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Wike accuses NDDC of ‘stealing’ Rivers’ ₦353 million

July 25, 2019 12:36 am

Rivers State Governor Nyesom Wike of Rivers State has accused the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC) of swindling the state of ₦353 million.

Wike, who threatened to sue NDDC, said the commission that was established to help the Niger Delta grow, had been hijacked by prominent Southsouth politicians who siphon development funds for the election.

He disclosed this yesterday when the acting managing director of NDDC, Professor Nelson Braimbaifa, visited him at the Brick House, Port Harcourt.

The governor regretted that years after the Rivers government paid N353 million as its counterpart fund to the NDDC for the construction of …

Explosion hits Rivers shopping mall

June 13, 2019 2:34 am

A gas explosion has rocked SPAR shopping hall in Port Harcourt, injuring many and causing a major damage to the complex.

The Guardian gathered that the blast occurred in one of the restaurants on the second floor of the busy facility near the Government House in the city.

The Rivers State Police Command spokesperson, Nnamdi Omoni, confirmed that no life was lost.

But the bang, which gutted a part of the building, forced workers and shoppers to scamper for safety.

An eyewitness feared that some workers of the eatery that …

Mobile money agent rapes co-worker to death in Ogun

How I was abducted, raped in Rivers, by senior lecturer

May 10, 2019 5:57 pm

A female senior lecturer (name withheld) in one of the tertiary institutions in Rivers State has given graphic details of her ordeals in the hands of kidnappers.

She recounted how she was raped in the forest of Emohua Local Government Area of Rivers and miraculously escaped from the kidnappers’ den.

Amid tears, she told her horrific story on Friday at the 6 Division of Nigerian Army, Port Harcourt shortly after the Deputy Director, Army Public Relations, Col. Aminu Iliyasu, handed over the three men who confessed to have kidnapped her to SARS.

The victim, who was accompanied by her husband …

My life in danger, says Rivers AAC governorship candidate

March 25, 2019 2:54 pm

Barely one week to April 2 commencement of collation of results of March 9 Governorship and House of Assembly elections in Rivers State, governorship candidate of African Action Congress (AAC), Biokpomabo Awara, has alleged his life is in danger.

He also alleged his running mate, Chief Akpo Bomba Yeeh, who defected to the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) on Monday, collected N200 million from Governor Nyesom Wike to ditch the AAC.

Yeeh, 67, an Ogoni, was on Monday afternoon received in Government House, Port Harcourt by Wike and other leaders of PDP.

The 38-year-old Awara, an engineer, in an interview with …

Court declines to stop announcement of Rivers poll results

March 20, 2019 12:15 pm

Justice Inyang Ekwo of the Federal High Court Abuja on Wednesday refused to stop the collation of results of Rivers State Governorship and House of Assembly election conducted by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) on March 9, 2019.

INEC had last week following the report of its fact finding committee on Rivers election fixed Wednesday, March 20, for the resumption of collation, conclusion and announcement of the remaining results in the election.

The electoral body had suspended the electoral process after some military personnel and armed men invaded it’s collation center in Port Harcourt, Rivers State.

In announcing the

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Election: Seven killed in Rivers

March 9, 2019 1:39 pm

No fewer than seven people were feared killed in Rivers State Saturday as low voter turnout marred elections in the state.

This is as Governor Nyesom Wike said he was sure of victory at the polls despite attempts to manipulate the elections.

One Michael Abedinigo, who hails from Upatabo community, was killed in Akinima, Ahoada West Local Government Area of the state.

He was said to have been shot by thugs while resisting attempts to snatch electoral materials.

In Luawii, Khana Local Government Area, four persons were killed in the early hours of Saturday. However, sources said the victims lost …

Gov Wike condemns arrest of PDP stalwarts in Rivers State

March 8, 2019 12:02 am

Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Wike, yesterday declared that the illegal arrest of Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) members by the military will not stop the party from emerging victorious in tomorrow’s elections.

APC, Security Agencies plan to kidnap Rivers REC says Wike

March 5, 2019 10:36 pm

Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Ezenwo Wike has raised the alarm of a plot by security agencies and the All Progressives Congress (APC ) to kidnap the Resident Electoral Commissioner (REC) of the state to create an excuse for the postponement of the Governorship and State Assembly elections.

Revealed! Plan to disrupt Rivers Governorship Election

March 4, 2019 8:57 pm

NDDC, Ministry of Transportation relaese 3 billion naira for Rivers APC illegal protests

The Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC) and the Ministry of Transportation have jointly released ₦3 billion for the funding of 4-day protests by the Rivers APC against the conduct of the Governorship and State Assembly elections.

The funds are for the hiring of thugs, sponsorship of army and SARs violence, illegal protests and manipulation of INEC field staff.

The Minister of Transportation, Chibuike Rotimi Amaechi obtained the approval which compelled the NDDC and his ministry to fund the protests.

Again, gunmen kill two soldiers in Rivers

March 3, 2019 9:03 pm

Barely one week after one soldier and six persons were killed in Abonnema, Akuku-Toru Local Government Area of Rivers State during the Presidential and National Assembly elections, two soldiers have again been killed at a military checkpoint along Obonoma-Abonnema Road in the same local government area.

The violence that trailed the election in the area led to the suspension of election in the area. Residents also claim that more than 17 persons, mostly youths, have been killed in the community in reprisals by the military.

Unrest in Rivers as Wike petitions ICC, others over killing

February 27, 2019 1:26 am

There was a pandemonium yesterday at the headquarters of the 6 Division of the Nigerian Army in Port Harcourt following the parading of some officials of the Rivers government for alleged financial inducement during the presidential and federal legislative elections in the state.
Governor Nyesom Wike said the allegation to induce army officers was a “diversionary ploy from the wanton killings committed last Saturday.”

14 confirmed dead at APC rally in Rivers

February 12, 2019 11:26 pm

It has been confirmed that fourteen persons lost their lives in the course of APC Presidential rally on Tuesday in Port-Harcourt. The stampede that was the cause of death happened when Jubril, the impostor (being paraded as Nigeria’s President Muhammadu Buhari) arrived the state.