In line with Rivers State Government’s desire to establish a formidable educational sector at the public and private institutions, the Committee for Accreditation and Approval of Private Schools setup by the Governor Nyesom Wike has submitted a comprehensive report to the state government.
While receiving the report, Wike said he was concerned and committed to ensuring that private schools are of approved standard with right facilities.
The governor, who was represented by the Secretary to the State Government, Dr. Tammy Danagogo, added: “We have no doubt that this report will help us sanitise the educational sector to create a state …
Rivers State government have started paying Corps Members posted to the state ₦15,000, Nyscinfo.com correspondent, Comrade Nnadi Goodluck reports.
The Corps Member serving in the Public sector of the state are paid ₦15,000, whilst those serving in the private are paid ₦10,000.
With this update, Rivers State has overtaken Anambra State as the highest paying state for Corps Members.
Recall that last week, Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Wike, announced that he has released the sum of ₦132million for the payment of Corps Members allowances.
He made the announcement while speaking during a Courtesy Visit by the Governing Council of the …
A former lawmaker, representing Rivers South-east Senatorial district, Senator Magnus Abe, has lamented that people opposed to his ambition to be governor of Rivers State went as far as accusing him of plotting to kill President Muhammadu Buhari in their bid to scuttle his ambition.
This came as he gave reasons why he went to court against some persons who wrote libelous stories against him in the media.
Abe, in a statement he personally signed and titled: “Rivers APC Crisis: No One Can Rewrite History,” said Nigerians are aware that the crisis in the APC in Rivers State had its …
The Guardian gathered that the pirates operated freely for about five hours on the high sea without restrictions.
It was learnt that the bandits carted away all the belongings of the travellers, took their boats and abandoned them at the mangrove.
The two persons killed were
The factional Rivers State All Progressives Congress (APC) loyal to Senator Magnus Abe has condemned the call by some persons for his expulsion of the party, discribing it as mischievous.
The reaction was on the heels of a recent protest in Abuja by some purported Rivers APC supporters, calling on the national leadership to expel the former lawmaker from the party for alleged anti-party activities.
Director, Freedom House, and former state Attorney-General and Commissioner for Justice, Worgu Boms, stated this yesterday, during a press briefing in Port Harcourt.
Boms, who served under the administration of former governor Chibuike Amaechi, maintained …
According to him, the EFCC is not holding Bluekey’s depositors’ funds but would ensure that thorough investigations were carried into the activities of the company.
“We started the investigations of
Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Ezenwo Wike, on Thursday ordered the sack of the Permanent Secretary of the State Ministry of Lands and Survey, Dumo Jack.
This is as the governor has declared that the Real Madrid Academy in Port Harcourt has already received over 1500 applications for admission into the Academy from across the country.
The sack of Jack, brings to two the number of Permanent Secretaries that have been sacked since May 29, 2019 when Wike was sworn in for the second term in office.
A statement issued in Port Harcourt by the Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Information and …
Gov. Nyesom Wike of Rivers has declared that his administration would continually partner with security agencies to ensure adequate security in the state.
The governor gave the assurance on Thursday in Port Harcourt when Maj.-Gen. Jamil Sarhem, the General Officer Commanding 6 Division of the Nigerian Army, paid a courtesy visit on him.
Wike also assured of his wholehearted support for the 6 Division of the Nigerian Army to carry out military operations tagged Exercise Crocodile Smile 4 to rid the state of criminal elements.
The governor, who urged the military to restrict its personnel to their traditional role of …
Members of the All Progressives Congress (APC) Rivers State chapter, on Thursday, grounded activities at the party’s national headquarters in Abuja, demanding the immediate expulsion of Senator Magnus Abe from the party.
The protesters equally requested the national leadership of the party to prevail on Senator Abe to withdraw his case against the state chapter of the party from court or be expelled.
The group under the aegis of National Youth Leadership Congress (NYLC) warned that if the National Working Committee (NWC) refused to act on the issue, it would be concluded that it was backing the senator to destabilise …
• Disease control centre confirms five new cases
• Says national response ongoing in partnership with states
• Edo, Bauchi, Ondo record fresh Lassa fever outbreak, fatality
The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) yesterday confirmed five news cases of Monkeypox in Lagos, Rivers and Akwa Ibom states.
The resurgence comes two years after the index case was reported in the country. While Lagos, in the current reappearance, recorded three cases, Rivers and Akwa Ibom have one each.
According to the latest situation report on monkeypox and Lassa fever published by the NCDC yesterday, “In the reporting month (September 2019), …
Rivers State governor Nyesom Wike Sunday said the organisers of #RevolutionNow are not allowed to hold any anti-government protest in the state.
“Rivers State does not subscribe to what the RevolutionNow protest represents and Rivers State is not part of the protest,” Wike said in a statement.
“Security agencies in the state should arrest anybody involved in the RevolutionNow protest and also take all necessary steps to prosecute such persons.”
The convener of the protest and publisher of SaharaReporters Omoyele Sowore was arrested in the early hours of Saturday for alleged inciting a regime change.
Sowore, the presidential candidate of …
