•Fuel tanker overturns A swift and coordinated response by the Rivers State Fire Service and the Federal Fire Service has averted what could have been a major fire disaster in Port Harcourt, the Rivers State capital. The emergency teams were alerted after a tanker conveying petroleum products overturned near the Nkpogu Roundabout along Elekahi...
Goods worth hundreds of millions of naira have been destroyed following protests against northerners in Port Harcourt, Rivers State capital, over the killing of a resident in Igwuruta, Ikwerre Local Government Area, allegedly by a commercial motorcyclist. It was gathered that Nchelem Samuel Festus, an indigene of Igwuruta, allegedly stole a mo...
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has confirmed that the African Democratic Congress (ADC), Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), and Labour Party (LP) will not participate in the forthcoming bye-elections in two constituencies of the Rivers State House of Assembly. The bye-elections are scheduled to hold in Khana State Constituen...
•NAFDAC operatives on duty The National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) has inaugurated the Rivers State Task Force on “Counterfeit, Fake Drugs and Unwholesome Processed Foods” in the state. A statement signed by the Public Relations Officer, South-South Zone, Cyril Monye, described the inauguration as renewed effo...
•Alcohol packed in sachets Rivers and Lagos States lead in the consumption of alcoholic drinks sold in sachets and Polyethylene Terephthalate bottles among minors and underage persons, a nationwide survey by the National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control has revealed. According to NAFDAC, the study, conducted in collaboration...
•Governor Fubara and the Rivers State House of Assembly An Oyigbo High Court of Rivers State in Port Harcourt has adjourned indefinitely the suit filed by Governor Siminalayi Fubara and his deputy, Ngozi Odu, challenging the impeachment process initiated against them by the Rivers State House of Assembly. Justice Florence Fiberesima of the Oyi...
•Fubara and Tinubu at Aso Rock President Bola Tinubu has reaffirmed that Governor Siminalayi Fubara is the leader of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Rivers State, a position communicated through his Special Adviser on Policy Communication, Daniel Bwala. The clarification comes amid impeachment proceedings against Fubara in the Rivers Ho...
•Dan-Princewill Fafaa Dan-Princewill is a former gubernatorial aspirant in Rivers State. In this interview, he speaks on the Rivers State crisis. The politician laments that the issue is about the 2027 presidential election. He’s of the view that the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Nyesom Wike is the reason there’s no peace i...
•Governor Siminalayi Fubara of Rivers State Rivers governor, Siminalayi Fubara, has reaffirmed his role as the leader of the coastal state, pledging to uphold peace and security and not support any action that could threaten public safety. Fubara gave the assurance yesterday while speaking as a special guest at the finals of the 2026 Port [&he...
•Wike, Fubara and Tinubu The sudden U-turn by four members of the Rivers State House of Assembly, who only days earlier had appealed for dialogue between Governor Siminalayi Fubara and the legislature but have now aligned with calls for the governor’s impeachment, has injected fresh uncertainty into an already combustible political crisis. The...
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