Wike shuns invitation of Rivers panel on post-election violence
The Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, FCT, Nyesom Wike, has declined an invitation to appear before the Judicial Commission…
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Rivers: Court to rule on LP suit against pro-Wike lawmakers January 2025
The Federal High Court in Port Harcourt has scheduled January 21, 2025, to rule on a suit filed by Labour…
Guber Guber: Ondo is not Rivers -Group replies Wike
A coalition of pro-democracy groups under the aegis of the Ondo Freedom Movement has blasted the Minister of the Federal…
Court order: Tinubu supporting Wike to unleash terror in Rivers – APC chieftain alleges
A former National Publicity Secretary of the defunct New Peoples Democratic Party, nPDP, Chief Eze Chukwuemeka Eze says it appears…
Rivers: Fubara asked to return funds spent without proper appropriation
The National Democratic and Change Coalition (NDCC) has called on Rivers State Governor Siminalayi Fubara to refund funds allegedly spent…
Judgement stopping Rivers allocation height of judicial rascality – Opposition Lawmakers
The Opposition Lawmakers have described the judgment stopping the Rivers State monthly allocation by the Federal Government as the height…
Three female police officers arrested for alleged extortion in Rivers
The Rivers State Police Command has arrested three of its officers for alleged involvement in extortion of motorists in Port…
BREAKING: Court stops CBN from releasing allocation to Rivers State
The Federal High Court in Abuja has stopped the Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN, from further releasing monthly financial allocations…
Attempts by Okocha to block Rivers LG allocations tantamount to coup – APC
The Rivers State chapter of the All Progressives Congress, APC, has raised strong objections to efforts by Tony Okocha, a…
Rivers APC condemns lawsuit challenging LG allocations
The All Progressives Congress in Rivers State has condemned the lawsuit instituted by a party chieftain, Tony Okocha seeking to…
FCT: Stay focused or step aside – NDF accuses Wike of prioritising Rivers crisis
The Nigeria Democratic Front (NDF) has accused Federal Capital Territory, FCT, Minister, Nyesom Wike of devoting more attention to his…
Court reserves judgement in suit seeking suspension of federal allocations to Rivers State
The Federal High Court in Abuja, on Friday, reserved judgement in a suit seeking to stop the release of federal…
We’ll soon capture Rivers State – APC declares amid Wike, Fubara war
The ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) has expressed confidence that it will soon take control of Rivers State. The National…
Police arrest 3 suspected kidnappers in Rivers
The Rivers State Police Command has arrested three suspects over their alleged involvement in the abduction of travellers along the…
Opposition lawmakers raise alarm over plot to halt Rivers LGA allocations
Nigeria’s Coalition of Opposition Lawmakers has raised concerns over an alleged move by the All Progressives Congress, APC, and a…
Police commence investigation into disappearance of Corp member in Rivers
The Rivers State Police Command has begun investigations into the disappearance of a National Youth Service Corps, NYSC, member, Yahaya…
BREAKING: Rivers State govt approves 85,000 new minimum wage
Rivers State Governor, Siminalayi Fubara, has approved a new minimum wage of N85,000 for civil servants under the employ of…
Fubara creating his problems – Okocha reveals 2027 plans against Rivers gov
Embattled former Chairman of the Rivers State chapter of the All Progressives Congress, APC, Tony Okocha, has said Governor Sim…
No politician can dismantle Wike’s structure in Rivers — Okocha
The caretaker chairman of the All Progressives Congress, APC, in Rivers State, Chief Tony Okocha, has said that no politician…
Rivers LG polls: Observers blame Fubara’s refusal to obey court judgement for violence
Independent observers have attributed the violence and arson that followed the recently concluded local government election in Rivers State to…
Rivers LG polls: Fubara didn’t bow to intimidation — Ex-PDP chair Secondus
Former national chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Uche Secondus, has said Governor Sim Fubara of Rivers State has…
Army recruitment: COAS decries underrepresentation of Rivers, south-south, southeast
The Chief of Army Staff (COAS), Lt.-Col. Taoreed Lagbaja, has raised concern over the low representation of Rivers State, as…
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Rivers capital of betrayal, most politicians passed through me – Amaechi [VIDEO]
Former Minister of Transportation, Rotimi Amaechi, has described Rivers State as the capital of betrayals. Amaechi made the remark while…
Wike vs Fubara: Sympathise with Rivers gov – Dele Momodu to Nigerians
Veteran journalist, Dele Momodu, on Tuesday said Governor Sim Fubara of Rivers State should be sympathized with amid the crisis…
Rivers govt creates Judicial Commission of Inquiry into arsons in LG councils
Rivers State Governor Siminalayi Fubara has approved the establishment of a Judicial Commission of Inquiry into the arson, killings, and…
Rivers: HURIWA blames DSS, Police inaction for attack on LG secretariats
The Human Rights Writers Association of Nigeria, HURIWA, has condemned the Rivers State Police Command and the Department of State…
Wike, IGP complicit in Rivers crisis – APC chieftain Timi Frank alleges
Former Deputy National Publicity Secretary of the All Progressives Congress, APC, Timi Frank, has accused the Inspector General of Police,…
Fubara is PDP leader in Rivers, not Wike – Bode George
A chieftain of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Bode George, says Rivers State Governor, Siminalayi Fubara remains the leader of…
Wike: ‘I’ve done everything for peace to reign in Rivers – Fubara
Rivers State governor, Siminalayi Fubara, has called on his predecessor, Nyesom Wike, to allow peace to reign in the state.…
Tinubu reacts to Rivers LG rlections, directs police to intervene
President Bola Tinubu who is observing his leave in the United Kingdom has reacted to the just concluded local government…
Rivers govt inaugurates LG election tribunal, appeal panels
The Rivers State Government has established a Local Government Election Tribunal and an Appeal Panel to oversee the just-concluded electoral…
Rivers LG polls abuse of democracy – Centre blasts Fubara, declares election illegal
The Centre for Truth and Justice, CTJ has declared that the recently concluded local government election in Rivers State was…
Police silent as thugs unleash violence on Rivers LG secretariats
The Rivers State Police Command have remained silent amid sudden violence that erupted at several local government council secretariats on…
BREAKING: Rivers: Eleme LG secretariat set ablaze
A section of the Eleme Local Government Area secretariat in Rivers State has been set ablaze. Channels Television reports that…
Rivers LG polls shows people are tired of emperors – PDP chieftain, Okpara
A chieftain of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, in Rivers State, Austin Okpara, has said that the success of the…
Troops arrest four suspects with 4,000 litres of stolen condensates in Rivers, others
Troops of the Nigerian Army 6 Division have arrest four (4) suspects with over 4,000 litres of stolen condensates in…
Rivers LG Poll lacks credibility – Election observer group, Peoples Advocates
An observer group which monitored Saturday’s local government elections in Rivers State, The Peoples Advocates, TPA, has said that the…
NDLEA arrests Canadian lady at Lagos airport, intercepts N9bn worth opioids in Rivers
The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA, has announced the arrest of a 41-year-old Canadian lady, Adrienne Munju, by its…
Rivers: Sanction judges issuing conflicting orders – HURIWA to NJC
The Human Rights Writers Association of Nigeria, HURIWA, has expressed deep concern over the increasing issuance of frivolous court orders…
LG Poll: There must be no breakdown of law, order in Rivers – Jonathan warns Police, others
Former Nigerian President, Goodluck Jonathan has warned security agencies in Rivers State against any move that could lead to a…
Rivers political crisis expensive for Fubara, Wike – Shehu Sani
Former lawmaker Senator Shehu Sani has suggested that the ongoing political crisis in Rivers State is expensive for Governor Siminalayi…
Rivers: Wike’s supporters stage protest, ask RSIEC to halt LG poll
Supporters of the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Nyesom Wike have staged a protest in Port Harcourt, calling…
Rivers LG Poll: Voting commences amid fears of disruptions
The election process has officially begun in Etche Local Government Area, Rivers State. Voting is proceeding smoothly at Ward 6,…
Rivers election: NBA decries police refusal to provide security
The Nigerian Bar Association (NBA) has criticized the Nigeria Police Force for its decision not to provide security for the…
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Explosion rocks Rivers hours before LG polls [VIDEO]
Suspected arsonists have reportedly detonated explosives at the Rivers State secretariat of the All Progressives Congress, APC, in Port Harcourt.…
Rivers LG polls: You’re duty-bound to provide security – PDP to IGP
The Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, has asked the Inspector-General of Police, IGP, Kayode Egbetokun to ensure the safe conduct of…
Rivers crisis: Police can’t choose which court orders to obey – Lawyer, Ahiakwo
A lawyer and public issues analyst, Justice Osai Ahiakwo has said that the Nigeria Police Force cannot select which court…
LG Poll: ‘Fly down to Rivers now in solidarity with Fubara’ – Ugochinyere tells PDP govs
A member of the House of Representatives, Ikenga Ugochinyere, has urged the governors elected under the platform of the Peoples…
Rivers LG polls: Protesters storm RSIEC, insist election must hold
Angry Rivers State citizens on Friday stormed the office of the Rivers State Independent Electoral Commission, RSIEC, demanding the conduct…
Rivers LG polls: We’ll not allow elections to hold – Police
The Rivers State Police Command says it will not allow the Local Government Election scheduled for Saturday to hold. The…