LAGOS APRIL 24TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The 2024 HIV prevalence by states showed that Rivers State has the highest number of people living with HIV, with 208,767 recorded cases, followed closely by Benue State with 202,346 cases, and Akwa Ibom with 161,597 cases. These three states top the chart in the latest HIV spectrum estimates obtained from the…
LAGOS MARCH 19TH (NEWSRANGERS)-President Bola Tinubu on Tuesday evening declared a state of emergency in Rivers State over the crisis rocking both the executive and legislative arms of government in the state. In a 12-minute national broadcast to the nation, the President said during the six-month period of the state of emergency, Governor Siminalayi Fubara,…
LAGOS MARCH 6TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Four Persons on Wednesday sustained bullet wounds following a clash between Wike and Governor Fubara’s supporters. The unfortunate incident, it was gathered happened around 7am at Elele roundabout in Ikwerre local government area of the state. Confirming the incident, the Public Relations Officer for the Rivers State Police Command, Grace Iringe-Koko, said…
LAGOS DECEMBER 2ND (NEWSRANGERS)-Former president of Nigeria, Dr Goodluck Jonathan, on Sunday, told the Rivers State Governor, Siminalayi Fubara, that he would someday emerge as a general in politics. Jonathan said though antagonism is a common experience that leaders face, the political war staged against the Rivers governor would eventually make him emerge as political…
LAGOS AUGUST 1ST (NEWSRANGERS)-Protesters in Rivers State, on Thursday, defied morning rain to participate in the ongoing nationwide street protests against hardship and bad governance in Nigeria. The protesters, numbering over 2,000, had gathered opposite the Port Harcourt Pleasure Park along Aba Road in Port Harcourt, as early as 8:00am. They are currently marching through…
LAGOS SEPTEMBER 22ND (NEWSRANGERS)-Two days after the United States Deputy Treasury Secretary, Wally Adeyemo visited Nigeria as part of U.S. efforts to strengthen economic ties between both countries and a day after President Bola Tinubu, presently in the U.S. for the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA), advised Nigerians in abroad to return home, the U.S….
LAGOS APRIL 26TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC), has signed a memorandum of understanding with the United States Consulate and a United States-based firm, Atlanta Global Resources Inc., AGRI, to build a railway network that will connect the nine states of the Niger Delta region. The ceremony, which was a part of the one-day…
LAGOS APRIL 15TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Police are in search of missing Jasper Friday, a two-year-old boy stolen by one Mercy at Ubima, Ikwerre Local Government Area of Rivers State, and sold in Asaba, Delta State, to a child trafficking syndicate from Imo State. Superintendent Grace Iringe-koko, Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO), Rivers Command, announced the development on…