•Governor Siminalayi Fubara of Rivers State The Rivers State Ministry of Health says it is seeking to outlaw the sale of tobacco products to minors through a new anti-tobacco bill currently being prepared for transmission to the State House of Assembly. The Ministry said the proposed legislation is designed to restrict access to tobacco by [&h...
•Governor Siminalayi Fubara of Rivers State The Rivers State Government has dismissed claims that it denied the Federal Capital Territory Minister, Nyesom Wike, and the Rivers State Coordinator of the Renewed Hope Ambassadors, Desmond Akawor, access to the Yakubu Gowon Stadium, Port Harcourt, for the inauguration of a political support group f...
•Governor Siminalayi Fubara of Rivers State The Rivers State government has approved the recruitment of 5,000 teachers to strengthen service delivery in the education sector across the state. The approval was granted by the Rivers State Executive Council at its second meeting of 2026, presided over by Governor Siminalayi Fubara, with the Deput...
•Governor Siminalayi Fubara and Vice Admiral Ibok-Ete Ibas (rtd) The Rivers State Executive Council has cancelled a N134 billion contract awarded by the past sole administrator of the state, Vice Admiral Ibokete Ibas (rtd). The contract was for the reconstruction of the ageing State Secretariat complex in Port Harcourt, reports Vanguard. The c...
•Rivers Sole Administrator, Vice Admiral Ibok-Ete Ibas (rtd) The Rivers State Government has expressed disappointment over the decision of the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA) to relocate its 2025 Annual General Conference from Port Harcourt to Enugu and is demanding ₦300m from the body. The government described the reasons given by the associat...
•Speaker Martins Amaewhule and Governor Siminalayi Fubara The Rivers State Government says it is yet to receive the resolutions of the State House of Assembly regarding the Supreme Court’s judgment delivered on February 28, 2025. On Monday, the Rt. Hon. Martins Amaewhule-led assembly had during its sitting issued Governor Siminalayi Fubara a 4...
•Martins Amaewhule and Siminalayi Fubara The Rivers State Government has stated that it is awaiting a comprehensive briefing on the implications of the Supreme Court’s judgment regarding state allocation and local government administration. In a statement today, the Commissioner for Information, Joe Johnson, said the government will thoroughly...
•FCT Minister Wike and Governor Fubara The Supreme Court orders Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) to stop release of funds to Rivers State government forthwith until a proper House of Assembly is constituted. The court also ordered Martin Amaewhule to resume sitting immediately with all elected members. … developing storyÂ
•Governor Siminalayi Fubara Justice Joyce Abdulmalik of the Federal High Court Abuja has stopped the Central Bank of Nigeria from further releasing monthly financial allocations to the Rivers State Government. Justice Abdulmalik held that the receipt and disbursement of monthly allocations since January this year by the Rivers State Governor, ...
•Amaewhule and Fubara The Rivers State Government has declared that the Court of Appeal, Abuja in its judgment yesterday did not by any stretch of imagination reinstate the Martin Amaewhule-led faction of the State House of Assembly. This is as the government has filed an appeal to the Supreme Court as well as a stay […]
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