Wike Calls for Amaechi to be Arrested

 

 

The Rivers State Government has called for the arrest of the Minister of Transportation, Rotimi Amaechi if found moving around on election day.

The Governor said security operatives should adhere strictly to President Muhammadu Buhari’sdirectives without bias.

University Professor Kidnapped in Rivers

Armed men on Monday abducted the Director of Centre for Continuing Education, Rivers State University of Science and Technology (RSUST), Port Harcourt, Professor M.E. Ogburie.

Prof. Ogburie was abducted by the gunmen in Elele axis of the state, Daily Trust reports.

The victim’s abduction occurred less than 72 hours after he buried his late father in his village.

Work With Me to Promote Peace in Rivers State – Wike Begs Muslim

 

The Rivers state governor, Nyesom Wike has enjoined Muslims to support his administration to engender development in the state.

Represented by Chairman of the Rivers State Muslim Pilgrims Welfare Board, Abdulrazaq Diepriye, during a Jum’at Prayer to mark the 2016 Armed Forces Remembrance Day on Friday, Wike said that development can only take place in a peaceful environment.

Commending the members of the Nigerian Armed Forces for their commitment to the peaceful coexistence of the country, Wike called on Nigerians to always pray for armed forces personnel as they sacrifice their time and lives to defend the country.

 

Read more: Daily Post News

PDP will Continue to Win All Elections in Rivers State – Governor Wike

Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Ezenwo Wike has declared that if elections are conducted ten times in the state, candidates of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, will still emerge victorious because of the commitment of the party to the wellbeing of the people.

He further declared that the people are waiting for the total deployment of card readers, saying that the defeated APC in Rivers State will not win any unit because the APC and her sponsors had since betrayed the people.

Addressing a cross section of Rivers people at the state’s New Year Banquet in Government House, Port Harcourt on Friday night, Governor Wike said: “If elections are conducted ten times in Rivers State, PDP will win.

“We are waiting for the card reader, but let me see which unit they (APC) will win”.

Members Disrupt MFM Church Service in Rivers over Alleged Diverted Funds

 

A mild drama played out on Sunday at the Mountain of Fire and Miracles Ministries, MFM, South-South Region 11, Port Harcourt, Rivers State, as aggrieved worshipers disrupted the service over alleged mismanagement of church funds and unjustified sack of the pastor.

The protesting worshipers caused panic in the church, and as a result, the Sunday service was brought to an abrupt end. The protesters, who carried placards with different inscriptions, barricaded the entrance to the church premises with cars, demanding the immediate reinstatement of the sacked Regional Overseer of the church, Mr. Lanre Adekunle.

A source who narrated the development in the church to journalists, said that there had been several cases of mismanagement of funds in the church.

The source noted that the church had been unable to address the situation, adding that a few people in the church were diverting church funds to their personal use, stressing that the cartel had always frustrated any genuine man of God posted to the church who would not allow the church funds to be embezzled.

PDP Chairman Accuses APC of ‘Political Terrorism’ in Rivers, Akwa-Ibom

The acting national chairman of the opposition Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Uche Secondus, has said that the recent comments credited to the national chairman of the governing All Progressives Congress, APC, John Odigie-Oyegun, on plans to “take over” PDP states in the South South, were “unfortunate and disappointing”.

Mr. Secondus said Mr. Oyegun’s “boast” while reacting to the ruling of the Court of Appeal judgment on Rivers state governorship petition in which he said; “I am more confident of winning Akwa-Ibom than any other state in the South-South…we are going to win; that is almost a certainty”, is not only careless but also smacks of impunity and arrogance that has characterized the APC.

Wike Charges People Of Rivers to Resist APC’s Rigging Machinery

Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Wike, has said the nullification of his election by the Court of Appeal, was as a temporary setback. He that the will God and the mandate of the people would prevail at the end of the day.

While addressing thousands of Rivers State people, who thronged the Port Harcourt International Airport to receive him yesterday, Governor Nyesom Wike placated the people to remain peaceful, insisting that the state remains Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), despite the situation now.
 

Affirmation of Wike’s Removal is a Birthday Gift for Obuah – APC

The All Progressives Congress (APC), Rivers State chapter, has described the 

 

Appeal Court judgment, which affirmed the sack of Governor Nyesom Wike, as a birthday gift to the chair­man of the Peoples Demo­cratic Party (PDP) in Rivers State, Felix Obuah.

A statement issued in Port Harcourt yester­day by the Publicity Sec­retary of APC in the state, Mr. Chris Finebone, said: “APC is happy to recognise that yesterday is the birth­day of Obuah, We are glad to offer him this Appeal Court judgment as a perfect birthday gift.”