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Hon. Rotimi Amechi “Government must not be for one section of the Society.It must be for the rich and the poor,emphasizing the upliftment of the poor...”
Rivers State Governor, Rt Hon Chibuike Amaechi has assured Rivers people and residents of Port Harcourt that military personnel working with officials of the Rivers State Traffic Management Agency (TIMARIV) would be withdrawn from the streets as soon as the roads were rid of illegal trading and hoodlums. Amaechi spoke during a radio phone-in programme [...]
Rivers State Governor, Rt Hon Chibuike Amaechi has charged participants at the National Institute for Policy and Strategic Studies (NIPSS) to formulate workable policy options that would alleviate poverty in Nigeria. Governor Amaechi made the charge when participants of NIPSS Course 33, led by the Director-General, Prof. Tijani Bande, paid him a courtesy visit at [...]
A politician and former leader of Etche Local Government Legislative Assembly in Rivers State, Mr Johnson Nwaemem has been arrested by the Rivers State Police command over an alleged ritual murder of a 17 year-old girl. The Tide learnt that the body of the victim whose name was given as Queen Nwankwo-ala was found in [...]
Prominent elder statesmen in Rivers State have described the Songhai farm established by Governor Chibuike Rotimi Amaechi in Bunu Tai of Tai Local Government Area, Rivers State, as a concrete effort towards realising a stable economy for the state. The elders stated this shortly after an inspection tour of the farm recently. Speaking to newsmen [...]
No fewer than 400 women in Rivers State have been trained in various aspects of catering, courtesy of the Ministry of Women Affairs. The figures were made public by the Permanent Secretary of the Ministry, Dr Pat Ogbonnaya during a chat with newsmen at the Maggi Womens Forum organised by the Ministry in collaboration with [...]
The Rivers Commissioner for Information and Communication, Mrs Ibim Semenitari, has called on residents in Rivers to brace for the challenges expected from global warming. Semenitari made the call in Port Harcourt on Tuesday in a paper she presented as a guest speaker of the Rotary Club of Port Harcourt G.R.A. She said that weather [...]
The Federal Government says plans have reached an advanced stage to set up a “Diaspora Fund’’ to enable Nigerians residing abroad to contribute to its Transformation Agenda. Dr Olusegun Aganga, the Minister of Trade and Investment, disclosed this on Monday in Abuja at the “5th National Diaspora Conference’’. Aganga said that the fund would be [...]
Maj-Gen. Moses Obi has been appointed as the Interim Force Commander for the newly created UN Mission in South Sudan (UNMISS). UN diplomats told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Thursday in New York that Obi, 55, the former Force Commander of the UN Mission in Sudan (UNMIS) has been asked to continue in [...]
Governor Adams Oshiomhole of Edo has been commended for re-introducing the monthly environmental clean-up exercise in the state. Those who praised the governor for re-introducing the exercise, however stressed the need for adequate vehicles to be provided for refuse evacuation. Oshiomhole did not officially ban the sanitation exercise, when he assumed office in November 2008, [...]
The Delta Government has attracted more than 16 billion dollars worth of investment for its export free zone, which is expected to create some 500,000 jobs. The state Governor, Dr Emmanuel Uduaghan, said in Warri in Delta on Monday that investors from Saudi Arabia and India were coming to invest on petrochemical and fertiliser plants. [...]
