•Vice Admiral Ibok-Ete Ibas (rtd) The Federal High Court in Port Harcourt has directed the Rivers State Administrator to appear before it and justify why an interim injunction should not be granted to halt the appointment of Sole Administrators for the state’s 23 Local Government Areas (LGAs). The order, issued by Honourable Justice Adamu Tura...
•Rufus Ada George and Nyesom Wike Former Governor of Rivers State, Rufus Ada George, has accused the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) of orchestrating the ongoing political crisis in the state, including the imposition of a state of emergency and the controversial appointment of sole administrators in all 23 local government are...
•Nigerian soldiers A former Assistant Director of the Department of State Services (DSS), Dennis Amachree, says the troops deployed to enforce emergency rule in oil-rich Rivers State should be moved to fight bloodthirsty non-state actors in insurgent-ridden Borno State in North-East Nigeria. “There is no serious problem going on in Rivers Stat...
•Vice Admiral Ibok-Ete Ibas (rtd) Rivers State Sole Administrator, Vice Admiral Ibok-Ete Ibas (rtd.), has approved the appointment of administrators for the 23 Local Government Areas of the state. This comes less than 24 hours after a Federal High Court sitting in Port Harcourt reportedly restrained him from appointing administrators to overse...
•IGP Kayode Egbetokun On Monday, operatives of the Rivers State Police Command brutalised five Port Harcourt-based journalists reporting for different media houses. The newsmen were attacked while covering the #Take-it-Back protest that held nationwide following the recent unconstitutional decisions of the federal government, especially, the d...
•Take-It-Back Movement protesters in Lagos today Young demonstrators under the aegis of the Take-It-Back Movement today defied police warning and staged protests in Lagos, Oyo, Rivers, among other states. Clad in their signature orange berets, the protesters began their rally in Lagos at the Ikeja Under Bridge, marching through major roads in ...
•Ibok-Ete Ibas The Sole Administrator of Rivers State, Vice-Admiral Ibok Ibas (retd), has announced that his administration is preparing a new state budget in response to the Supreme Court’s recent declaration. Ibas shared this development during a meeting with a delegation from the Rivers Caucus of the National Assembly at the Government Hous...
•Tinubu, Fubara and protesters The Niger Delta Congress (NDC) has announced a planned peaceful protest for Monday, April 7, 2025, in response to the suspension of Rivers State Governor Siminalayi Fubara and the State House of Assembly. The protest, scheduled to take place at Isaac Boro Park from 7:00am, aimed to demand the restoration of [&hel...
•Vice Admiral Ibas (rtd) The Sole Administrator of Rivers State, Vice Admiral Ibok-Ete Ekwe Ibas (rtd), has authorised the cancellation of all pending procurement and tender processes, citing a Supreme Court judgment and the absence of an Appropriation Law. According to a special announcement signed by the Secretary to the State Government, Pr...
•Tinubu and Fubara President Bola Tinubu’s declaration of emergency rule in Rivers State continues to generate reactions as a coalition of Nigerian professionals and political figures has petitioned the African Union (AU) over the issue. The group asserted that President Tinubu’s suspension of Governor Siminalayi Fubara and the State House of ...
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