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.