The Supreme Court, today, nullified the outcome of the Local Government Elections that were held in Rivers State on October 5, 2024. The apex court upheld an appeal that was brought before it by the All Progressives Congress, APC, reports Vanguard. In a unanimous decision by a five-member panel led by Justice Uwani Abba-Aji, the […]
•Governor Siminalayi Fubara of Rivers State Rivers State governor, Siminalayi Fubara has said that God allowed the ongoing political crisis in the state to give him and the people of the freedom. The governor spoke last night when the Primate of the Anglican Communion Church of Nigeria, His Eminence, Henry Ndukauba, led other bishops to [&hell...
•Reverend Father Livinus Maurice Gunmen have abducted a Catholic Priest of Port Harcourt Diocese, Reverend Father Livinus Maurice, alongside two others. Fr. Maurice, who is the Parish Priest of St Patrick’s Catholic, Isokpo in Ikwerre Local Government Area of the state was abducted alongside two others whose identities were not disclosed while...
•Pirates Suspected pirates hijacked a passenger boat carrying 20 travellers along the Bonny-Okrika waterways in Rivers State yesterday. This came as the Bonny Local Government Council said it had rescued nine of the passengers, while a frantic search is on to rescue the others, reports The PUNCH. The Bonny LG Chairman, Anengi Claude-Wilcox, sa...
•Nigerian Senate The Senate today, called on the National Oil Spill Detection and Response Agency (NOSDRA), to immediately investigate the cause of the fire outbreak and oil spill from Manifold Well 8/ BUG 008 in Oil Mining Lease (OML) 18, Bukuma (Agum) in Rivers State. It tasked the agency to submit a detailed report to […]
•Police Tensions flared in Port Harcourt, Rivers State capital, today as police barricaded the road leading to the Peoples Democratic Party’s secretariat on Aba Road. The move followed reports that the Acting Executive Committee, formed after a court nullified the elected executive, planned to take over the secretariat complex, reports Channel...
•PDP acting exco members in Rivers State The Acting Executive Committee of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Rivers State today vowed to thoroughly investigate alleged cases of anti-party activities involving its members in the state. The committee announced plans to establish a disciplinary panel in the coming days, emphasising that it wi...
The Police Command in Rivers has confirmed the death of Gibson Reuben, a Netherlands national and Managing Director of the Rivers State Cassava Project Limited. Rueben drowned after his vehicle plunged into the Aleto-Eleme River while attempting to escape from his abductors, reports NAN. The command’s spokesperson, SP Grace Iringe-Koko, confir...
•Okulu River Tragedy struck last night along the Eleme axis of the East-West Road when a vehicle attempting to flee from suspected armed kidnappers plunged into the Okulu River. Reports indicated that the driver of a Toyota Hilux van, carrying an expatriate and other workers from an undisclosed company, lost control of the vehicle, reports [&h...
•Chijioke Ihunwo The Chairman of Obio-Akpor Local Government Area of Rivers State, Chijioke Ihunwo, has appointed 130 special assistants. Ihunwo, who announced the appointments in a post on X yesterday, saying the appointment takes immediate effect. Some of the appointees are Helen Nyekwere, Josephine Wogu, Daisy Worgu, Wagwu Hilda, Ogbonna St...
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