•Senator Ndume and Governor Fubara Former Senate Majority Whip, Senator Ali Ndume, has appealed to the executive and legislative arms of government in Rivers State to prevent a resurgence of political crisis in the state. Speaking on the sidelines of the just-concluded 2nd 2025 ECOWAS Parliamentary Seminar in Port Harcourt, themed “Harnessing ...
•Tinubu and Ibas National Coordinator of the South-South Elders Forum in Rivers State, Anabs Sara-Igbe, has criticised the recent tenure of sole administrator, Ibok-Ete Ibas, saying that the intervention was unnecessary and harmful to the state’s interests. Sara-Igbe made this known when he appeared as a guest on Channels Television last night...
•Fubara, Tinubu and Wike Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Nyesom Wike, says President Bola Tinubu deliberately chose to lift the six-month emergency rule imposed on Rivers state in the overall interest of the state. President Tinubu declared a state of emergency in Rivers State at the peak of the rift between Governor Siminalay...
•Tinubu and Atiku Former Vice President Atiku Abubakar has asked Nigerians not to celebrate the return of democracy in Rivers State, saying the state of emergency signposts the dictatorship of President Bola Ahmed Tinubu’s administration. Following serious political crisis between Governor Siminalayi Fubara, his political godfather Nyesom Wike...
•Adegboruwa, Fubara and the crowd at RIvers State Government House Amid the excitement among supporters of Siminalayi Fubara over his return to the Government House as Governor, following the end of the emergency rule in the state, a senior lawyer, Ebun-Olu Adegboruwa, SAN, believes there is no cause for celebration. Adegboruwa said that rathe...
•Tinubu, Ibas, Amaewhule and Fubara Rivers State erupted in jubilation yesterday as President Bola Tinubu lifted the six-month emergency rule, reinstating Governor Siminalayi Fubara. Yet beneath the celebrations, political uncertainty deepened, with critics warning he returns weakened, facing diminished authority and unresolved power struggles...
•Vice Admiral Ibok-Ete Ibas (rtd) The Sole Administrator of Rivers State, Vice Admiral Ibok Ibas (Rtd.), has officially sworn in the newly elected chairmen of the state’s 23 local government councils. The swearing-in ceremony took place at the Government House, shortly after the chairmen received their certificates of return from the Rivers St...
•Vote casting Residents in the 23 local government areas of Rivers State will today cast their votes in the council election scheduled to be held across 6,866 polling units. The elections are coming six months and two days after the Supreme Court nullified the local government election conducted on October 5, 2024, by the Rivers […]
•Tinubu and Fubara A legal practitioner, Chetam Nwala, says the local election slated to take place in Rivers State tomorrow, Saturday, August 30, 2025, is not in the best interest of the people of the oil-rich Niger Delta state. “The election in Rivers State is not in the best interest of Rivers people, and that […]
Rivers State chapter of the African Democratic Congress, ADC, says the party is growing in strength with over 800,000 members. Speaking at a press conference in Port Harcourt at the weekend, the party’s spokesman, Luckyman Egila, expressed his delight with the increasing number of its members, which includes prominent politicians, two former g...
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