Rivers Information Commissioner, Mr Joseph Johnson, said Gov. Siminialaye Fubara was resilient and committed to the development of Rivers. Johnson said this during an interaction with executives of Rivers Correspondents chapel of the Nigeria Union of Journalists, on Friday in Port Harcourt. The chapel had visited the commissioner...
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The Minister of the Federal Capital Territory Administration (FCT), Mr Nyesom Wike, said on Thursday, that those accusing him of demanding 25 per cent from Rivers government were ignorant. Wike stated this when a delegation of Rivers Caucus in the 10th National Assembly comprising three Senators and 11...
A Rivers State High Court of Isiokpo Division, on Wednesday, issued an interim injunction, restraining the state House of Assembly and the Speaker, Martin Amaewhule, from impeaching Gov. Siminalaye Fubara. Also restrained by the court are the Deputy Speaker, the Clerk and the state Chief Judge, Justice Simeon...
The Coalition of Nigerian Youth Leaders (CONYL), a pressure group, has warned against the plot to impeach Rivers Gov. Siminalaye Fubara, describing the move as “an attack on democracy”. Its view is contained in a statement jointly signed by Mr Goodluck Ibem, President-General, Coalition of South-East Youth Leaders,...
The Rivers State House of Assembly (RSHA), on Monday elected Edison Ehie as its Speaker. Hon. Ehie, who is an ally to Governor Siminalayi Fubara, emerged after 26 members of the assembly elected him during plenary, following the suspension of some key officers of the house. The News...
Rivers State Governor, Siminalayi Fubara, on Monday, challenged the state House of Assembly to make public his offences that warrant impeachment proceedings against him. Fubara issued the challenge in a statement issued in Port Harcourt by his Senior Special Assistant to the Governor on Media, Mr Boniface Onyedi,...
As hosts to the headquarters of the Niger Delta Development Commission, NDDC, the Rivers State Government has once again shown that it is accommodating and understanding by providing the necessary platforms for the development of the Niger Delta region. On September 7, 2023, when the Minister of Niger...
By BARBARA KALU, Port-Harcourt – Rivers State Governor, Siminalayi Fubara, has expressed sadness over the gruesome murder of SP Bako Angbashim, the Ahoada Divisional Police Officer (DPO), who was beheaded by gunmen suspected to be cultists in Odiemudie Community in the Ahoada East LGA of the state. ...
By EMEKA CHIKWE, Port-Harcourt – The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) in Rivers says it will issue Certificates of Return to the Governor-elect, Deputy Governor-elect and State House of Assembly members-elect on March 29. The Resident Electoral Commissioner (REC), Dr .Johnson Alalibo, made this known on Monday in a...
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has declared PDP’s Candidate, Mr Siminalayi Fubara, winner of the Saturday’s Governorship election in Rivers. Prof. Akpofure Rim-Rukeh, the State Returning Officer for INEC who declared the results on Monday at the INEC headquarter in Rivers, said that PDP scored 302,614 votes. Rim-Rukeh,...
Mrs Ibim Semenitari, Director, New Media, Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Campaign Council for Rivers governorship election, says the state will become an investment hub in Africa, if Siminalayi Fubara is elected governor of the state. Semenitari, in a statement issued in Abuja on Friday, said that Fubara stood tall...