•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...
The Pharmacy Council of Nigeria (PCN) states that it has sealed 317 illegal shops dispensing drugs and arrested five individuals for breaking the PCN seal in Rivers State. According to the PCN, the feat was recorded during a week-long enforcement exercise in Rivers and Bayelsa states, reports The Guardian. It stated that during the exercise, [...
The lawmaker representing Degema/Bonny Federal Constituency in the House of Representatives, Cyril Hart, has formally requested the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to create two additional state constituencies in Rivers State. In a letter dated July 7, 2025, and received by INEC on July 10, Hart called for the establishment of...
The Asset Management Corporation of Nigeria (AMCON) has made available several properties for sale across key locations, including Lagos, Abuja, Oyo, Plateau, and Rivers states. This move is part of AMCON’s ongoing efforts to manage and resolve non-performing assets acquired from financial institutions. An advertorial published yesterday in Th...
•Fubara, Tinubu and Wike Columnist and political analyst Majeed Dahiru has described the outcome of the Rivers State political reconciliation as a rare victory for a political godfather, noting that FCT Minister, Nyesom Wike, has “triumphed” over his estranged protégé, Governor Siminalayi Fubara. “This is a classic case of a hat-trick in footb...
•Ann-Kio Briggs Rivers State, in Nigeria’s oil-rich South-South state, has been in the eye of the storm for some time as political actors are at daggers drawn. In March 2025, President Bola Tinubu declared a state of emergency in the state and suspended Governor Siminalayi Fubara; his deputy Ngozi Odu; and members of the State […]
The end is now in sight over the long-standing political crisis in Rivers State as the FCT Minister, Nyesom Wike, says he and the suspended governor of the state, Siminalayi Fubara, have “agreed to work together”. Wike, who spoke after a meeting with Fubara, President Bola Tinubu, and suspended members of the Rivers Assembly, said […]...
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