Two explosions have occurred at the Rivers State secretariat of the People’s Democratic Party in Port Harcourt. The blasts happened as members of the party were involved in the selection of councillorship candidates of the PDP for the forthcoming local government elections. Reports say the explosions are suspected to have been caused by dynamites, which were detonated…
• NCDC Confirms 675 new Covid-19 cases The General Officer Commanding Six Division of the Nigerian Army in Port-Harcourt, Rivers State, Major-General JOHN OLU IREFIN, has died of Covid-19. Major-General IREFIN, who also the Land Component Commander of Operation Delta Safe, reportedly died while attending the Chief of Army Staff Conference in Abuja. The Acting Director of…
Leaders of the Northern Elders Forum have paid a visit to Rivers State to assess the impact of the recent EndSARS protest. Chairman of the Forum, Professor ANGO ABDULLAHI told Governor NYESOM WIKE that they had received complaints from their kith and kin of what happened during the protest. Professor ABDULLAHI said based on their interaction with…
The Police High Command has been criticized over the withdrawal of policemen attached to some important personalities. Former member of the National Assembly, Senator MAGNUS ABE, who was also affected by the decision, said it was wrong for the action of the police to have been announced to the public. Senator ABE, who is from Rivers State,…
Hundreds of young jobseekers have stormed the Rivers State Government secretariat in Port Harcourt in search of vacancies in the state civil service. The submission of applications is being done manually, after the Rivers State Executive Council approved the recruitment of about five thousand new civil servants who are not more than thirty-five years. A local journalist…
The Nigerian Bar Association is sending a fact-finding team to Oyigbo in Rivers State to look into claims of extrajudicial killings and rights violation by the security agencies. The team is led by the NBA First Vice President, JOHN AIKPOKPO-MARTINS; with three other members. NBA President OLUMIDE AKPATA, confirmed in a statement that the team would conduct…