Dictionary of synonyms

Synonyms and antonyms of the word: rivers state

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A fresh crisis has hit the Labour Party in Rivers State as the state Chairman, Dienye Pepple, on Tuesday, announced that the party has endorsed the candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, Siminalayi Fubara, for governor.

Source: https://punchng.com/breaking-labour-party-dumps-gov-candidate-endorses-pdp-in-rivers/

Alluding to the appointment of Wike as the FCT Minister, they wondered why those being rewarded are PDP members who spent huge state resources to undermine the prospects of the APC in Rivers State since 2013.

Source: https://guardian.ng/politics/ganduje-and-burden-of-restoring-order-in-apc/

Also speaking, the representative of Rivers State on the Governing Board of the NDDC, Chukwudi Dimkpa, said the commission had been proactively tackling the challenges that come with flooding in the Niger Delta region.

Source: https://punchng.com/nddc-promises-to-tackle-water-hyacinth-scourge-in-niger-delta/

Another huge loss recorded in the build-up to this year’s poll was the lives of eight undergraduates of Madonna University, Elele, Rivers State, who lost their lives when the bus in which they were traveling had an accident.

Source: https://newsdiaryonline.com/elections-and-cost-implications-for-nigeria-by-kazeem-akintunde/

A set of flats in a private building and property worth millions of naira were destroyed in a fire outbreak at the Rumuomasi axis of Port Harcourt, Rivers State.

Source: https://punchng.com/fire-razes-flats-in-rivers-victims-lament-firefighters-absence/

“But he (CP) denied a costly bomb attack on innocent and unarmed citizens of Rivers State.

Source: https://punchng.com/rivers-apc-pdp-disagree-over-explosion-at-rally/

Callister is therefore seeking the help of Governor Fubara and Commissioner of Police Rivers State Command, CP Nwonyi Polycarp Emeka to find the body of her son.

Source: https://pmnewsnigeria.com/2023/11/03/rivers-crisis-mother-of-man-shot-dead-during-pro-fubara-protest-cries-out/

Chidi Amadi, was appointed as Chief of Staff, Government House, according to a statement from Rivers government house signed by Boniface Onyedi, the Senior Special Adviser, SSA on Media to the Governor of Rivers State.

Source: https://pmnewsnigeria.com/2023/06/22/fubara-reappoints-danagogo-as-ssg-amadi-chief-of-staff/

Chief Etiebet was a brother to late Senator Donald Duke Etiebet, my very good friend who was elected the governor of Cross Rivers State in 1983.

Source: https://theeagleonline.com.ng/how-oil-ministry-brought-under-presidency-by-eric-teniola/

Chief Monday Igbuya, a former Speaker of the Delta House of Assembly, has lauded President Bola Tinubu for appointing former Governor of Rivers State, Nyesom Wike, as the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT).

Source: https://www.pulse.ng/news/local/ex-delta-speaker-lauds-tinubus-choice-of-wike-as-fct-minister/rgsssjc

Each entry must incorporate the Unical or Cross – Rivers State colors.

Source: https://thenationonlineng.net/unical-to-host-nuga-2026/

Earlier, there was a strong battle for who would take Rivers State, with the Labour Party and All Progressives Congress going neck and neck.

Source: https://www.africanexaminer.com/nigerians-decide-tinubu-wins-rivers-sweeps-niger-and-benue/

“Former Governor Wike is deploying political thuggery and bullying by trying to prevent Governor Fubara from governing Rivers State freely and this should be resisted.

Source: https://www.vanguardngr.com/2023/12/wike-fubara-fight-a-threat-to-democracy-lawyers/

Former presidential aide, Laolu Akande, expressed his disappointment regarding the actions of the immediate past Governor of Rivers State,…

Source: https://onlinenigeria.com/sports/346375-weve-thousands-of-osimhen-in-npfl-grassroots-level-unuanel.html?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=weve-thousands-of-osimhen-in-npfl-grassroots-level-unuanel

FORMER President Olusegun Obasanjo, Bishop of Diocese of Sokoto, Matthew Hassan Kukah, and Governor Nyesom Wike on Friday, appealed to the Ogoni people of Rivers State to embrace reconciliation and forgiveness over their struggle for emancipation.

Source: https://thenationonlineng.net/obasanjo-wike-kukah-preach-reconciliation-in-ogoniland/

Fubara made the promise at the 35th convocation ceremony of the Rivers State University, Nkpolu-Orworukwo in Port Harcourt on Saturday.

Source: https://punchng.com/fubara-promises-to-address-funding-challenges-in-rivers-varsity/

“Go home and have it on your mind that the PDP in Rivers State, we have taken governorship, we have taken the senatorial, we have taken the House of Representatives and we have taken the House of Assembly," Wike told Bonny people.

Source: https://www.legit.ng/politics/1516247-2023-elections-wike-releases-list-candidates-supporting/

Governor Nyesom Wike has claimed that a Director of Security of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) ‘breached security’ concerning the conduct of Saturday’s governorship election in Rivers State.

Source: https://pmnewsnigeria.com/2023/03/18/inecs-security-director-breached-security-of-election-in-rivers-wike-says/

GOVERNOR Nyesom Wike has dissolved the Rivers State Executive Council with gratitude to members for their service to the state.

Source: https://www.ghanamma.com/ng/2023/05/26/todays-headlines-asari-dokubo-leads-pro-tinubu-group-to-supreme-court-falana-sues-army-staff-others/