The management of Ignatius Ajuru University of Education, Rivers State, has suspended a lecturer in the Department of Sociology, Dr. Rowland Igwe, indefinitely for allegedly impregnating a student of the institution. The Vice-Chancellor of the institution, Prof. Ozo-Mekuri Ndimele, who disclosed this on his official Twitter handle on Friday, also accused the lecturer of sexual
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The government of Rivers State has ordered the reopening of secondary schools, vocational centres and tertiary institutions in the state. The order to reopen secondary schools and other institutions in the state was issued on Friday by the Rivers State Executive Council. This was made known by Prof. Kaniye Ebeku, the State Commissioner for Education,
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The Governor of Rivers State, Nyesom Wike has called for the reformation or scrapping of the Special Anti-Robbery Squad (SARS) of the Nigeria Police, following another alleged extra judicial killing. Governor Wike made the call on Tuesday in a series of tweets on his offcial timeline following the murder of a local musician identified as
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A tanker supplying Premium Motor Spirit to a filling station in the St. John’s area, Iwofe Road, Obio Akpor Local Government Area of Rivers State, has exploded and the ensuing inferno razed a nearby building and other property with millions of naira. The incident happened in the early hours of Tuesday after the tanker had
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Governor Douye Diri of Bayelsa State, yesterday, flayed the deduction of the state’s revenue by the Revenue Mobilisation Allocation and Fiscal Commission, RMAFC, in favour of Rivers State following a high court ruling. The governor expressed his dissatisfaction with the development when RMAFC Federal Commissioners representing the South South region paid him a courtesy visit
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The police in Rivers State arrested two persons for alleged involvement in Sunday’s attack on a particular Hausa community that resides in Oyigbo Local Government Area of the state . It could be Recalled that, there was a clash between Ibo and Hausa scavengers that lead to the death of two persons. The Police Command
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A nine-year-old girl has lost her life after her mother applied a pesticide, Sniper, on her hair to kill lice in Rivers state. Dr Gloria Nwosu, a paediatrician at the Rivers State University Teaching Hospital, disclosed this to newsmen at a press conference on Thursday, September 3. She said the woman followed the advice of
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The organised labour has vowed to stage a peaceful protest in order to draw the attention of the world to the ‘sins’ of Governor Nyesom Wike against workers in Rivers State. At a joint press conference on Thursday, organised by the president of the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC), Comrade Ayuba Wabba and his counterpart from
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The final table of the 2019/20 Nigeria Professional Football League (NPFL) has been rejected by the Rivers State Government, owners of Rivers United. The controversy has been on since the release of the table by the League Management Company (LMC) earlier this month following the premature end of the season due to the coronavirus pandemic.
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A teenager, Ledisi Kote , is currently battling for his life at an undisclosed hospital after some personnel of the Rivers State Police Command allegedly shot his leg for impregnating a girl. It was gathered that some cops attached to the Kpor Division in the Gokana Local Government Area of the state , on Friday
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The governor of Rivers, Nyesom Wike has surprised the National Assembly (NASS) members from the state with car gifts. The governor, who purchased 15 Land Cruiser Prado VX and TXL jeeps, which he presented to the lawmakers, charged them to always make sure they defend the interest of the state in the discharge of their
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Residents are yet to come to terms with the bizarre incident of a breastfeeding mother, Mrs Chizoba Eke, who was found in a septic tank after three days in an uncompleted building at Iguwurita, Ikwere Local Government Area of Rivers State.The woman is currently struggling for survival as she has been transfused with a unit
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A Critical Investigation was demanded by the family of Kingsley Obot, a member of staff of Ellan Star Marine, in order to know the circumstances surrounding his death on the premises of the company in Rivers State. Rivers State Commissioner of Police, Joseph Mukan, was told by the deceased’s family to take over the investigation
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Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Wike, on Tuesday gave an order for an immediate dissolution of the State Task Force on Illegal Street Trading, Motor Parks and Markets. This was disclosed by the state Commissioner for Information and Communication, Paulinus Nsirim, in a statement, that the governor also sacked the coordinator of the task force, Bright
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President Muhammadu Buhari on Friday urged the leadership of the All Progressives Congress (APC) to avoid the pitfalls that affected the party in Rivers, Zamfara and Bayelsa states in the 2019 elections. He also urged the party leaders and campaign team to do all that was necessary by following legal and constitutional means to win
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