‘Why I Want To Represent Opobo/Nkoro In Rivers Assembly’
A legal practioner and politician, Amaopusenibo Gordon Bryston Pepple, has indicated intention to run for the Rivers State House of Assembly seat of Opobo/Nkoro State Constituency in the 2023 general...
View ArticlePolice Confirm 31 Dead In PH Stampede
The Police Command in Rivers has confirmed the death of 31 persons in a stampede during an outreach programme organised by a new generation church, Kings Assembly, on Saturday in Port Harcourt. The...
View ArticleGroup Launches Air Quality Tracker App, Documentary
The Rivers Network of NGOs (RINNGOs), a coaliation of Civil Society Organisations (NGOs) based in Rivers State, has lauched an air quality tracker App and documentary on the importance of clean and...
View Article‘Wike, A Gallant Fighter’
As reactions trail the just-concluded presidential primary of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), a Port Harcourt- based prophetess, Mrs. Elizabeth Onuoha, has described Governor Nyesom Wike as a...
View ArticlePiracy: Navy Overhauls Security Measures
The Nigerian Navy has reorganised its security strategies on tackling the menace of pirates on Bonny waterways headlong. Travellers on the sea route testify that there were patrol boats and gun-ships...
View ArticleGuber Aspirant Promises Job Creation, End To Insecurity
The governorship aspirant of the Young Progressive Party (YPP) in Rivers State, Engr. Danagogo Opurum Wenike-Briggs, says he will use job creation to fight insecurity in the State, if he emerges as the...
View ArticleBakana Residents Laud LG Boss For Addressing Flooding
The people of Bakana, in Degema Local Government Area (LGA) of Rivers State, have expressed gratitude to the Executive Chairman of the local government council, Hon. Michael John Williams, for dredging...
View ArticleNSCDC Reassures On Safeguarding National Assets, Infrastructure
The Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) Commandant General’s Special Anti Vandal Monitoring Unit (CG’s SAVMU) says it will not rest on its oars until its mandate of safeguarding all...
View ArticleNigeria Wants Rights-Based Approach To Dev, Women Empowerment
A non-governmental agency under the aegis of Youths and Environmental Advocacy Centre (YEAC) in Nigeria has called for rights-based approach to development and women empowerment as they share global...
View ArticleNigeria, 28 Others Seek Int’l Response To Piracy, Oil Theft
Nigeria and 28 other countries on Wednesday called for an international response to piracy and crude oil theft scourge in the Gulf of Guinea (GoG) and in the continent. The Tide’s source reports that...
View ArticleLG Boss To Begin Construction Of Bori Main Market
The Chairman of Khana Local Government Council, Dr Thomas Bariere, has disclosed that his administration has concluded plans to commence the construction of a state-of-the-art market in Bori. He made...
View ArticleExpert Tasks FG On Women’s Representation In Governance
A Management expert in Rivers State, Mrs Florence Babalola, has urged the Federal Government to improve the ratio of women participation in governance. Speaking with The Tide recently in Port Harcourt,...
View ArticleManhandled Bus Driver Seeks Justice
A member of Nigeran Union of Drivers Welfare Association in Rivers State, Mr Arowosaye Taofeeq, has cried out over being allegedly beaten and manhandled by personnel of the Nigeria Security and Civil...
View ArticleHeavy Rains Imminent In Rivers -Expert
An environmental consultant in Rivers State, Pali-Alabo Maxwell Fubara, has alerted residents of the State of imminent heavy rain, amounting to 1.750mm in 2022, with attendant socio-economic...
View ArticleNavy’s Rearmament On Course -CDS
The Chief of Defence Staff (CDS), Gen. Lucky Iraboh at the weekend assured of the Federal Government’s commitment to rearm the Nigeria Navy with modern warships and weaponry. Iraboh gave the assurance...
View ArticleShun Negative Tendencies, Group Urges Youths
A group known as Asha Committee of Friends of Ndashi in Etche Local Government Area of Rivers State has called on the youths of the community to shun any act that will misrepresnt the image of the...
View Article2023: Assembly Candidate Promises Effective Representation
A House of Assembly candidate for Andoni Constituency under the Accord Party, Dr.Mobene Luke Eneneri, has said the people of his constituency will form part of his cardinal consideration if elected as...
View ArticleHYPREP Poised To Start Livelihood Programme For Ogonis
The Hydrocarbon Pollution Remediation Project (HYPREP) says the process of attending to the livelihood need programme in Ogoni land has commenced. HYPREP’s Project Coordinator, Dr. Ferdinard Giadom,...
View ArticleOSPAC Commander Warns Against IPOB Invasion
The ONELGA Security Peace and Advisory Council (OSPAC) Commander in Oyigbo, Emetonjor Isaiah, has warned against an invasion in Rivers State by the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB). Saying that “it...
View ArticleWenike-Briggs Emerges YPP Guber Candidate, Promises Unity
As all political parties in Rivers State seem to have narrowed their choice for governorship candidates to the riverine area of the state, the Young Progressives Party (YPP) has followed suit, by...
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