The Rivers State Council of Traditional Rulers on Monday condemned theviolence and breach of peace culminating in several deaths thatcharacterised the 2019 General Elections. The traditional rulers said they were disappointed by the allegedinvolvement of the military and SARS officials in the direct processof the 2019 Elections, other than assisting the police to keep peaceand…
Attah Igala and President, Kogi State Council of Chiefs, His RoyalMajesty, Dr Idakwo Michael Ameh Oboni Il has invoked ancestral curseon perpetrators and sponsors of political violence in Igala Kingdom inrecent times. The curse followed widespread violence that characterized the lastSaturday’s presidential and national assembly elections in Kogi eastsenatorial district in which about three lives…
PRESS STATEMENT RIVERS STATE GOVERNMENT REASSURES RESIDENTS OF SAFETY Rivers State Government has assured residents and the people of RiversState to ignore rumours peddled by enemies of the state that therewill be a violent protest by some disgruntled politicians who havelost relevance in the politics of Rivers State. Rivers State Commissioner for Information and Communications…
While the nation was engrossed in the Presidential and National Assembly elections the ECOWAS Court on Tuesday 26th day of February, 2019 delivered Judgment in the Suit filed by the Movement Against Fulani Occupation (MAFO) and some individual Plaintiffs against the Federal Government of Nigeria seeking declarations, compensation and damages for various Human Rights violations…
Minister of Transportation Chibuike Rotimi Amaechi , on Thursday 28th,2019 paid a visit in an undisclosed hospital to some victims of violence in the just concluded Presidential and National Assembly elections in Rivers State. Amaechi, the former Governor of Rivers State and Leader of All Progressive Congress (APC) in the South- South also prayed for…
The recent use of thugs, hired urchins and low-lives to harass and unleash mayhem on the people of the South East by the agents of Bola Tinubu in Lagos is reprehensible, condemnable, sickening and very dangerous. This clearly ill-advised jungle justice on fellow Nigerians whose offense is basically the fact that they voted according to…
ARCH. Tonye Cole, Gubernatorial candidate of the APC expressed his Regrets that Rivers state has been on the media for the wrong reasons. On Wednesday 27th February 2019. In a media chart with newsmen, Arch. Tonye ColeCondoled with the family of all those who lost their lives in the violence orchestrated by Thugs. WIKE ACUSES…
It is not disputable that Jonathan’s government was marred bylaissez-faire attitude towards fight against corruption, but hisregime was much serious about education in Nigeria than Buhari’s, moreespecially in the North. Goodluck Jonathan had advocated for the“Education For All” which led to the full implementation of theUniversal Basic Education with a revamped curriculum. Even on thefight…
As part of its commitment to combat criminal activities, the NigerianSecurity and Civil Defence Corps, NSCDC, says it has arrested 14suspected oil thieves in Rivers State in the last five weeks. State Commandant of NSCDC, Mohammed Haruna, while parading thearrested suspects, said it is no longer going to be business as usualfor oil thieves in…
Bayelsa State government says it is putting finishing touches towardsrelaunching its quick response security outfit codenamed “Operation DooAkpo” to enhance security in the state. Governor Seriake Dickson disclosed this on Wednesday while inaugurating theCommunity Safety Corps, which is coordinated by a retired Commissioner ofPolice, Mr Akpoebi Agberebi, in Government House, Yenagoa. A statement by his…
