Former President Goodluck Jonathan has waded into the crisis currently brewing in Rivers State on who controls the oil-rich state. Jonathan, in a statement on Saturday, 5th October, the day of the 2024 Rivers State Local Government Election, called on the National Judicial Commission (NJC) to take action that will curb the proliferation of court…
Former Rivers State Governor and current Minister of FCT, Barr. Nyesom Wike has reportedly lost his polling unit to the Action Peoples Party (APP) in the ongoing Local Government Election. According to Naija PR, Wike lost his polling unit, Polling Unit 7 at Ward 9, in Obio/Akpor Local Government. He lost it to Amb. Ihunwo…
The Inspector General of Police, IGP Kayode Egbetokun, has responded to Governor Siminalayi Fubara’s allegations over the hijacking of the election materials meant for the Rivers State Local Government election. The IGP’s reply is contained in the press release below: PRESS RELEASE RIVERS ELECTIONS: NPF ACTIONS IN CONFORMITY WITH SUBSISTING COURT ORDER, REMAIN POLITICALLY NEUTRAL…
StartupSouth Enterprise Development LTD/GTE, on Thursday, trained 50 journalists in the South-South region on how to utilise innovative technology tools in reporting events and ecosystem in the Niger Delta and beyond. The organisation is a startup ecosystem development and advocacy outfit that inspires founders building high-scale ventures in Nigeria with specific focus on the South-South…
The Southern Governors’ Forum has thrown its weight behind Governor Siminalayi Fubara’s position on the tenure of local government chairmen in Rivers State. Speaking on the political upheaval in Rivers State based on the tenure of local government chairmen, the Chairman of the Southern Governors Forum, Dapo Abiodun of Ogun State, said it was unconstitutional…
Nollywood actress, humanitarian and Politician, Hon. Mina Horsfall, has appealed to the Governor of Rivers State, Siminalayi Fubara, to encourage the involvement of women in the forthcoming Local Government and House of Assembly elections in the state. Hon. Horsfall who spoke over the phone following her view said the appeal to the governor is necessitated…
Rivers State Governor, Sir Siminalayi Fubara, on Wednesday, officially swore in Caretaker Committee Chairmen for all 23 Local Government Councils of the state. This is coming in barely 24 hours after the Governor removed the Local Council heads installed by former Governor Nyesom Wike following the expiration of their tenure. The ceremony was held at…
River State Governor Siminalayi Fubara has issued a directive for heads of local government administration to assume control of the state’s 23 council areas. The governor’s move comes in response to the expiration of the statutory three-year tenure of elected local government chairmen, vice chairmen, and councillors. In a broadcast on Tuesday, Governor Fubara instructed…
By Sotonye Ijuye-Dagogo The Town Hall (Ama-wari) in Abonnema, a Kalabari-Ijaw community is filled with an array of Kalabari chiefs adorned in majestic robes. The Abonnema Council of Chiefs is receiving the next Paramount Ruler of Oruwari War Canoe Chieftaincy House. He is Opuda (Alabo) Dumo Lulu-Briggs. His elevation to the top of the Kalabari…
The people of Oginigba Community in Port Harcourt, Rivers State, on thursday, 6th June 2024, stormed the State Government House to protest over an alleged forceful takeover of their land by the former Governor, Barr. Nyesom Wike According to the people, the land where the HyperCity at Slaughter (Trans-Amadi) is built on, was forcefully taken…
