forms of fees and levies in public primary and secondary
schools across the state.
Mr Wike...