•Ibas (second-right) at the Senate ad-hoc committee hearing today The Sole Administrator of Rivers State, Vice Admiral Ibok-Ete Ibas (retd.), has arrived at the Senate for the hearing on the ₦1.48 trillion budget of the state. Ibas was accompanied by other key officials, including members of the economic team to appear before Senate Ad-Hoc Com...
•Vice Admiral Ibok-Ete Ibas (retrd) The Sole Administrator of Rivers State, Vice Admiral Ibok-Ete Ibas (retd), has said the proposed N1.48 trillion 2025 budget anticipates the return of suspended Governor Siminalayi Fubara and other affected political office holders. Ibas made this known in Abuja today while defending the budget before the Hou...
•Tinubu and Fubara Declaration of emergency rule by President Bola Ahmed Tinubu saved Rivers State from “looming anarchy”, suspended Governor Siminalayi Fubara said yesterday. He said the president’s swift intervention shielded the state from the consequences of the festering political crisis, reports The Nation. Calling on his supporters, Riv...
•Former militant commander, Asari Dokubo The eight candidates of the West African Senior School Certificate Examination (WASSCE) abducted by pirates along the Bille waterways in Degema Local Government Area of Rivers States have been rescued after spending 21 days in captivity. The victims were rescued yesterday evening by a local security out...
•An oil spillage Renaissance Africa Energy Co. Ltd yesterday reported an oil spill at its facilities in Rivers State. A statement by its spokesperson said the spill was caused by an illegal connection on its Okordia-Rumuekpe pipeline at the Oshika community, reports Channels TV. The statement said the company was immediately isolating the pipe...
•An explosion No fewer than five people were injured today when a cooking gas section of the Nobpet Filling Station located opposite the Air Force junction in Port Harcourt, Rivers State, exploded and went up in flames. It was gathered that fire from the explosion quickly spread and torched about eight vehicles belonging to a […]
•FRSC officials at an accident scene Four people have lost their lives in a fatal road accident along G. U. Ake Road, in Rivers State. The incident was said to have occurred when the driver of a Toyota Camry, with registration number ABJ 10 EM, lost control of the vehicle and rammed into some pedestrians […]
•Suspended Governor of Rivers State, Siminalayi Fubara The Governor of Rivers State, Siminalayi Fubara, has said he is not desperate to return to office. Fubara stated this at the service of songs held in honour of the late elder statesman, Edwin Clark, in Port Harcourt, the state capital, organised by the Rivers Elders Forum yesterday, [&hell...
•Mrs Remi Tinubu (C) and Some of the Rivers women A mild drama played out today at the venue of the Renewed Hope Initiative empowerment programme in Port Harcourt, Rivers State, as a group of women staged a walkout while the event was ongoing. The women insisted that the wife of the suspended governor should […]
•An explosion An explosion has rocked a store harbouring illegally refined petroleum products in Omoku, Ogba-Egbema-Ndoni Local Government Area of Rivers State killing five persons. The Youths and Environmental Advocacy Centre (YEAC-Nigeria) confirmed the development yesterday. The Executive Director, YEAC-Nigeria, Dr. Fyneface Fyneface, said ...

