•Fubara, Wike and Amaewhule The South South Youths Initiative (SSYI) has strongly condemned the renewed impeachment proceedings against Rivers State Governor, Siminalayi Fubara, describing the move as ill-conceived and destabilising. SSYI, said youths across the South-South region, particularly in Rivers State, were deeply disturbed by the imp...
•Governor Siminalayi Fubara and Rivers Assembly Amid rising political tension in Rivers State, the Ijaw National Congress (INC) and its youth wing, the Ijaw Youth Council (IYC), have called on the Rivers State House of Assembly to halt ongoing impeachment proceedings against Governor Siminalayi Fubara. Speaking today, INC President, Prof. Benj...
•House Speaker Martins Amaewhule and Governor Siminalayi Fubara The political landscape in Rivers State has taken another turn today when members of the state’s House of Assembly began impeachment proceedings against Governor Siminalayi Fubara and his deputy, Ngozi Odu. They are accusing them of gross misconduct, reports Channels TV. During pl...
•Wike and Fubara The Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Nyesom Wike, yesterday took a swipe at Rivers State Governor, Siminalayi Fubara, saying the same political forces now being mocked were instrumental to his emerÂgence as governor. Wike spoke during his thank-you visit to Okrika Local Government Area, where he declared that p...
•Governor Siminalayi Fubara Rivers State Governor Siminalayi Fubara has approved a minor cabinet reshuffle within the State Executive Council. As part of the changes, Barrister Christopher Green has been redeployed from the Ministry of Sports to the Ministry of Justice as the Attorney-General and Commissioner for Justice, reports Daily Indepen...
•Governor Fubara (R) Rivers State governor, Siminalayi Fubara, has been formally registered as a member of the All Progressives Congress (APC) after receiving his party membership card at Government House, Port Harcourt. The Rivers State APC Chairman, Tony Okocha, who represented the APC National Chairman, Nentawe Yilwatda, presented the card ...
•Speaker Amaewhule and Governor Fubara Rivers State lawmakers yesterday disagreed with Governor Siminalayi Fubara on his claims that some elders were frustrating his meeting with them (lawmakers). Assembly Speaker Martins Amaewhule, who spoke in Port Harcourt, the state capital, described as disparaging the governor’s assertion that Federal Ca...
Barely two months after the suspension of emergency rule in Rivers State and the reinstatement of democratic structures, tensions have resurfaced between Governor Siminalayi Fubara and members of the State House of Assembly led by Speaker Rt. Hon. Martins Amaewhule. During its 31st Legislative Sitting, the House condemned the vandalisation of ...
•New Rivers State SSG, Benibo Anabraba Rivers Governor Siminalaye Fubara has appointed Benibo Anabraba as the new Secretary to the State Government (SSG). The appointment was announced in a statement today by the Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Information and Communications, Dr Honour Sirawoo. The statement reads: “His Excellency, Sir Simina...
•Fire A mysterious fire this evening gutted a section of the Rivers State Secretariat Complex, destroying offices of the State Pension Board located at the Podium Block. The incident occurred shortly after Governor Siminalayi Fubara dissolved the board earlier constituted by the immediate past Sole Administrator of the state, Vice Admiral Ikot...

