The Edo State Governor, Mr. Godwin Obaseki, is intensifying efforts to diversify the State’s economy with the exploitation of its solid minerals deposit, especially lithium as a new Foreign Exchange (FX) earner.
This was disclosed when the State welcomed international investors representing Renera Rosatom Energy Corporation hosted by the Edo...
Governor of Rivers State, Gov Nyesom Ezenwo Wike - CON has assured that his administration will mobilise resources towards achieving 80 percent implementation of the 2022 budget.
The governor gave the assurance shortly after signing into law the Rivers State Appropriation Law No. 11, 2021 at the Executive Chamber of...
infrastructure, education, health top priorities
The Edo State Governor, Mr. Godwin Obaseki, on Wednesday, presented a N214.2 billion budget to the Edo State House of Assembly, for the 2022 fiscal year, representing a 32.96 percent increase from the N161.1 budgeted for the year 2021.
Obaseki, who presented the budget to...
Governor of Rivers State, Nyesom Ezenwo on Friday presented a budget estimate of Four Hundred and Eighty-three billion, one hundred and seventy-three million, three hundred and seven thousand, ninety-six naira (N483,173, 307,096.00) for 2022 fiscal year to the state House of Assembly for consideration.
He said the policy thrusts for...
President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has declared a state of emergency in Rivers State, citing a prolonged political crisis and escalating security concerns. In a nationwide broadcast on Tuesday, he announced the immediate suspension of Governor Siminalayi Fubara, Deputy Governor Ngozi Odu, and all elected members of the Rivers State...
The Nigerian Security and Civil Defence Corps Commandant General’s Special Intelligence Squad has exposed a large-scale illegal oil refining operation in Odagwa Community, Etche Local Government Area of Rivers State. The site, housing over 10 illicit refineries with an estimated 500,000 litres of crude oil, was discovered during a...
Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Ezenwo Wike has stated that this is not a time for endless criticism, but a time for all privileged Rivers people to make their contributions to ensure that coronavirus is defeated in the state.
Receiving a Reverse Transcriptase-Polymerase Chain Reaction , Reagents and Busters for RT-PCR...
The Rivers State Executive Council has approved the concessioning of Eight Catering Rest Houses belonging to the State Government.
The Catering Rest Houses include those at Ahoada, Elele, Okehi, Degema, Omoku, Isiokpo, Bori and Eleme Local Government Areas.
The State Commissioner for Commerce, Mrs. Ifeyinwa Nwankpa announced this Thursday while briefing...
The Edo State Governor, Mr. Godwin Obaseki, has said that the state government supported the hosting of fast-rising musician, Crown Uzama, popularly known as Shallipopi, to a homecoming concert, to promote the music industry in the State.
The event was organised by Adozi Empire Limited and Banksx Entertainment in conjunction...
Rivers State governor, Nyesom Ezenwo Wike says more politicians in the State are renouncing membership of their political parties in droves and joining the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP.
They are doing so, he enthused, because they are delighted at ongoing infrastructural development by his administration and they believed the PDP...
