PIB: TROMPCON insist on 10% Host Community Fund
The Rivers State chapter of the Traditional Rulers of Oil Mineral Producing Communities of Nigeria (TROMPCON) says it affirmed the 10 per cent host communities...
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Senate to invite nine governors over NDDC’s N900m COVID-19 palliatives
The Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC) says it gave each of the governors of the nine oil-producing states N100million each as COVID-19 palliatives. Chairman, Senate...
RSG to close road leading to new NDDC office for one month
By: Felix Ikpotor Rivers State Government has announced plans to close down the Eastern By-Pass for one month. Eastern By-Pass is the road which connects...
Rivers LGA polls: Hon Cookey-Gam, Oju-Kienmie promise better deals for Opobo/Nkoro
By: Felix Ikpotor Ahead of the April 17, 2021 local council polls in Rivers State, chairmanship candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, in Opobo/Nkoro...
APC crisis: Group lambast Amaechi’s ‘boys’ over call for expulsion of Abe, Ake, Boms, others
A political pressure group known as Rivers Voice Of Freedom, RVF. Has lambasted members of the Amaechi Vanguard for allegedly calling for the suspension of...
Rivers elders, others disown Dokubo’s Biafra
Some elders and youths from the Niger Delta and Rivers State have distanced themselves from the declaration of Biafra by ex-agitator Alhaji Asari Dokubo. The...
Wike accuses CBN of delisiting Rivers from beneficiaries of agric loans
Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Wike, has accused the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) of playing politics with agricultural loans under its ANCHOR Borrowers’ Programme, lamenting...
South-South lawmakers want NNPC unbundled
The South-South caucus of House of Representatives has kicked against the proposed two points five per cent to be given to the host communities from...
Rep score governor Wike high on good governance
In spite of prevailing challenges across the federation, Rivers state governor, Mr. Nyesom Wike continues to vibrantly radiate uncommon hope about the positive prospects of...
Stop distracting me with 2023, I’m busy with railway– Amaechi
Minister of Transportation, Chibuike Rotimi Amaechi, has told Nigerians to stop distracting him with 2023 politics as he is not a politician. Amaechi who stated...