•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 ...
•Comrade Baba Aye A veteran trade unionist and activist, Comrade Baba Aye, is Co-Convener, Coalition for Revolution (CORE) and a Council Member, Progressive International (PI). Baba Aye, former Deputy National Secretary, Labour Party (LP) and former National Convener, United Action for Democracy (UAD) during the June 12 struggle and Member, Na...
•Francis Nwaeke speaks from Abuja Rivers State former Head of Service, George Nwaeke has assured the public that he is safe and currently lodging at the Transcorp Hilton hotel in Abuja. His clarification comes following an outcry by his wife, Florence, late yesterday, that she did not know the whereabouts of her husband after he […]
•Tinubu The National Democratic Coalition (NADECO) in the United States and The Peoples Advocate (TPA) have criticised President Bola Ahmed Tinubu’s imposition of state of emergency in Rivers State and the appointment of retired Vice Admiral Ibok-Ete Ibas as sole administrator. In separate statements, NADECO USA president, Lloyd F. Ukwu and TP...
•Sole Administrator of Rivers State, Vice Admiral Ibok-Ete Ibas (rtd) The Rivers State Government has suspended all political office holders and appointees across the state, effective immediately. A statement issued late yesterday by the Chief of Staff to the Administrator of Rivers State said that the suspension was in line with the powers co...

