•The protesters Hundreds of protesters today occupied the entrance gate of Government House in Port Harcourt on peaceful protest in support of the state governor, Sir Siminilayi Fubara. The protesters, comprising students union, civil liberty organizations, Hausa community among others, as early as 7 am occupied the Government House main gate ...
•Cultists Two suspected cultists identified as Precious (aka Pere) and Chidiebere (aka B2K), on Wednesday, kidnapped a 14-year-old girl (name withheld), at about 10am, and took her to an apartment in a three storey building located at National Street, Mile 3 Diobu, Port Harcourt, Rivers State, where they gang-raped the teenager. It was gathere...
As the political complexity in Rivers State continues to dominate discussions in the country, a member of the Rivers State House of Assembly, who defected to the All Progressives Congress (APC) from the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Enemi George, has ruled out returning to the former party. Explaining the resolve of the cross carpeting membe...
•Wike, Fubara and Tinubu The Rivers State Commissioner for Information and Communications, Joseph Johnson, has confirmed that Governor Siminialayi Fubara signed the resolution agreement at the meeting summoned by President Bola Tinubu in Abuja. Johnson confirmed the authenticity of Fubara’s signature on the resolution document in an interview ...
•Fubara Governor Siminalayi Fubara of Rivers State has approved N100,000 to be paid to all civil servants as Christmas bonus. The Commissioner for Information and Communications, Warisenibo Johnson, disclosed this in a statement in Port Harcourt. Meanwhile, the Nigeria Labour Congress, NLC, has gone spiritual in the face of the political crisi...
•Siminalayi Fubara Members of the Rivers State House of Assembly have withdrawn the impeachment notice that was previously sent to Governor Siminalayi Fubara. The lawmakers officially began their sessions in the state capital of Port Harcourt today. The lawmakers gathered solely to focus on the withdrawal of the impeachment notice against Fuba...
•Wike, Fubara and Tinubu Elders of Rivers State comprising former governors, traditional rulers, academia and technocrats have rejected the eight-point resolution reached at a reconciliation meeting between Minister of Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Nyesom Wike, and Rivers State Governor, Similanayi Fubara. The reconciliation meeting was pre...
•Wike, Fubara and Tinubu The intervention of President Bola Tinubu in the crisis between Governor Sim Fubara of Rivers State and FCT Minister, Nyesom Wike has generated ripples with some Senior Advocates of Nigeria (SANs), including a human rights lawyer, Femi Falana, expressing concern that the truce brokered by the president might have breac...
•Falana and Tinubu Amid the controversy trailing the intervention of President Bola Tinubu in the crisis rocking Rivers State, human rights lawyer, Femi Falana, has said that the President cannot reinstate 27 cross carpeting members of the Rivers State House of Assembly. In a statement yesterday, Falana, a Senior Advocate of Nigeria (SAN), sai...
The national leadership of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has asserted that there is no way back for the 25 members of the Rivers State House of Assembly whose seats have been declared vacant except through a fresh nomination process. Leading members of the National Working Committee (NWC) at a press conference after an emergency […...

