Many people have been feared dead as a jetty collapsed in Rivers State. EKOHOTBLOG reports that many persons were said to have been feared dead in a mishap at Isaka Jetty in the Okirka Local Government Area of Rivers State. An eyewitness, on Saturday evening, said no fewer than 10 persons out of … Read more
Residents have been feared dead while vehicles were razed as an explosion rocked Rivers State on Tuesday. EKOHOTBLOG reports that no fewer than two people have been confirmed dead following a Petroleum tanker explosion in Omerelu in Ikwerre Local Government Area of Rivers State. It was gathered that several buildings around the area … Read more
A resident has been feared dead as a popular residential building collapsed in Rivers. EKOHOTBLOG reports that a resident has been reported dead, while two others were injured after a residential building collapsed in Woji, on the outskirts of Port Harcourt, Rivers State. It was gathered that the deceased and the injured persons were working … Read more
The war between Federal government and States rages on as FG sets plan in motion to drag rights with states. The administration of the President Muhammadu Buhari is considering suing the governments of Rivers and Lagos at the Supreme Court to end the VAT war “once and for all,”. EkoHotBlog gathered that the Minister of … Read more
The House of Representatives has resolved to probe the alleged exclusion of Rivers State from the states to benefit from the world bank loans. Recall that governor Nysom Wike had alleged that the federal government excluded hi s state from states eligible to benefit from the loans. EkoHotBlog reports that Wike also alleged that only … Read more
APC spokesman has resigned. EKOHOTBLOG reports that the spokesman for the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Rivers State, Ogbonna Nwuke, has resigned from his position. Nwuke made his resignation known via a letter addressed to the party’s caretaker committee chairman of Rivers State on Monday. The letter was titled, ‘Resignation as APC spokesman’. READ ALSO: Jonathan … Read more
Another House of Reps member has dumped PDP for APC. EKOHOTBLOG reports that the member of the House of Representatives representing Tai/Eleme/Oyigbo Federal Constituency of Rivers State, Promise Chisom Dike, has dumped the opposition Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) for the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC). The defection of the lawmaker was announced via a letter … Read more
The grip of Governor Nyesome Wike on Rivers State politics may be loosening as a member of the House of Representatives, Chisom Dike, swapped the umbrella of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) for the broom of the All Progressives Congress (APC). The defection was detailed in a letter directed to the House through the Speaker, … Read more
Rivers State government, through its Attorney-General, has headed to the Supreme Court to set aside the decision of the Court of Appeal that ordered the state to maintain status quo on the collection of Value Added Tax, VAT, pending the determination of an appeal that was lodged by the Federal Inland Revenue Service, FIRS. Rivers … Read more
The National Vice Chairman South South of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Chief Dan Orbih has challenged South South Governors to support the ongoing legal moves to reposition the collection of Value Added Taxes (VAT) by States. Orbih noted in an interview that the recent amendments to VAT laws by Rivers, Lagos States was a … Read more
The Court of Appeal in Abuja will at any moment deliver a ruling in an application by the Lagos State Government seeking to be made a party and co-respondent in the appeal filed by the Federal Inland Revenue Service, FIRS, against the Rivers State Government. FIRS, in an appeal marked CA/PH/282/2021, is praying the court … Read more
Rivers State Governor; Nyesom Wike, berates his Ebonyi State counterpart, Dave Umahi, who said “God will give Nigeria a president who has a good heart like President Muhammadu Buhari” in 2023. Umahi had made expressed this while addressing State House correspondents on Monday, after meeting with the President at Aso Villa in Abuja. However, Wike … Read more
A former Nigerian governor has been confirmed dead. EKOHOTBLOG reports that a former Military Administrator of Rivers State, General Anthony Ukpo, has passed away. Ukpo, a former Information Minister, was pronounced dead in the early hours of Monday. The demise of the former minister was disclosed by Leonard Anyogu, a constitutional lawyer and the secretary … Read more
Concerns have grown as Lagos and Rivers States commenced the collection of Value Added Tax. EKOHOTBLOG reports that the governments of Lagos and Rivers States have declared their readiness to commence the collection of Value Added Tax (VAT) in accordance with the judgment of a Federal High Court sitting in Port Harcourt, which ruled that … Read more
“From the information we got from a boat driver, there were passengers in the boat.” EKOHOTBLOG reports that many people have been feared dead as a yet-to-be-identified helicopter reportedly shot a local passenger boat in Rivers State. It was gathered that the local passenger boat was travelling from Port Harcourt to Bonny in Rivers when … Read more
“He died on the spot and the situation caused serious panic.” EKOHOTBLOG reports that there was pandemonium at the Rivers State University, Port Harcourt, on Thursday as a final year student of the institution was shot dead by suspected cultists. It was gathered that the student was gunned down at a cafeteria near the faculty … Read more
Confirming the incident, the spokesman of the state Police Command, Nnamdi Omoni said the Commissioner of Police had ordered an investigation into the matter. Gunmen believed to be cultists have murdered one Ikechi Wordi, a leader of the disbanded local security outfit at Okpo in Ogbakiri community, Emuoha Local Government Area, Rivers State. Ikechi … Read more
The Federal Government (FG) has placed Lagos State and six others on red alert over the surge in the COVID-19 cases in the country. EKO HOT BLOG reports that the Federal Government (FG) has placed Lagos State and six others on red alert following the third wave of COVID-19 pandemic in the country. The latest … Read more
Unknown gunmen have beheaded the commander of a vigilante group in Rivers State. EKO HOT BLOG reports that gunmen have killed and beheaded the commander of a disbanded local vigilante group codenamed OSPAC. The vigilante commander, it was gathered, was beheaded in Umudioga in the Emohua Local Government Area of Rivers State. EKO HOT BLOG … Read more
Hundreds of youths are currently protesting in Rivers State. EKO HOT BLOG reports that scores of youths from various communities in Eleme, Rivers State, shut down the Eleme section of the East-West Road in the early hours of Monday. The youths, who are currently protesting against the continued neglect of the East-West Road, blocked the … Read more