Fracas in Rivers House of Assembly as Amaechi Foils Attempt to Impeach Speaker
LAGOS JULY 9TH (URHOBOTODAY) The Rivers State House of Assembly was this afternoon (local time) thrown into chaos as a few anti-Governor Rotimi Amaechi legislators and militants, who are alleged supporters of More...
Dickson Aide Kemenanabo Kidnap in Port Harcourt
Dickson Aide Kemenanabo Kidnap in Port Harcourt JULY 8TH (URHOBOTODAY) Tne Special Adviser to the Bayelsa state governor on power, Mr Olice Kemenanabo has been kidnapped in Rivers state.Mr Olice Kemenanabo Mr Kemenanabo More...
Drama as Jonathan’s Bodyguard Blocks Amaechi from Greeting President
LAGOS JUNE 27TH (URHOBOTODAY) There was mild drama on Wednesday night at the Banquet Hall of the Presidential Villa, Abuja, venue of the Presidential dinner organised by President Goodluck Jonathan, news website, More...
N347b East-West Road to be Completed Next Year – Orubebe ..Solicits Niger-Deltans Cooperation
Minister of Ministry of Niger Delta Affairs, Elder Godsday Orubebe ABUJA—The Federal Government, Thursday, reassured Nigerians, particularly people of the Niger Delta, that the N347 billion East West highway dualisation More...
Anti–Jonathan Niger Deltans shall be Dealt with- Nwuche
Ex-Deputy Speaker House of Representative Prince Chibudom Nwuche Prince Chibudom Nwuche is the former Deputy Speaker of the House of Representatives. In this interview in Abuja, he spoke on the crises rocking the More...
Jonathan/Amaechi Face-off: Rep Alleges Threat to Life
A member of the House of Representatives, Davies Sekonte, (Degema/Bonny Federal Constituency of Rivers state), has alleged threat to his life by persons who he says are not comfortable with his role in the on-going More...
Amaechi is a Dictator – Jang…. Expect Reply Soonest- Rivers Govt
Jang and Amaechi the media war continues AS efforts are being made to reconcile the two factions of the Nigerian Governors’ Forum (NGF), the factional chairman of the forum, Governor Jonah Jang of Plateau State, More...
Rivers:Abductors Demand N15m for Lecturer’s Son
PORT HARCOURT— HOSTAGE-takers have asked Dr. Godstime Ogbeoleka, Senior Lecturer with Ignatius Ajuru University of Education, IAUE, Rivers State, to cough out N15 million to buy freedom for his son, Thomas Ogbeoleka, More...
Rivers Lawmakers Back Amaechi, Dismiss Impeach Rumour
(L-R) Rivers State Governor Chibuike Amaechi and President Goodluck Jonathan PORT HARCOURT — 27 members of the Rivers State House of Assembly, yesterday, vowed to swim or sink with Governor Rotimi Amaechi as they More...
Kidnappers Abduct 2 Corpers in Rivers as Generator Fumes Kill Pregnant Woman, 4 Children in Yenogoa
Information has it from Rivers state that the two members of the National Youth Service Corps who were abducted in the State are yet to be released just as generator fume was reported to killed a pregnant woman More...
2015: Lamido, Amaechi’s Posters Flood Abuja * I’ve no hand in it — Amaechi
Rivers State Governor, Hon Chibuike Amaechi ABUJA — AS impeachment threat dangles before embattled Rivers State governor, Chibuike Amaechi , posters bearing his photograph and that of his Jigawa counterpart, More...
BREAKING NEWS: PDP Suspends Amaechi
Rivers State Governor Mr Chibuike Amaechi The Peoples Democratic Party has suspended the Rivers State governor, Rotimi Amaechi, from the party. The PDP stated this after an emergency meeting of its National Working More...
JTF Destroys 748 Illegal Refineries, Arrests 498 suspects 51 Kidnappers
The Joint Task Force (JTF) in the Niger Delta, Operation Pulo Shield, said on Tuesday that it had destroyed 748 illegal refineries in the region within the last four months. The JTF also disclosed that it arrested More...