Last week, Nigeria was faced with what Yoruba call egbinrin ote. When afflictions come in multiple, they become a plague. A plague is almost synonymous with Yoruba’s egbinrin ote. Literally, egbinrin ote is leaves of conspiracy. When you pluck a single leaf out of the branch of a tree of conspiracy, another leaf sprouts immediately to replace it. Any attempt …

In his bestselling thriller, The Devils Alternative, novelist Fredrick Forsyth wrote: “Whichever option I choose, men are going to die”. And further suggested that “events shape men, but they do not remove the alternate to choose”. This matter of choice, with its options, appears to be an albatross on the East-West Road in Rivers State, over the years. Before the …

Federal and state governments have been tasked to find lasting solutions to the persistent fleecing of the state in transport tax collection by non-state actors and touts popularly referred to as agbero. To stem the tide of revenue loss, experts are calling for digitising road tax collection from commercial vehicles, tricycles, and motorcycles to deter the diversion of billions by …

Rivers State Governor, Sir Siminalayi Fubara has described as very unfortunate the fire incident caused by a tanker conveying premium motor spirit otherwise known as petrol which burnt motorists and commuters beyond recognition and destroyed several vehicles on Friday night. The incident occurred between the Indorama Petro-Chemical Company Gate and the Aleto Bridge on the popular and ever busy Eleme …

The Managing Director of the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC), Dr Samuel Ogbuku, has said that the commission will partner with medical experts to run its Regional Specialist Cardiovascular and Orthopedic Hospital, which is still under construction in Port Harcourt, Rivers State. Ogbuku, who disclosed this after inspecting ongoing works at the hospital, gave an assurance that the project would …

The war against illegal oil bunkering and oil theft received a huge boost on Wednesday as troops of the 6 Division, Nigerian Army, Port Harcourt uncovered over 40 dugout crude oil wells in Rumuekpe community, Emohua Local Government Area of Rivers State. The troops uncovered the site during a sweep-and-clear operation on the Trans Niger Delta Pipeline. The operation was …

A gas pipeline belonging to the Nigeria Agip Oil Company has exploded in the Obagi community in the Ogba/Egbema/Ndoni Local Government Area of Rivers State. Though no life was lost in the explosion which occurred on Wednesday evening, it destroyed the surrounding fauna and caused panic in the area. The Chairman of Ogba/Egbema/Ndoni Local Government Area, Vincent Job, who confirmed …

The wife of Rivers State Governor, Mrs Valerie Fubara has said that she would continue to pray for peace in the state so that there will be accelerated growth and development. She also said the administration of her husband, Siminalayi Fubara, will continue to give priority to issues of children and youths to make life better for them. At the …

Rivers State Governor, Sir Siminalayi Fubara has approved the sum of N100,000.00 as Christmas bonus for the State’s civil servants on the payroll. A terse statement by the State’s Commissioner for Information and Communications, Mr. Warisenibo Joe Johnson, disclosed this on Tuesday. Johnson said Governor Fubara gave the approval on Tuesday for immediate implementation to enable the civil servants to …

Rivers State Governor, Sir Siminalayi Fubara, on Thursday, signed into law the 2024 Appropriation Bill of N80 billion. This came a day after he presented the budget estimates to the state House of Assembly, led by Rt. Hon. Edison Ehie. Ehie and his loyalists speedily approved the bill. The signing ceremony was held in the conference room of the Governor’s …