Rivers State governor, Nyesom Ezenwo Wike has said approval for any new campus of the Nigerian Law School in the country should be based on needs assessment and not on political sentiment. He noted that with the paucity of funds being allocated to the Nigerian Law School by the Federal...
Former President Hails Gov Diri On Projects There was excitement in the Nembe communities of Ogbolomabiri and Bassambiri as well as in Elebele in Nembe and Ogbia local government areas respectively of Bayelsa State on Monday as former President Goodluck Jonathan inaugurated two historic bridges in the communities. The people...
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...
Governor Sim Fubara has reiterated his readiness to step down from his office in a bid to restore peace in Rivers State, amidst the persisting political feud with former Governor Nyesom Wike, currently serving as the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT). Despite interventions, including one by President Bola...
In continuation of the fight to check the spread of coronavirus, Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Ezenwo Wike has announced the compulsory use of face masks in the state. Governor Wike also stated that the State Security Council will in the next 24 hours take stringent measures against commercial transport operators...
Rivers State governor, Nyesom Ezenwo Wike, has expressed optimism that the State's $12 million Cassava processing initiative will create jobs and enhance the Gross Domestic Product (GDP) of the country. The Governor urged the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) and the Federal Ministry of Agriculture to support the initiative to...
As part of efforts to motivate state government workers, Governor Godwin Obaseki, has approved 2020 promotions for public servants in the state. In a statement titled, ‘New Year Message to Civil/ Public Servants in Edo State’, the State Head of Service, Anthony Okungbowa, Esq, said the state government is working...
His Excellency, Senator Douye Diri, Governor of Bayelsa State today visited Amanyanabo of Nembe Kingdom, His Eminence King Edmund Daukoru. Gov. Diri was primarily in Nembe city to pay a condolence visit to his Special Adviser on Investments, Dr. Jonathan Obuebite, over the death of his father, Late Chief Robinson...
demand relocation of oil multinationals head offices to region South South Governors met in Port Harcourt yesterday and declared to join the Supreme Court suit by the Rivers State Government demanding that states and not the Federal Government, should collect Value Added Tax (TAX). Bayelsa State Governor, Senator Douye Diri,...
Vice President Yemi Osinbajo and the Edo State Governor, Mr. Godwin Obaseki, on Friday, performed the groundbreaking for the 20-hectare permanent site of the Edo Tech Park and inaugurated a shared facility for Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (MSMEs) in Edo State. Inaugurating the shared facility for furniture production in...