A father of four and 39-year-old man has committed suicide by drinking poisonous substance at Edepie, Yenagoa, Bayelsa State. The deceased was identified as Femi Otura, a truck driver, from Kogi State and married to an indigene of Bayelsa State. His wife, Mrs. Ovieizibe Femi, who is nursing their fourth child was reportedly away with the other children when her …
Protesters, yesterday from Rivers State besieged the All Progressive Congress , APC, in Abuja, bearing placards and blocking access into the Party main Offices.Singing war songs , they danced round the building today (Friday) demanding the party to obey the High Court order that nullified the primaries that brought forward Tonye Cole as the party gubernatorial candidate in the State. …
“The Governor sends his condolences to the immediate family, his colleagues in the legal profession and friends of the deceased, over the sad demise of the hardworking Attorney General.
A large tree has reportedly fell on the private vehicle belonging to Rivers State Secretary of the All Progressive Congress, APC, Chief Emeka Beke along with other occupants, raising uncertainties as to their safety earlier today, Vanguard reported. The State Publicity Secretary of the Party, Chris Finebone, who confirmed the incident said the victims …
In a statement released by the State Deputy Chairman of the party, Chief Cyril Ogodo, the party described the adoption as desperate and despicable.
Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Wike, on Thursday assented to the Rivers State Neighbourhood Safety Corps Law No.8 of 2018. Mr. Wike also assented to two amended laws which prescribed stiffer penalties for cultism and kidnapping. He said the new laws, which were passed by the Rivers State House of Assembly, would enhance security in the state. The governor, according …
In a statement he personally signed, Uviejitobor said the victory of PDP in the LG polls further shows that PDP is fully on ground and the developmental strides of Governor Ifeanyi Okowa in Udu LGA has not gone unnoticed.
Importers, entrepreneurs and others who travel through the different Customs checkpoints mounted are been subjected to untold hardship, leading to loss of goods and money.
He added that the security outfits has the needed capacity and human recourse to check the threats to national oil and gas installations, by fighting illegal oil bunkers, pipeline vandalism, sea-piracy and kidnappings, if fully engaged by the authority.
The leaders accused the FG of allegedly sponsoring factional groups like PNPDC and Reformed Niger Delta Avengers, RNDA against the PANDEF in order to continue to impoverish the region.
