Rivers Panel Strikes Out Three Petitions
By Anayo Onukwugha, Port Harcourt The Rivers State Judicial Commission of Inquiry on Police brutality has struck out three petitions for lack of jurisdiction. This is as a musician, Nnamdi…
NIGERIA: Shell to pay $400 million for Rivers State oil spill in 1970
The Supreme Court of Nigeria has just upheld DE Schell’s 2010 conviction for the oil spill it caused in Rivers State in southern Nigeria. The Anglo-Dutch oil company will therefore…
No regret proscribing IPOB in Rivers – Wike – Punch Newspapers
Dennis Naku, Port HarcourtRIVERS State Governor. Nyesom Wike, has said he has no regret proscribing the outlawed Indigenous Peoples of Biafra (IPOB) in Rivers State, saying he believes in the unity…
Huriwa Petitions General Buratai Over Rights Violations By Soldiers In Aba, Abia State And Parts Of Rivers State:
The Prominent Civil Rights Advocacy group-: HUMAN RIGHTS WRITERS ASSOCIATION OF NIGERIA (HURIWA) has petitioned the office of Chief of Army Staff Lieutenant General Tukur Yusuf Buratai over serious allegations…
Wabba’s disobedience to Rivers’ law – The Sun Nigeria
Paulinus Nsirim The recent vituperations by the president of the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC), Comrade Ayuba Wabba, against the Rivers State Government are not only unfortunate and primitive, but also…
Nigeria: NLC Protest in Port Harcourt Would Be ‘Illegal’ – Rivers Govt
The Rivers State Government has said it would be illegal for the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) to hold a protest in the state. The NLC President, Ayuba Wabba, said in…
NLC tackles Rivers over alleged plan to scuttle protest – Punch Newspapers
Adelani Adepegba and Dennis Naku The Nigeria Labour Congress has accused the Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Wike, of mobilising thugs to stop the planned workers’ protest billed for Tuesday in…
Rivers govt denies abducting, detaining Labour official – The Sun Nigeria
TONY JOHN Port Harcourt Rivers State Attorney-General and Commissioner for Justice, Professor Zacchaeus Adangor, has debunked the kidnap and detention of an official of the Nigerian Labour Congress (NLC). Professor Adangor…
NLC protest in Port Harcourt would be ‘illegal’ – Rivers govt
The Rivers State Government has said it would be illegal for the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) to hold a protest in the state. The NLC President, Ayuba Wabba, said in…
Anxiety as Rivers workers plan showdown with Wike
Mike Odiegwu, Port Harcourt A serious showdown is looming between the civil servants and Rivers Governor, Nyesom Wike over disagreements on industrial actions. It was gathered at the…
Rivers Govt Warns Labour against Strike Until Court Decides
Zacchaeus Adangor Ernest Chinwo in Port-Harcourt The Rivers State Government has warned the Nigerian Labour Congress (NLC) and Trade Union Congress (TUC) in the state against embarking on industrial action…
Tension in Rivers as govt, labour disagree on industrial action
By Mike Odiegwu, Port Harcourt Tension has heightened in Rivers State following a disagreement between the organised labour and the state government over industrial actions. The government at the weekend…
Rivers govt warns Labour against committing contempt of Court – The Sun Nigeria
TONY JOHN, Port Harcourt Rivers State Government has accused the State chapter of the Nigerian Labour Congress (NLC) of colluding with its national leadership to force industrial action on workers…
Tension as Rivers, labour disagree on industrial action
Mike Odiegwu, Port Harcourt Tension has heightened in Rivers State following a disagreement between the organised labour and the state government over industrial actions. The government at the weekend accused…
Protest: Rivers Govt, labour unions set for battle
Governor Nyesom WikeOkafor Ofiebor/Port HarcourtThe government of Governor Nyesom Wike seems set for war with the leaders of labour unions in Nigeria over their planned protest in Port Harcourt, the…
Rivers would end era Judges retire without own home
…As CJN unveils 20 duplexes in Port Harcourt Nyesom WikeBy Egufe Yafugborhi GOVERNOR Nyesom Wike says Rivers State Government under his watch would end the era where judges retire without…
Oil Theft: Court convicts firm in Rivers
Rosemary Nwisi, Port Harcourt The Federal High court sitting in Port Harcourt, Rivers State has ordered an oil company operating in the state to pay the sum of N7 million…
Alleged N18m land scam lands Rivers’ man in court
By Mike Odiegwu, Port Harcourt The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Port Harcourt’s Zonal office, has dragged one Kingsley Odum to the Federal High Court sitting in Port Harcourt…
EFCC Arrest Four ‘Yahoo Boys,’ Seize Laptops In Rivers – Channels Television
The four suspects arrested by the EFCC on August 20, 2020. The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has arrested four suspected internet fraudsters also known as ‘Yahoo Boys’ in Rivers…
Army, EFCC to end attacks on oil, gas pipelines in Rivers
The Nigerian Army says it is collaborating with the Economic Financial and Crimes Commission (EFCC) in Port Harcourt to end attacks on oil and gas pipelines in Rivers. Maj.-Gen. Olu…