PDP BoT chair, Wabara warns against declaration of state of emergency in Rivers
The Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Board of Trustees, BoT, Adolphus Wabara, has cautioned President Bola Tinubu against…
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Wike vs Fubara: Call Ugochinyere to order – Rivers caucus tells Abbas
The Rivers State caucus in the House of Representatives has called on the Speaker, Hon Tajudeen Abbas, to address a…
Wike, Fubara: No individual can pocket Rivers – Asari Dokubo
Former Niger Delta militant group, Asari Dokubo, has warned that no individual will be allowed to pocket Rivers State. Dokubo…
Former SUG President shot dead in Rivers
A former President of the Student Union Government, SUG, of Captain Elechi Amadi Polytechnic, Endwell Awunze, has been shot dead…
Wike vs Fubara: Ugochinyere not competent to speak on Rivers political crisis – Coalition
The Coalition for Good Governance in Rivers State has declared that a member of the House of Representatives, Hon. Ikenga…
APC accuses Gov Fubara of exacerbating political crisis in Rivers
The All Progressive Congress, APC, in Rivers State has accused Governor Siminalayi Fubara of exacerbating the political crisis in the…
Rivers: 1999 constitution has no provision for LGA chairmen tenure elongation – Fubara
Governor Sim Fubara of Rivers State has stated that the 1999 Nigerian Constitution has no provision for tenure elongation for…
Armed men kill one in Rivers amid LGA leadership crisis
A young man identified as Endwell Awunze, has been reportedly shot dead by gunmen suspected to be the cultists causing…
Tension in Rivers as Fubara gives directive to heads of LGAs
Reports from various Local Government Areas in Rivers State indicate varying levels of tension, with some areas experiencing sporadic shooting…
Viral Video of Shooting: Police deny shooting as Rivers State boils
The Rivers State Police Command has said its operatives were not involved in any shooting as being widely reported. DAILY…
‘Go home quietly’ – Asari Dokubo warns Rivers LG chairmen
A fresh crisis is brewing in Rivers State over the tenure of the 23 council chairmen. This is just as…
Asari urges peaceful transition of outgoing LGA chairmen in Rivers
Former Niger Delta agitator Asari Dokubo has urged outgoing local government chairmen in Rivers State to vacate their offices peacefully…
‘I’ll give everyone opportunity to be free in Rivers’ – Gov Fubara
Governor Siminalayi Fubara of Rivers State has pledged to provide exceptional leadership that prioritises the welfare of the people and…
Police detain Rivers monarch for threatening retired court Judge
Detectives from the Rivers State Criminal Investigation Department, CID, have arrested and detained His Royal Highness, Eze Cyprian Amadi-Worenwu, the…
Position of Rivers LGA chairmen uncertain as Appeal Court adjourns matter
All hope for the chairmen of the 23 local government areas of Rivers State to remain in office after June…
Rivers crisis: Stop ridiculing judiciary – Lawyers’ coalition warns
More reactions have trailed the judgement of a Rivers State High Court which was purported to have reinstated the sacked…
NSCDC destroys illegal refinery, arrests 3 in Rivers
The Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps, NSCDC, says it has arrested three suspects at an illegal oil refinery in…
Enemies of Rivers desperate to frustrate me – Fubara
Governor Siminalayi Fubara of Rivers State has alleged that desperate enemies of the state have thrown everything into the ring…
Rivers crisis: Fubara cancels Wike’s 10,000 jobs
The lingering political crisis in Rivers State took a new turn on Friday following the announcement by Governor Siminalayi Fubara…
Demarket Rivers, you’ll have yourself to blame – Fubara warn residents
Governor Sim Fubara on Friday cautioned residents of the Rivers State against demarketing the state. Fubara said demarketing the state…
Rivers crisis: Appeal Court to rule on pro-Wike lawmakers motion against sack
An Appeal Court sitting in Port Harcourt will deliver a ruling on June 2, 2024, on an applications brought by…
Rivers: Odili, Mbata’s support for me troubling our enemies – Fubara
Governor Siminalayi Fubara of Rivers State says the support given to his administration by the former governor, Peter Odili and…
Fubara attributes Rivers govt’s successes to God’s grace
Governor Siminalayi Fubara of Rivers State has attributed his administration’s successes to the grace of God, in spite of the…
Police arrest four soldiers, NSCDC officer, others over robbery in Rivers
The Rivers State Police Command says its operatives have arrested at least 13 suspects, including four soldiers and an officer…
Rivers APC holds one million man match in support of Tinubu
The Rivers State chapter of the All Progressives Congress, APC, on Thursday, held a one-million-man march to show support for…
Gov Fubara commits to restore Rivers’ industrialized status
Rivers State Governor, Siminalayi Fubara, has expressed confidence that the ongoing two-day Economic and Investment Summit in the state would…
Rivers: New pro-Fubara commissioners sworn-in
The faction of the Rivers State House of Assembly led by Victor Oko-Jumbo, has successfully screened and confirmed eight commissioner-designates.…
Rivers crisis: Councillors’ forum alleges plots by council chairmen to cause chaos
The Rivers State Councillors’ Forum has alleged that the outgoing local government chairmen are plotting to aggravate the political crisis…
Rivers crisis: Call Wike to order now – Clark tells Ganduje, Damagum
Ijaw leader, Edwin Clark, has called on the national chairmen of the ruling All Progressives Congress, APC, Abdullahi Ganduje, and…
Fubara, Wike must work together for Rivers people – Ex-President Jonathan
Former Nigerian President, Goodluck Jonathan has stressed that Rivers State Governor Sim Fubara and his predecessor, Minister of the Federal…
Rivers: My one year in office better than their eight years – Fubara mocks Wike
Governor Sim Fubara of Rivers State has declared that his administration has recorded giant strides in infrastructure since assuming office…
Rivers: Nobody has monopoly of violence – Fubara fumes over attack on supporters
The Rivers State Governor Siminalayi Fubara expressed sadness on Thursday over attacks on his supporters by troublemakers allegedly backed by…
Rivers: No toxic working environment – Fubara’s govt replies resigned commissioners
Rivers State Commissioner for Information and Communications, Joseph Johnson, has insisted that Governor Sim Fubara gives his appointees the liberty…
Rivers: Wike not APC member but influential in Tinubu’s govt – Magnus Abe
A chieftain of the All Progressives Congress, APC, Senator Magnus Abe, has described the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory,…
Rivers crisis: Re-contest election – APC group tells lawmakers
The All Progressives Congress (APC) Youth Frontier has advised the members of the Rivers State Assembly whose seats were recently…
‘I’ve set Otapiapia to kill rat eating Rivers’ – Fubara
Amid his continued fight with the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, FCT, Nyesom Wike, Governor Sim Fubara of Rivers…
‘One day, monkey go go market’ – Chidoka raises alarm on Rivers crisis
Former Minister of Aviation, Osita Chidoka, says the ongoing political crisis in Rivers State is becoming strange and frightening. Chidoka…
Wike vs Fubara: Tragedy to be from Rivers, situation heartbreaking – Sam Amadi
The Director of the Abuja School of Social and Political Thoughts, Sam Amadi, on Tuesday, said it looks like a…
Rivers crisis: ‘Wike a mistake maker of the century’ – Charly Boy
Popular singer and activist, Charles Chukwuemeka Oputa, better known as Charly Boy, has described Nyesom Wike, Minister of the FCT,…
Rivers: Law does not recognise any sitting outside assembly complex – Falana
A human rights activist, Femi Falana, has said any sitting by the Rivers State House of Assembly outside its complex…
Wike: ‘Intimidation has expiry date’ – Fubara amid Rivers crisis
Governor Sim Fubara of Rivers State has declared that intimidation has a time frame and it expires at the right…
Rivers lawmakers who defected to APC have lost their seats – Falana insists
Femi Falana, a human rights lawyer, says that members of the Rivers State House of Assembly who defected from the…
Wike: Fubara will teach opponents political lesson in Rivers – Chief of Staff, Ehie warns
The Chief of Staff to Governor Sim Fubara of Rivers State, Edison Ehie, has disclosed that the governor would teach…
BREAKING: Rivers crisis: Fubara gazettes Order 001, relocates Assembly sitting to Government House
The political crisis rocking Rivers State added a new twist on Friday as Governor Siminalayi Fubara gazetted Executive Order 001,…
Rivers crisis: 5 lawmakers show commitment to constitutional duties – Lawyer
A lawyer and activist, Justice Osai Ahiakwo, has hailed the five PDP lawmakers who selected amongst themselves a Speaker of…
Court sentences man for cloning Facebook account of Rivers SSG
A Magistrate Court sitting in Port Harcourt has convicted and sentenced a man to one year in prison or community…
Fubara Impeachment Call: Okocha calling for anarchy in Rivers – SDP’s Orokoh
A Governorship aspirant of the Social Democratic Party, SDP, in Rivers State in the 2023 general elections, Victor Orokoh, has…
LGSC bars officers from appearing before assembly as Rivers political crisis worsens
The Rivers State Local Government Service Commission has barred officers from the 23 LG areas in the state from appearing…
NSCDC uncovers Illegal local refinery in Rivers
The Special Intelligence Squad of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps, has uncovered an illegal local refining site at…
NAFDAC cracks down on substandard bakeries, water factories in Rivers
The National Agency for Food and Drugs Administration and Control, NAFDAC, has shut down three substandard bakeries and a sachet…