Author: miebaka ikiriko

Delta State Governor, Senator Ifeanyi Okowa has expressed worry over the various challenges confronting the Country, calling on the Federal Government to convoke a national dialogue to enable Nigerians talk to one another on the way forward in tackling the issues threatening to wreck the nation’s ships. Speaking at an inter-denominational thanksgiving service to commemorate […]

An expert in Plant Molecular Genetics and Crop Production, Doctor Stanley Dimkpa has called on the government of Rivers State to commence immediate implementation and execution of the Rivers State 2021 Anti-Open Grazing Law. Doctor Dimkpa made the call while speaking as guest on Radio Rivers news feature programme the Special Report. To fast track […]

Legendary Singer and Guitarist, Sir Victor Uwaifor is dead. A close source to the family confirmed this to newsmen on Saturday. The source said he died after a brief illness. The Guitar Boy as he was fondly called celebrated his eightieth birthday in March. Uwaifor was the first professional musician to be awarded with the […]

Rivers State Command of the Federal Road Safety Commission has urged residents of the State to bear with the agency over the upward review of price of Vehicle Plate numbers and Drivers Licence to further drive development in the State. The State Sector Commander, Salusi Umar Galandunci gave the advice in Port Harcourt while making […]

Parts of Port Harcourt and Obio/Akpor Local Government Areas were on Saturday submerged following a heavy rain that hit the city. The down pour which lasted for about four hours left commuters stranded as buses and taxis were unable to ply the roads. Radio Rivers reporter who monitored the situation reports that the Mile Three […]

Despite arriving the National Secretariat of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, on Friday, embattled National Chairman of the Party Uche Secondus was barred from attending the National Caucus Meeting of the Party. But as the meeting got underway in the National Executive Committee, NEC Hall of the party, Secondus remained in his office as Akinwonmi […]

The Zamfara State Government has introduced new measures aimed at tackling the growing activities of bandits in the State. This includes the restriction of fuel sales to the State Capital and the headquarters of the local government areas of the State. Governor Bello Matawalle who announced this in a statement said henceforth all filling stations […]

Rivers State Government has urged interested Rivers Indigenes willing to join the 2021 Nigerian Airforce Direct Service Commission Enlistment exercise to commence its online application process. A statement by the Permanent Secretary, Special Services Bureau, Doctor George Nwaeke on behalf of the Secretary to the State Government says the application is free and forms are […]

The Nigerian Medical Association NMA has thrown its weight behind the on-going nationwide strike embarked on by the national Association of Resident Doctors NARD. In a statement jointly signed by its president Professor Innocent Ujah and Secretary General Dr. Philips Ekpe the NMA said the federal government should resolve all pending issues with NARD within […]