A group of ex-militants in support of the agitation by the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) has claimed responsibility for the hijack of a ship on Friday along the Bakassi Pennisula Nigeria coastal line. The group, which recently gave the Federal Government a 31-day ultimatum to release Nnamdi Kanu, the IPOB leader and Director of […]
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Justice Simeon Amadi of the Rivers State High Court has dismissed the suit filed by former Rivers State Governor, Rotimi Amaechi challenging the constitution of the Justice Odedeji – led Judicial Commission of Inquiry by Governor Nyesom Wike to probe the sale of state Assets by the immediate past administration. Delivering judgment on Suit Number […]
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By Remi Oyeyemi: “You have stoned nobody; that is why we are stealing………” – Rotimi Amaechi, former Governor of Rivers State in PUNCH December 15, 2013 “If you don’t take your destiny in your hands, we will go and other leaders will come and continue stealing.” – Rotimi Amaechi, former Governor of Rivers State in […]
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Unknown gunmen at about 8pm on Saturday kidnapped the immediate past President of the Nigeria Bar Association, NBA, , in Rumualogu, Obio/Akpor Local Government Area of Rivers State. It was gathered that the four abductors trailed Wali, a Senior Advocate of Nigeria, SAN, to Rumualogu, near the Choba-Uniport Road before kidnapping the victim. According to the Police, […]
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Rivers State Commissioner of Health, Dr. Samson Parker, has declared that the advent of the dreaded Ebola virus in the state is currently posing a challenge to the state that is tantamount to a war time situation. He said the state Governor Chibuike Rotimi Amaechi, has pledged to provide funds to enable the state procure […]
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