The Ijaw National Congress (INC) worldwide has called onPresident Bola Tinubu to call the FCT Minister, Mr Nyesom Wike, to order over lingering crises in Rivers. President, INC, Prof. Benjamin Okaba, made the call at a news conference on Tuesday in Abuja. Wike and Gov. Siminialayi Fubara are at loggerheads...
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The Rivers State Governor, Siminalayi Fubara has vowed to take decisive action against those responsible for setting ablaze three local government secretariats in the state on Monday. He pledged that the incident, unlike previous cases, will not be ignored, as his administration will collaborate with security agencies to identify...
Thugs on Monday set fire to two local government council secretariats in Rivers in protest of the recent swearing-in of 22 new council chairmen by Gov. Siminalayi Fubara. Arnexd thugs were seen storming several council offices, shooting into the air, and vandalising the properties. Two secretariats, in Eleme and...
Bauchi State Governor, Bala Mohammed of Bauchi has described Gov. Siminalayi Fubara of Rivers as a true democrat, eve as he commended the ‘successful’ conduct of Saturday’s local government elections in the state. Muhammed, also the Chairman, Governors’ Forum of People’s Democratic Party (PDP), stated this in a statement...
Rivers State Governor, Siminalayi Fubara has said the local government election slated for Oct. 5 will produce a new political structure that is people-oriented in the state. The governor’s Chief Press Secretary, Mr Nelson Chukwudi, quoted Fubara as saying this when he received members of ‘The Simplicity Movement’ in...
The Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, Nyesom Wike, has vowed to cause political crisis in the state of any governor who tries to interfere in the affairs of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Rivers State. Wike said this at the PDP secretariat in Port Harcourt on Saturday...
The Rivers House of Assembly has screened and confirmed eight nominees to serve as Chairman and members of the Rivers State Bureau of Public Procurement. The screening and confirmation conducted at Friday’s plenary, followed a correspondence from Gov. Siminalaye Fubara requesting rectification of the nominees. Names of the nominees...
The Rivers has hinted on plans to revive the Neighbourhood Watch, a community-based security outfit set up by the state government under the immediate past administration. Gov. Siminalayi Fubara met with leaders of the security watch behind closed doors in Port Harcourt. The Head of Command, Rivers Neighbourhood Watch,...
By BARBARA KALU, Port-Harcourt – Rivers State Governor, Siminalayi Fubara has congratulated a former governor of the state, Dr Peter Odili, on his 76th birth anniversary. Fubara, in a statement on Wednesday, hailed Odili’s unblemished leadership qualities and fatherly mentorship . He described Odili as an exceptional statesman, a...
There was confusion in a Federal High Court in Abuja, on Wednesday, as two counsel announced appearance for Rivers House of Assembly in a suit seeking an order shutting down all expenditures of the state government. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the Rivers assembly, led...
The Rivers State House of Assembly led by Victor Oko-Jumbo, has condemned the resolution by the Martin Amaewhule-led House, barring Governor Siminalayi Fubara from spending public funds. The Speaker, Victor Oko-Jumbo stated this in his opening remark during plenary on Tuesday. He said what Amaewhule and 24 others...
The Coalition for National Vanguard for Rule of Law (NVRL) has dismissed the resolution of the Martin Amaewhule-led Rivers Assembly to shut down state expenditures. Mr Johnson Babatunde, the leader of the coalition in a statement on Tuesday in Abuja, describing the move as illegal. NAN reports that...
A National Vice -Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Chief Kamoru Ajisafe, has called on party stakeholders to do everything possible to resolve the leadership crisis rocking the Rivers chapter. Ajisafe, also South West Zonal Chairman of the party, made the call in an interview with the...
The Chairman of Rivers State Independent Electoral Commission (RSIEC), Justice Adolphus Enebeli, has invited stakeholders for a meeting as the body prepares for election into Local Government Councils (LGCs). Enebeli, in a statement on Wednesday in Port Harcourt, listed the stakeholders to include leaders of parties leaders, traditional...
Police have taken over all the 23 Council Secretariats and some critical government infrastructure in Rivers. The police said the action was to forestall further bloodbath as well as a breakdown of law and order due to the spread of the crisis over the tenure of the outgoing...
Rivers State Governor, Siminalayi Fubara, has directed Heads of Administration in the 23 Local Government Areas (LGAs), to assume leadership of the councils. Fubara gave the directive in a state-wide broadcast in Port Harcourt on Tuesday, following the expiration of the tenure of the 23 LG chairmen at...
A High Court in Rivers State has nullified section three of the Rivers State House of Assembly Service Commission Law recently amended by the Martins Amaewhule-led Assembly. The amendment, which was recently enacted after the Assembly vetoed Governor Siminalayi Fubara, transferred the power to appoint the chairman and...
Emir of Kano, Sanusi Lamido Sanusi on Thursday said that human capacity development was key to the economic development of Nigeria. Sanusi was the Keynote speaker at the 2024 Rivers State Economic summit According to him, to achieve development, it is imperative to recognise the need to take...
The Victor Oko-Jumbo-led faction of the Rivers State House of Assembly, on Tuesday screened and confirmed eight nominees for possible appointment as commissioners in the state. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the screening took place at the temporary legislative chambers located within the state Government...
Members of the Rivers Assembly have screened and confirmed the appointment of Mr Dagogo Tamunoiboroma as the new Rivers Attorney-General and Commissioner for Justice. Tamunoiboroma was confirmed at a plenary at the temporary assembly chamber in Government House, Port Harcourt. Factional Speaker Victor Oko-Jumbo had read the correspondence...