LAGOS AUGUST 8TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Rivers State governor, Nyesom Ezenwo Wike, has declared that his administration has submitted names of lecturers of the Rivers State University to the Department of State Services (DSS) for profiling following the activities of suspected cultists in the University. He also declared that his administration is working with security agencies to frontally…
By Amos Okioma LAGOS JUY 28TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Ijaw Youths under the auspices of Defender of Izon Nation (DIN) on Sunday urged the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) to jettison the idea of using Gov Nyisom Wike to conduct Bayelsa guber primaries. The DIN, an Ijaw pressure group comprising militants and non militants known in the creeks as…
LAGOS JUNE 25TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Rivers State government has directed state-owned primary and secondary schools to stop collecting fees and levies from pupils and students with immediate effect. Nyesom Wike gave the directives on Monday during a meeting with the Heads of Primary and Secondary Schools, Senior Secondary Schools Board and Universal Basic Education Board at…
LAGOS JUNE 15TH (NEWSRANGERS)- Rivers State Governor Nyesom Wike has delivered a damning verdict on most of the Senators and House of Representatives members elected on the platform of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) over their roles in the election of National Assembly principal officers on Tuesday. Most of them, he said, betrayed the party…
LAGOS JUNE 10TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Governor Nyesom Wike of Rivers State on Saturday gave a 72-hour ultimatum to chiefs and leaders in Andoni Local Government Area to ensure the immediate release of three kidnapped expatriates. The governor’s directives are contained in a statement on Saturday by Mr Simeon Nwakaudu, his Special Assistant on Electronic Media. According to…
LAGOS APRIL 19TH (NEWRANGERS)-Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Wike, has suspended 12 local government chairmen for their alleged refusal to attend official state functions. A statement signed by the governor’s Special Assistant on Electronic Media, Simeon Nwakaudu, indicated that the suspension took immediate effect. Those affected are chairmen of Okrika, Emohua, Abua/Odual, Degema, Khana, Gokana, Ahoada…
LAGOS APRIL 3RD (NEWSRANGERS)-Gov. Nyesom Wike, the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Candidate in the March 9 Governorship election in Rivers, has been declared winner of the March 9th governorship election polling a total of 886,264 votes to defeat the closest rival AAC which polled 173,859 votes. The victory has sparked jubilation in the state especially…
LAGOS OCTOBER 18TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Achinike William-Wobodo Esq., a lawyer in Rivers State, has sued Governor of the state, Nyesom Wike, for allegedly forging his Age Certificate in documents he presented to the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC). William Wobodo instituted the law suit against Wike and INEC at the Federal High Court (Suit No. FHC/ABJ/CS/1020/2018), pursuant…