A crowd of women on Friday flooded the Aba road area of Port Harcourt, demanding the reinstatement of the suspended Governor of Rivers State, Siminalayi Fubara, and his deputy, Ngozi Odu. The protest, which began along the major road, and advanced to the Rivers State Government House, featured placards...
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The Nigerian Bar Association (NBA) has relocated its 2025 Annual General Conference from Port Harcourt to Enugu, following President Bola Tinubu’s recent declaration of emergency rule in Rivers State. The association stated that although the initial announcement of Port Harcourt as the host city for this year’s conference was...
Kula community in Asari Toru Local Government Area, Rivers, said Renaissance Africa Energy Holdings should inherit all liabilities incurred by the Shell Petroleum Development Company (SPDC) The community disclosed its position at a press conference in Port Harcourt on Thursday following the recent takeover of SPDC of joint venture...
Mr Lere Olayinka, Senior Special Assistant on Public Communications and Social Media to Minister of Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Mr Nyesom Wike, has accused a former Governor of Rivers, Ada George, of taking side in the crisis rocking the state. Olayinka made the accusation in a statement in Abuja...
The Sole Administrator of Rivers State, Retired Vice Admiral Ibok-Ete Ibas The Federal High Court in Port Harcourt has directed the Rivers State Administrator to appear before it and justify why an interim injunction should not be granted to halt the appointment of Sole Administrators for the state’s 23...
The Rivers Ijaw People’s Congress (RIPCO) has voiced its strong support for the state of emergency declared in Rivers State, while also calling for the resignation of the Ijaw National Congress (INC) President, Professor Benjamin Okaba. In a statement released following an emergency meeting on March 26, 2025, at...
The Sole Administrator of Rivers, Vice Admiral Ibok-Ete Ibas (Rtd) has approved the appointment of members of the Civil Service Commission and Local Government Service Commission. Secretary to the State Government (SSG), Prof. Ibibia Worika, announced the appointments in a press statement issued to newsmen in Port Harcourt on...
By BARBARA KALU, Port-Harcourt – Operatives of the Port Harcourt’s Zonal Directorate of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) have arrested thirty Seven (37) suspected internet fraudsters. They were arrested in Port Harcourt, Rivers State on Tuesday April 8, 2025 in an operation code named “operation eagle sweep”....
Rivers State Sole Administrator, Vice Admiral Ibok-Ete Ibas (retd.), has approved the appointment of administrators for the 23 Local Government Areas of the state. This comes less than 24 hours after a Federal High Court sitting in Port Harcourt reportedly restrained him from appointing administrators to oversee the affairs...
Rivers State Government has on Tuesday advised youths to take advantage of the ongoing Nigerian military recruitment exercise to develop their career and life paths. The Secretary to the State Government (SSG), Prof. Ibibia Worika, made the remark when he received a team from the Army Headquarters, led by...
Young demonstrators under the aegis of the Take-It-Back Movement on Monday defied police warning and staged protests in Abuja, Lagos, Oyo, Rivers, among other states. Clad in their signature orange berets, the protesters began their rally in Lagos at the Ikeja Under Bridge, marching through major roads in the...
Rivers State Government has on Thursday cancelled all pending procurement and tender processes in compliance with the Supreme Court judgement. The Sole Administrator, Vice Admiral (Rtd) Ibok-Ete Ibas, made the remark in a special announcement, signed and issued by Prof Ibibia Worika, the Secretary to the State Government (SSG)...
Bayelsa State Governor, Douye Diri has said his administration would always respect the fundamental human rights of every citizen and abide by the constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria. Diri stated this on Wednesday during the 158th state executive council meeting in Yenagoa. The governor said that the...
A pro-democracy group, the Democratic Front (TDF) on Wednesday defended President Bola Tinubu’s proclamation of State of Emergency in Rivers. This is contained in a statement by Malam Danjuma Muhammad, TDF Chairman. The TDF described the action as a bold move to prevent a total breakdown of law and...
The Chief of Staff to the suspended Governor Siminalayi Fubara of Rivers State, Edison Ehie, has alleged that he was offered ₦5 billion in October 2023 to facilitate the governor’s impeachment. Mr. Ehie disclosed this on Monday during his appearance on Channels Television’s Sunday Politics. He claimed to have...
The Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) has impounded a truck loaded with 70,000 litres of stolen crude oil in Port Harcourt, Rivers State. This is contained in a statement signed by the NSCDC National Public Relations Officer (NPRO), Afolabi Babawale, on Monday in Abuja. Babawale explained that...
A former governor of Oyo State, Rasheed Ladoja, has said that the intervention of President Bola Tinubu in the political crisis in Rivers should not be seen as threat to democracy. Ladoja said this on Sunday in Ibadan, while hosting dignitaries at his resident for Eid-el-firt celebration. He said...
Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) Nyesom Wike has faulted the Nigeria Bar Association’s (NBA) stand that the declaration of state of emergency in Rivers by President Bola Tinubu was unconstitutional and illegal. Wike alleged that the NBA discredited Tinubu’s decision because the Rivers Government had promised to...
President Bola Tinubu has approved new appointments to strengthen the leadership of River Basin Development Authorities under the Federal Ministry of Water Resources. At the Ogun-Osun River Basin Development Authority, Abeokuta, Mr Sowade Adebayo will replace Mr Julius Oloro as the Executive Director of Engineering Services, Mr Bayo Onanuga,...
Rivers Sole Administrator, Vice Admiral Ibok-Ete Ibas, has approved the payment of salaries for the state Civil Servants, pensioners, and all suspended political appointees. The Secretary to the State Government (SSG), Prof. Ibibia Worika, disclosed this in a statement issued to newsmen in Port Harcourt, on Friday, saying that...