Rivers State Waste Management Agency (RIWAMA) has commended service providers engaged by the government for efficient waste management strategies. Nyesom Ezenwo Wike, Governor of Rivers State According to a statement signed on Wednesday, January 13, 2021 by the agency’s Special Adviser on Media and Publicity, Mr Jerry Needam, the contractors have shown high level of commitment in service delivery. The ...
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Shell dismisses Kidney Island asset takeover by Rivers
The Shell Petroleum Development Company of Nigeria Limited (SPDC) has dismissed the purported takeover of Kidney Island asset of the SPDC Joint Venture in Port Harcourt by the Rivers State Government in the exercise of rights purportedly acquired through a court auction process that is still the subject of ongoing appeals at the Court of Appeal sitting in Port Harcourt. Mr. ...
Read More »Rivers, Shell inaugurate Cluster Development Board for Assa North Gas Project
The Rivers State Government and energy company, the Shell Petroleum Development Company of Nigeria Limited (SPDC), in Port Harcourt on Thursday, September 17, 2020, inaugurated the Egi/Igburu Cluster Development Board (CDB) for pipeline communities to SPDC’s Assa North Gas project, which has a capacity for 300 million standard cubic feet of gas per day and the potential to be one of ...
Read More »Shell moves to appeal asset sale judgement
The Shell Petroleum Development Company of Nigeria (SPDC) has expressed disappointment over the fact that the Rivers State High Court affirmed the enforcement of the purported sale of interests in it’s Joint Venture’s (JV’s) assets in Kidney Island and specified interests in OML 11 to the Rivers State Government. Osagie Okunbor, Managing Director, Shell Petroleum Development Company of Nigeria (SPDC) and ...
Read More »Rivers demolishes two hotels for flouting lockdown order
The Rivers State Government on Sunday, May 10, 2020 demolished two hotels in the state for flouting lockdown orders and State’s Executive Order No. 6 against the spread of novel COVID-19 pandemic. Nyesom Ezenwo Wike, Governor of Rivers State This was made known on Sunday in a statement by Mr Simeon Nwakaudu, Special Assistant (Electronic Media), to the governor. He ...
Read More »Rivers to test for coronavirus with Shell-donated equipment
Rivers State is set to start testing for COVID-19 in Port Harcourt, the state capital, with the receipt of its first set of testing equipment from the Shell Petroleum Development Company (SPDC). The medical hardware and consumables were presented to the state governor, Chief Nyesom Wike, on Wednesday, May 6, 2020. Governor, Nyesom Wike of Rivers State displays one of ...
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