The Governor of Rivers State, NYESOM WIKE, has challenged the Nigerian Navy to end oil bunkering in the Niger Delta. Governor WIKE said oil bunkering affects the social and economic development of the country, and should not be allowed to continue. WIKE made the call when he received participants of the Naval Warfare College Course Four, who…
The Chief Justice of Nigeria, Justice IBRAHIM TANKO MUHAMMAD has commissioned a newly built Judges Quarters in Port Harcourt, Rivers State. The commissioning was done at the same time with the Court of Appeal Justices Residences and Staff Quarters, which were donated by the Rivers State Government. Justice MUHAMMAD was represented at the ceremony in Port Harcourt…
Schools reopen today in Rivers State for students in exit classes who are preparing for WAEC examinations. Governor NYSEOM WIKE approved the reopening of schools, according to a statement released by the Commissioner for Education, Professor KANIYE EBEKU. In Akwa Ibom State; Governor UDOM EMMANUEL has approved the reopening of hotels and recreation centres in the state.…
Three oil and gas multinationals operating in Rivers State have come together to donate an isolation centre for the handling of Covid-19 cases by the state government. Governor NYESOM WIKE who announced the offer of the thirty-bed space facility to be located in Bonny Island, said he was happy about the proposed donation. Governor WIKE said the…
A Chief Magistrate Court sitting in Port Harcourt, Rivers State, has granted bail to 2 Carveton Helicopters pilots and ten passengers of the shuttle service company who were arrested for violating an Executive Order issued by Governor NYESOM WIKE on regulations to check the spread of coronavirus in the state. The pilots are SAMUEL UGORJI and SAMUEL…