•Collapsed building A middle-aged man has reportedly lost his life in a collapsed two-storey building at the Egbelu Mgbaraja axis of Ogbogoro Community in Obio/Akpor Local Government Area of Rivers State. This comes barely a week after the collapse of a three-storey building at the Iriebe axis of the same LGA, although no life was […]
•NLC President Joe Ajaero Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC), has threatened to withdraw the services of its members from all duties if the Federal High Court judgement that barred Central Bank of Nigeria from paying allocation to Rivers State affects the well-being of its members. The Rivers State Council of NLC took this position during an [&hel...
The Civil Society Legislative Advocacy Centre (CISLAC) has expressed profound concern over the recent Federal High Court ruling that restricts the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) and other financial institutions from releasing monthly allocations to the Rivers State Government. In a statement signed by CISLAC’s Executive Director, Comrade Auwal ...
•Atiku Former Vice President Atiku Abubakar has cautioned the judiciary against setting Rivers State on fire. The warning came in the wake of today’s judgement, wherein a Federal High Court in Abuja ordered the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) to halt all payments to the state. In a statement today by his media adviser, Paul […]
•Governor Siminalayi Fubara Rivers State governor, Siminalayi Fubara, today said concerns over the Federal High Court decision that restricted the release of state allocations is “the least” of his problems. Governor Fubara stated during a special thanksgiving service organised by the state government to celebrate his administration’s resilien...
•Collapsed building A three-storey building under construction has collapsed in Rivers State. The building which was on the third floor collapsed, this morning, at Iriebe Community, Obio/Akpor Local Government Area of the state. At press time, no casualty had been reported but, it was gathered that workers had resumed work on the site when the...
•Wike, Fubara and Tinubu Former Niger Delta militant leader, Asari Dokubo, has claimed that President Bola Tinubu is supporting former Rivers State governor and minister of FCT, Nyesom Wike, to destabilise the state. Recall that Wike and Fubara have been at loggerheads since the latter assumed office as governor in 2023, just as Fubara had [&h...
The Nigerian Safety Investigation Bureau (NSIB) yesterday said the fourth body of the Port Harcourt crash victim has been recovered. NSIB spokesperson Bimbo Oladeji, in a statement yesterday, said, “A floating body was retrieved from the water and was escorted by the Cameroonian Navy to NUIMS Antan, for safe transit through their territorial w...
The Nigerian Safety Investigation Bureau (NSIB) says two more bodies have been recovered from the Sikorsky S-76 helicopter that crashed in Port Harcourt, the Rivers State capital. Three persons were confirmed dead following the crash yesterday. Eight persons (six passengers and two crew members) were on board the aircraft when the incident hap...
•George and Ganduje (standing) The National Chairman of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) Abdullahi Umar Ganduje has said the party is set to take over the political structures of Rivers State. He boasted that the oil-rich state belongs to the governing party, reports The Nation. Ganduje spoke last night when the APC National Working ...
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