By BARBARA KALU, Port-Harcourt – The Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC), has reaffirmed its commitment to the continuous engagement of stakeholders to build synergy for the sustainable development of the Niger Delta region. The NDDC Managing Director, Dr Samuel Ogbuku, stated this during the special ceremony organised...
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A Federal High Court, Abuja has fixed Monday for the hearing of motions on notice filed by Edison Ehie, the Chief of Staff (CoS) to Gov. Siminalayi Fubara of Rivers, seeking an order vacating its earlier arrest warrant order against him and others. Justice Emeka Nwite fixed the...
A Federal High Court in Abuja on Friday, struck out an application filed by Edison Ehie, the Chief of Staff (CoS) to Gov. Siminalayi Fubara of Rivers, seeking an order to strike out the charge against him and others for want of jurisdiction. Justice Bolaji Olajuwon, in a...
A Federal High Court, Abuja, on Wednesday, issued a warrant for the arrest of Mr Edison Ehie, the Chief of Staff (CoS) to Gov. Siminalayi Fubara of Rivers over the alleged involvement in the burning of the state’s House of Assembly. Justice Emeka Nwite, who gave the order...
A Federal High Court, Abuja, on Tuesday, dismissed the suit seeking to stop Gov. Siminalayi Fubara from re-presenting the N800 billion 2024 budget of Rivers. Justice Joyce Abdulmalik, in a ruling, also set aside the earlier interim order made on Jan. 22, directing parties in the suit to...
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has congratulated Gov. Similanayi Fubara of Rivers and his Taraba counterpart, Kefas Agbu, over the Supreme Court judgments affirming their victories in the 2023 governorship election. The party gave the congratulations in a statement by its National Publicity Secretary, Debo Ologunagba, in Abuja...
The Supreme Court on Thursday upheld the election of Gov. Simi Fubara of Rivers. Justice Ibrahim Saulawa dismissed the appeal by the APC and its governorship candidate, Tonye Colo. Details shortly….
A Federal High Court, Abuja, on Monday, set aside the Rivers’ N800 billion budget passed by five members of the house led by the Edison Ehie-led faction. Justice James Omotosho, in a judgment, held that the presentation of the appropriation bill by Gov. Siminalayi Fubara on Dec. 13, 2023...
A Senior Advocate of Nigeria (SAN), Dr Kayode Ajulo, has filed a suit seeking to stop Gov. Similalaye Fubara of Rivers from re-presenting the 2024 budget to the state House of Assembly. The SAN asked the court to stop such a move pending the hearing and determination of...
President Bola Tinubu on Thursday met with Rivers State Governor, Siminalayi Fubara, at the Presidential Villa in Abuja. Fubara who arrived at the Presidential Villa at about 5:40 pm went straight to the office of the President where they are currently meeting behind closed doors. The reason for...
Gov. Douye Diri of Bayelsa has urged his Rivers counterpart, Gov. Siminalayi Fubara, to take measures that would help to restore peace in Rivers to ensure speedy development. Diri gave the advice on Thursday when Fubara, accompanied by top government functionaries, visited him in his country home in...
The Traditional Ruler of Opobo Kingdom, Dandeson Jaja, has advised Gov. Siminalayi Fubara of Rivers to ensure that his administration delivers meaningful democracy dividend equitably to all parts of the state. Jaja gave the advice at the Opobo International Charity Day, organised by the Opobo Foundation, USA (OFUSA),...
No fewer than six elders in Rivers have dragged President Bola Tinubu and others to the Federal High Court, Abuja, for allegedly compelling Gov. Siminilaya Fubara to sign what they describe as an unconstitutional agreement. The plaintiffs, in the petition sighted by the News Agency of Nigeria, (NAN)...
The Rivers State Commissioner for Information, Joe Johnson, says his principal, Governor Siminalayi Fubara didn’t sign a “peace agreement” with his predecessor, Nyesom Wike, under duress at the Presidential Villa on Monday. Johnson spoke on Wednesday during a live appearance on Channels Television’s Lunchtime Politics programme. “I...
The Rivers House of Assembly has withdrawn the impeachment notice served on Gov. Siminialayi Fubara. The Speaker of the House, Mr Martin Amaewhule, said this at Wednesday’s plenary held at the auditorium of the Assembly’s residential quarters in Port Harcourt. Amaewhule read the withdrawal notice said that the...
Amid the political crisis rocking Rivers State, ex-governor Nyesom Wike, has warned politicians not to pull the ladder they used in getting to exalted positions. “Don’t pull the ladder that you use in climbing. When you are coming down, the ladder may not be there,” Wike said...
Rivers State Governor, Siminalayi Fubara, has said that his administration will continue to provide necessary financial support to strengthen the capacity of the state-owned university to rank one of the best in the country. Fubara said this at the 35th convocation of the university in Port Harcourt on...
The number of resignations in the Rivers State Executive Council has risen to nine after two more commissioners handed in their resignations following the departure of seven of their colleagues from Governor Siminalayi Fubara’s cabinet. The latest to resign are the Commissioner for Special Projects, Emeka...
Rivers State Governor, Siminalayi Fubara on Thursday signed the state N800 billion 2024 budget into law, barely 24 hours after it was presented to a four-man State House of Assembly for approval. Speaking at the ceremony at the Government House, Port Harcourt, Fubara said that the budget would provide...
In an interesting twist to the ongoing political crisis in Rivers State, the Martins Amaewhule-led Rivers State House of Assembly convened a sitting on Thursday, some 24 hours after Governor Siminalayi Fubara led the demolition of the Assembly Complex on Moscow Road. The Amaewhule group held a...