By Tom Okpe The opposition Labour Party, (LP) has called on the ruling Peoples Democratic Party, (PDP) in Rivers State, led by Governor Siminalaye Fubara to declare seats of the House of Assembly Members, who recently defected to the ruling All Progressives Congress, (APC) vacant, conducting fresh election. It was reported that 27 State Assembly […]
About 20 members of a faction of the Rivers State House of Assembly on Tuesday morning took over the Assembly complex and held a plenary session. POLITICS NIGERIA gathered that the lawmakers, loyal to the embattled Speaker, Martin Amaewhule, demanded a police investigation into a fire incident in the chamber on October 29. The lawmakers […]
The All Progressives Congress (APC) in Rivers State has dissociated itself from the visit of President-elect Bola Tinubu to the state on Wednesday. Tinubu is expected in Rivers for two days and will commission a flyover at Rumuokwuta and Rumuola junction in the Obio/Akpor Local Government Area. The politician will also commission a Magistrate Court […]
By Amaka Agbu The Rivers State governor-elect, Sir Siminialayi Fubara, his deputy, Dr. Ngozi Odu, and the 32 members who cleared all the seats in the State House of Assembly were on Wednesday presented with their certificates of return. The presentation was made by the Independent National Election Commission (INEC) National Commissioner supervising Akwa-Ibom, Bayelsa, […]
BY AMAKA AGBU More than 12 people are now feared burnt to death in an explosion at a crude oil tapping point in Rumuekpe Community, Emuohua Local Government Area of Rivers State, early hours of Friday. Five vehicles, four Keke NAPEPs, and one motorcycle were all burnt to ashes in the inferno. The alarm was […]
By Amaka Agbu Oil-rich Rivers State is heavily under tension as angry and wailing protesters have taken over different locations in the state following suspicions that the government and the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) had perfected plans to thwart the will of the people. In Bori, headquarters of Khana Local Government Area in Ogoniland […]
BY AMAKA AGBU The people of Rivers State turned out in their numbers to exercise their franchise in the 2023 electoral process to choose their president and National Assembly members. Almost all the polling units visited by the Daily Times in the state recorded large number of voters. However while some units were orderly, others […]
BY AMAKA AGBU The Rivers State Police Command on Friday confirmed the arrest of a member of the House of Representatives, Hon. Chinyere Igwe, representing Port Harcourt II Federal Constituency, and believed to be one of the PDP presidential campaign managers in the state, with a cash sum of 498,100 USD inside a bag in […]
BY AMAKA AGBU The Rivers State Police Command has commenced a full scale investigation into the pre-rally attack on the campaign convoy of Senator Magnus Ngei Abe, the state Social Democratic Party (SDP), candidate for the March 11, 2023, governorship election. The investigation, according to the police, would enable it to arrest the perpetrators of […]
Former supervisory councillor in the Obio/Akpor Local Government Area of Rivers State, Kinikanwo Amadi, has been allegedly stabbed to death by a woman. Daily Times reports that details of the former Rivers State councilors killing were still sketchy as of the time of filing this report. Information acquired says that the incident occurred at Nkpolu-Rumuigbo, […]
COVID-19 outbreak has increased food insecurity in Lagos, Kano, Rivers and Abuja, the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) has stated. It disclosed this in its latest report on the impact of COVID-19 in Kano, Lagos, Rivers and the Federal Capital Territory, obtained from the NBS on Monday. In the report, the NBS said, “Food insecurity […]
Head of West African Examination Council (WAEC) National office, Mr. Patrick Ehidiamen Areghan, on Wednesday said that some supervisors leaked question papers to their clients in the ongoing West Africa Senior School Certificate Examination (WASSCE). READ ALSO: COVID-19: WAEC candidate tests positive in Akwa Ibom Areghan, while on inspection to Federal Government Boys College, Abuja to see the […]
The Afam power plant in Oyibo local government area of Rivers State has been shut down by angry youths. Reports reaching Daily Times has it that there is a total blackout in Rivers State following the shut down by the angry youths. READ ALSO: Edo 2020 Will Not Stall Development in Rivers State- Wike The […]
Rivers State Governor Nyesom Wike has requested for the consent of the State House of Assembly to borrow N18bn from Access Bank for the construction of a flyover and two major internal roads in Port Harcourt. READ ALSO: Allow free and fair election in Edo, Wike tells Buhari The Speaker, Mr Ikunyi-Owaji Ibani, read the […]
Rivers state Police Command says it has detained one of its officers accused of raping a 23-year-old widow. The command’s spokesman, Mr Nnamdi Omoni, on Friday in Port Harcourt disclosed to newsmen. READ ALSO: 3 armed robbers set ablaze in failed bank robbery in Oyo He said that the command had launched a full investigation […]
An illegal refinery with 300,000 litres of diesel and a large wooden boat containing 314 barrels of crude oil in Cawthorne channel, Port Harcourt, Rivers State has been discovered, a naval drone reveals. READ ALSO: Alleged oil theft : DPR hands over 9 vessels to Navy, EFCC According to reports, the illegal refinery was consequently […]
The Senate has mandated its Committee on Health (Primary and Communicable Disease) to meet with the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) following the number of mysterious deaths recorded in Bonny Island, Rivers State. The upper chamber while urging the Federal Ministry of Humanitarian Affairs and Disaster Management through the National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) to […]
Scores of hungry residents were seen at a scene of an accident packing spaghetti which scattered on the road because of the impact of the crash. The accident occurred at UTC Junction, Port Harcourt, Rivers State on Thursday following an accident involving a mini bus and a trailer loaded with cartons of spaghetti. Osun speaker […]
On Tuesday, Two civilians were kidnapped after an ambush by a group of pirates. The pirates, who were in two gunboats, had opened fire on another boat said to be carrying some important personalities. It was gathered that while three of the four policemen escorting the VIPs had jumped into the water and swam to […]
As the number of coronavirus cases in Rivers state hits 79, the state government has asked residents not to panic. Recall that Rivers state recorded its first COVID-19 case on March 25, as announced by the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC). The governor in a state broadcast told the residents that the increase was […]