Rivers State Archives — Page 2 of 3

May 20, 2021 No Responses

NLNG, USAID Seal MoU To Eliminate Malaria In Bonny

Through the U.S. President’s Malaria Initiative (PMI), USAID will provide technical assistance to NLNG’s led Bonny Island Malaria Elimination Project (BNYMEP). BNYMEP seeks to reduce the malaria burden, move the community to pre-elimination status, bring malaria-related mortality to zero, and make...

April 3, 2021 No Responses

Rivers Community Lauds NDDC Land Reclamation Project

The Abalama community in Asari-Toru Local Government Area of Rivers State has applauded the Niger Delta Development Commission, NDDC, for executing a sand filling and reclamation project in the area. Speaking during a pre-commissioning inspection b...

April 3, 2021 No Responses

Easter: FRSC Deploys 1,181 Marshals In Rivers

The Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) in Rivers said it has deployed 357 Regular Marshals and 824 Special Marshals for the Special Easter Patrols in the state. The Sector Commander , Corps Commander Salisu Galadunci , in a statement on...

March 24, 2021 No Responses

NLNG Signs MoU With USAID To Eliminate Malaria In Bonny

Nigeria LNG Limited (NLNG) on Tuesday signed a five-year Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the U.S. Agency For International Development (USAID) to make Bonny Island, its operational base, malaria free. The MoU was signed by NLNG’s Managing Director/Chi...

March 7, 2021 No Responses

FRSC Decorates 123 Special Marshals In Rivers

The Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) Rivers state command on Saturday decorated 120 Special Marshals and three Honorary Special Marshals. Speaking at the induction ceremony, Corps Marshal of FRSC, Dr Boboye Oyeyemi, reaffirmed the agency’s commitment o...

March 4, 2021 No Responses

NDDC To Begin Work On Abandoned 24km Imo-Rivers Road Project

The Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC) on Wednesday directed the contractor handling the 24 kilometres dual carriage way linking Imo and Rivers back to site. The NDDC’s Interim Administrator, Mr Effiong Akwa, gave the order while inspecting the ...

January 21, 2021 No Responses

Rivers Donates N500m To Sokoto

Governor Nyesom Wike of Rivers on Wednesday donated N500 million to support the Sokoto State Government in rebuilding the Sokoto Central Market ravaged by fire on Tuesday morning. Wike who visited the scene of the market inferno barely 24 hours afte...

January 14, 2021 No Responses

Wike Confirms Refund Of N78b Spent On Federal Projects In Rivers

Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Wike has confirmed the Federal Government’s refund of the N78 billion spent by State on Federal projects. Wike stated this on Wednesday during the inauguration of the Isiopko Internal Roads Phase 2 in Ikwerre Loca...

January 10, 2021 No Responses

Rivers Approves N10.1b Legislative Quarters Construction

Rivers State Executive Council has approved the construction of a new House of Assembly quarters in Port Harcourt at the cost of N10.1 billion. The new legislative quarters, expected to provide global standard accommodation for the legislators, is expect...

January 3, 2021 No Responses

Rivers To Inaugurate Six Roads, Jetty

The Rivers State Government has concluded arrangement to inaugurates six completed road projects in seven Local Government Areas (LGA) of the State. The state Commissioner of Information and Communications, Paulinus Nsirim, who an...

July 22, 2020 No Responses

Opening Address Delivered By Appeals Project National Coordinator, Mr Mohammed Sani Jobdi At The Official Opening Of Appeals Project Facilitators Training Workshop In Port Harcourt, Rivers State On 21st July, 2020

PROTOCOL Director, Projects Coordinating Unit (PCU), Federal Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development, Abuja. Representatives of other Ministries/Agencies here present. The Management Staff – APPEALS NCO The State Project Coordinators [Cross River, Enug...

June 20, 2020 No Responses

New Rivers FRSC Sector Commander Seeks Police, DSS’s Cooperation, Support

The new Sector Commander of the Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) in Rivers, Salisu Galadunci, has called for cooperation from sister security agencies in the state.Galadunci made the call in a statement issued by the command’s Public Education Officer, Mr...

May 29, 2020 No Responses

FG Dissolves Governing Councils Of UNIPORT, Maritime University

The Federal Government on Thursday dissolved the Governing Councils of the University of Port Harcourt, Rivers State and the Nigerian Maritime University, Okerenkoko in Bayelsa State. A statement by Mr Ben Goong, a director in the Office of the Honourable...

May 27, 2020 No Responses

Rivers Inspects NLNG Medical Facilities

Rivers State Commissioner for Health, Professor Princewill Chike, recently, led a delegation to inspect NLNG’s medical facilities and to assess its readiness in the fight against COVID-19 pandemic in the State. The Commissioner, who was received by NLNG’s ...