Following the expiration of the 48-hour ultimatum issued to the chairman and commissioners of the Rivers State Independent Electoral Commission (RSIEC) to appear before it, the Rivers House of Assembly has given them another 72 hours to do so. The lawmakers reached the resolution during plenary in Port Harcourt...
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Rivers State Governor, Siminalayi Fubara has vowed that governance will prevail despite the opposition in the state. Governor Fubara made the remark while inaugurating the Government House Staff Quarters newly built by his administration in Port Harcourt on Monday. According to him, the course of governance is irreversible despite...
The Del York Creative Academy has said developing more creatives will offer Nigeria an opportunity to become a major player in the $600 billion global creative industry. Managing Director, Del York Development Company (a subsidiary of Del York Group), Mrs Stella Fubara, said this at Demo Day & Career...
By JOHN ONAH, Abuja – The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), has refuted allegations by Rivers State Governor, Siminalayi Fubara, accusing it of selective conduct of elections to fill vacancies arising from the defection of serving members of the National and State Assembly from one political party to another....
The Rivers Government has unveiled plans to embark on the massive infrastructural development of 42 tourists sites, positioning the state as Nigeria’s premier tourism destination. Commissioner for Culture and Tourism, Dr Isreal Ngbuelo, disclosed this in Port Harcourt on Thursday during a meeting with representatives of the state’s 23...
Rivers State Governor, Siminalayi Fubara has affirmed his administration’s preparedness to synergies with the army to combat the war against pipeline vandalism and destruction of oil pipelines in the state. Fubara made the remark when Maj-Gen.Emmanuel Emekah, GOC, 6 Division, Nigerian Army paid him a courtesy call in Port...
The Rivers Restoration Movement (RRM), an interest group, has called on Gov. Siminalayi Fubara of Rivers to comply with the Court of Appeal’s judgement on the 2024 budget. Speaking to journalists in Port Harcourt on Thursday, RRM Secretary, Mrs Sarima Akpata, stated that Fubara’s decision to withdraw his appeal...
Rivers State Governor, Siminalayi Fubara has charged the newly appointed Surveyor-General of the state to work professionally, diligently and with integrity to ensure effective service delivery. Fubara made the remark while swearing in Mr Peter Ogolo, the new Surveyor-General of the State and Permanent Secretary of the Survey Department...
The Supreme Court on Monday dismissed the suit by Rivers State Governor, Siminalayi Fubara seeking to remove 27 members of the State House of Assembly on ground of their alleged defection from the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) to the All Progressives Congress (APC). Justice Uwani Aba-Aji delivered the judgment...
The Bukuma community has called on the Rivers Government to continue to uphold the rule of law in handling state affairs, particularly as it concerns the Agum-Bukuma Kingship dispute. The Paramount Ruler of the Agum-Bukuma Kingdom, King Precious Elekima, made this appeal in a statement issued in Port Harcourt...
President Bola Tinubu and the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Nyesom Wike, on Tuesday, held a closed-door meeting with a delegation of Ogoni leaders led by Governor Siminalayi Fubara of Rivers State. Also present at the meeting was the Chief of staff to the President, Femi Gbajabiamila;...
A former Senate President, Adolphus Wabara, said that he would not join issues with the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Mr Nyesom Wike, over his alleged denigrating media comment on him. Wabara, the Chairman, Board of Trustees (BoT) of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP), said this during...
By PATRICK ABANG, Calabar – Archbishop Dr Emmah Gospel Isong is a renowned prophet of God whose prophecies had manifested over the years. Worthy to be mentioned is the hand washing culture were he prophesied that people would be compel to wash their hands before they can be allowed...
The Rivers State Chapter of the All Progressives Congress (APC) has elected Chief Tony Okocha, its former Caretaker Committee Chairman, as the substantive Chairman. Okocha was elected at the party’s Delegates’ Congress held on Saturday in Port Harcourt. He was elected alongside other State Working Committee members to run...
Rivers State troupe has emerged as the overall winner of the 2024 Abuja International Carnival competitive events while Borno and Yobe emerged as first and second runner-up. Bauchi and Abia, took the fourth and fifth positions, while the Best in Durbar event award went to Yobe and Delta as...
The Governor of Imo State, Sen. Hope Uzodimma, has bagged the Digital Governor of the Year award at the Nigeria Information Technology Merit Award (NITMA). The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that NITMA is an annual event organised by the Nigeria Computer Society (NCS) to acknowledge and celebrate...
The Court of Appeal Abuja has nullified the judgment of the Federal High Court in Abuja, which barred the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) from releasing the voters’ register to the Rivers State Independent Electoral Commission for the conduct of the state local government polls which has now been...
The Rivers Restoration Movement (RRM) has dismissed claims that President Bola Tinubu is taking sides in the political crises in Rivers. A former leader of Niger-Delta agitators, Alhaji Asari Dokubo, had accused Tinubu of supporting the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, Nyesom Wike, to destabilise the administration of...
Mr Lere Olayinka, Senior Special Assistant on Public Communications and New Media to FCT minister Nyesom Wike, has exonerated the minister from the protracted political crisis in oil-rich Rivers. Olayinka, in a statement in Abuja, blamed the crisis on Gov. Siminalayi Fubara, Wike’s successor. The News Agency of Nigeria(NAN),...