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Tertiary Institutions, Sec. Schools, to reopen in Rivers Oct. 5

Ihesiulo Grace 26 September 2020 0

The Rivers State Government has approved the reopening of universities, other tertiary institutions, as well as secondary and vocational schools in the state, with effect from Monday, October 5, 2020. READ ALSO: NLC suspends protest in Rivers State Daily Times Nigeria gathered that the decision

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I created 100,000 Jobs, NBS Unemployment Data is fake — Wike

Ihesiulo Grace 25 September 2020 0

Governor Nyesom Wike of Rivers State has reacted to the unemployment rate by the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS). READ ALSO: After rumours about health, North Korea state media report Kim Jong Un appearance The governor claimed the statistic is fake and political. Wike said on Friday during an interview on Channels Television’s Sunrise Daily, […]

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Wike redeems ₦30m pledge on Bobisky’s arrest

Ihesiulo Grace 18 September 2020 0

Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Wike, has redeemed his pledge of ₦30 million being a bounty placed on the arrest of a notorious criminal and kidnapper, Honesty Digbara, popularly known as Bobisky. READ ALSO: Police kill notorious Rivers criminal Bobisky Daily Times Nigeria stated that the State Commissioner for Police, Joseph Mukan, disclosed this to journalists […]

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NLC suspends protest in Rivers State

Ihesiulo Grace 8 September 2020 0

The Nigeria Labour Congress has suspended its planned protest in Rivers State after it reached an agreement with the state government. Recall Daily Times Nigeria reports that the congress had on Monday vowed to go ahead with its protest scheduled to take place today in the state. READ ALSO: NLC, aviation unions to shut P/H […]

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Wike threatens to sanction erring contractors

Ihesiulo Grace 4 July 2020 0

Governor Nyesom Wike of Rivers State has that contractors who fail to abide by contractual agreements in handling projects in the state would be sanctioned.  The governor said it was unacceptable for contractors, particularly those who have received full payment before the outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic to use it as an excuse not to […]

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COVID-19: Rivers orders compulsory test for Govt House personnel

Ihesiulo Grace 30 June 2020 0

The Rivers State Government has directed all staff of Government House, Port Harcourt, to go for a mandatory COVID-19 test to check the spread of the pandemic in the state. A statement on Monday in Port Harcourt by Mr Paulinus Nsirim, the state Commissioner for Information and Communications, explained that the directive was made by […]

Covid-19

Weddings against guidelines attracts N10m fine – Rivers imposes new rule

Ihesiulo Grace 25 June 2020 0

The Rivers State Government has approved COVID-19 guidelines for marriages and weddings with N10million fine to be paid by violators. The Commissioner for Information and Communications, Pastor Paulinus Nsirim, said the guidelines were approved by the state Executive Council in a meeting presided over by the state Governor, Nyesom Wike. He said prospective couples would

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Edo PDP guber primary: Court strikes out suit seeking to bar Obaseki

Ihesiulo Grace 25 June 2020 0

The Federal High Court sitting in Port Harcourt, Rivers State has struck out the suit filed by Mr. Omoregie Ogbeide-Ihama stopping Governor Godwin Obaseki from participating in today’s PDP governorship primary in Edo State. A counsel to the plaintiff, D. C. Denwigwe (SAN), had in an oral application during resumption of the hearing on Wednesday, […]

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Rivers publishes hotlines for response to sexual abuse, other forms of violence

Ihesiulo Grace 18 June 2020 0

The Rivers State Ministry of Social Welfare and Rehabilitation, on Wednesday, in Port Harcourt rolled out hotlines for immediate response to victims of Sexual abuse and other forms of violence. According to Mrs. Inime Aguma, the State Commissioner for Social Welfare and Rehabilitation, the hotlines are “in response to increased and alarming statistics of sexual […]

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Edo: Wike, other PDP governors urged to rally round Obaseki

Ihesiulo Grace 15 June 2020 0

As events continue to unfold in the build up to the September 19 Edo state governorship election, a call has gone to the Rivers state governor, Nyesom Wike and other Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) governors in the South – South region to rally round the embattled Edo governor, Godwin Obaseki. Wike was particularly enjoined to […]

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NYSC member slumps, dies in Rivers state

Ihesiulo Grace 3 June 2020 0

A female National Youth Service Corps Member’s life has reportedly slumped and died in Rivers State. The entire 2019 Batch C, Stream 2, Corp members in Rivers State, have been thrown into deep mourning after one of their own, Atiye Florence Aduke, lost her life on Saturday, May 30th, 2020. Nigerian student designs hybrid fuel-less […]

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LGA chairman in Rivers State, Asari-Toru dies of COVID-19

Ihesiulo Grace 29 May 2020 0

The chairman of Asari-Toru Local Government Area of Rivers State, Mr Odiari Princewill, has passed on. Sources within the local government area say that the ex-chairman died from a suspected coronavirus on Wednesday night. The state chapter of the Association of Local Government Of Nigeria (ALGON) has confirmed the news. The ex-chair was reportedly buried […]

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Rivers Govt warns against attempts to Blackmail NCDC

Ihesiulo Grace 27 May 2020 0

The Rivers State Government says its attention has been drawn to a recent petition, signed by one Mr. Needam Promise Gogorobari, Owner of the Prodest Hotel and dated 24th May 2020. According to a communique by the state’s Commissioner for Information and Communications, Mr Paulinus Nsirim, the petition was to the effect that a certain […]

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Manager of demolished Rivers hotel rejects COVID-19 test result

Ihesiulo Grace 25 May 2020 0

The embattled manager of the demolished Prudent Hotel, Alode-Eleme, near Port Harcourt, Rivers state, Dr. Bariledum Azoroh, has rejected the result of his coronavirus test presented to him on Sunday which was said to have come out positive. Recall that the manager was found guilty by a court for flouting Governor Wike’s COVID-19 Executive Order […]

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Abe, group dismiss Wike’s allegation of emergency declaration in Rivers

Ihesiulo Grace 21 May 2020 0

Senator Magnus Ngei Abe has said that there is no situation requiring the declaration of a state of emergency in Rivers state as alleged by Governor Nyeson Wike. He spoke Wednesday night on Channels Television, countering claims by the governor that he had uncovered plots by some politicians in Abuja to cause the federal government […]

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Notore lifts Rivers State communities, state govt with COVID-19 relief package

Ihesiulo Grace 21 May 2020 0

Leading Nigerian agribusiness company, Notore Chemical Industries Plc, has cushioned the socio-economic effects of the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic in Rivers State, with the donation of truckloads of food items and relief materials to its host communities in the state and the Rivers State Government. The Group Managing Director of Notore Chemical Industries Plc, Mr

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Rivers govt alleges plot to impose emergency rule in state

Ihesiulo Grace 21 May 2020 0

The Rivers State government, on Wednesday, said it has uncovered plans by some politicians to impose an emergency rule on the state. Commissioner for Information and Communications in the state, Paulinus Nsirim, made the claim in a statement made available to journalists on Wednesday. He said the plot was attempted but foiled during the 2019 […]

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Rivers begins COVID-19 testing at state university teaching hospital

Ihesiulo Grace 10 May 2020 0

In continuation of the fight against the spread of coronavirus in Rivers State, the government has formally commenced testing for the virus at the molecular laboratory of the Rivers state University Teaching Hospital. Health professionals tested samples at the Rivers state University Teaching Hospital (RSUTH) COVID-19 testing centre on Friday. The effort will be a […]

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Police assure NDDC of adequate security, warns trouble makers

Ihesiulo Grace 9 May 2020 0

The Rivers state Police Command has assured the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC) of providing adequate security to enable it deliver on its mandate to the people of the Niger Delta region. Giving the assurance on Friday during a courtesy visit at the NDDC headquarters in Port Harcourt, the state Commissioner of Police, Mr. Joseph […]

Opinion

Rivers State beyond COVID-19

Ihesiulo Grace 8 May 2020 0

One of the unintended ironies of the coronavirus pandemic is that although it brings great suffering and death, it also presents an incredible opportunity to reimagine the world we live in, and to build a better future. In Rivers State, we cannot afford to miss the opportunity that this crisis presents. As our forebears did […]