From June 5,  2020, through the period of the ravaging coronavrus, any violator of new Rivers State Executive Order regulating conduct of public burials in the state would be liable to a fine of N10million.

By Paulinus Nsirim GOVERNOR Nyesom Ezenwo Wike has every reason to celebrate the first anniversary of his second tenure as the Governor of Rivers State. From every political calculation and calibration, the unequivocal conclusion is that he is a man of the people who emblematises the Divine injunction that “Power comes from God alone”. Throwback […]

RIVERS State Government has ordered the immediate shutdown of nascent goat market along Elele-Ahoada stretch of the East-West Road by Hausa herders who bring the animals from North of the country.

By Egufe Yafugborhi PORT HARCOURT – GOVERNOR Nyesom Wike halted the Covid-19 containment lockdown intended to resume Wednesday on Obio/Akpor and Port Harcourt Local Government Areas (LGAs) of Rivers State. Wike in a Tuesday evening broadcast, however, aligned residents in the state to comply with federal government earlier imposed 8pm-6am curfew from 2 June till […]

Following the confirmation by the Rivers state government, that the manager of the demolished Prodest Hotel, Eleme, has tested positive for coronavirus, Promise Gogorobari, owner of the demolished hotel, Monday accused the Governor of the state, Nyesome Wike of infecting his manger with covid-19.

Rivers State Government has cautioned the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, to stop its media trial of the state over alleged cash withdrawals between 2015 and 2018. State Commissioner for Information and Communications, Paulinus Nsirim, in a statement, on Sunday, said: “Our attention has been drawn to a fresh wave of media trial by […]

By Egufe Yafugborhi – Port Harcourt Rivers State Government has confirmed 27 new cases of coronavirus including the manager of the demolished Prodest Hotel, Eleme. The state’s Commissioner for Information and Communication, Paulinus Nsirim who made the disclosure Sunday evening said the development validates the State Government’s proactive fight against COVID-19. Nsirim recalled that, “Prodest […]

Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project, SERAP, has sued Governor Nyesom Wike of Rivers State and the Federal Government before the ECOWAS Court of Justice in Abuja over what it termed; “brutal crackdown,” repression, and grave violations and abuses of human rights of the people of Rivers State.

Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has launched legal action against governor Nyesom Wike of Rivers state and the government of President Muhammadu Buhari at the ECOWAS Court of Justice in Abuja over the “brutal crackdown, repression, and grave violations and abuses of the human rights of the people of Rivers State.”

Rivers state governor, Nyesome Wike, Wednesday revealed that top politicians are planning to impose emergency rule in his state.

Eminent political scholar Dr Uche Igwe has sent his condolences to River State Governor, Nyesom Wike about the death of his special assistant on electronic media, Mr Simeon Nwakaudu.

The Senator representing Rivers East Senatorial District, George Thompson Sekibo, on Sunday said the Governor of Rivers State, Nyesom Wike, followed due process in demolishing the hotels and replacing them with schools. Recall that barely two weeks ago, Gov Wike while monitoring the level of Covid-19 compliance unearthed two hotels that grossly violated the Nigeria […]

Amidst attendant outpouring of anger, politicization of argument, legal confrontations and claims by anonymous interested parties, the talking point that has most stirred emotions over the demolitions of Prodest Home and Etemeteh Hotel, both hospitality outfits in Eleme Local Government Area, Rivers state, has been the harsh toll the ugly saga is taking on key actors.

The National Centre for Disease Control has been asked to prevail on the Governor of River State, Ezenwo Nyesom Wike to proceed on mandatory isolation immediately for the next 14 days.

By Bose Adelaja & Olayinka Latona “Considering the financial situation in the country, Governor Wike should have tempered justice with mercy, by making the owners of the demolished buildings pay fine. Also, the hotels’ activities should have been delayed for months because this is a trying time for everyone.” -Aanuoluwapo Ogunjimi Businesswoman “Should one shoot […]