The Rivers State Government has denied reports that Governor Siminalayi Fubara has shut down the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited operations in the state. The rebuttal is contained in a statement signed by the state Commissioner for Information, Joe Johnson. Reports circulated on the Internet had claimed that Governor Fubara shut down the company after … Read more
A Federal High Court in Abuja, on Friday, reserved judgment in a suit filed by a faction of the Rivers House of Assembly led by Martin Amaewhule, seeking to stop all monetary allocations to the state. Justice Joyce Abdulmalik adjourned the judgment to a date that would be communicated to parties after the lawyers to … Read more
In his inaugural speech, Governor Siminalayi Fubara of Rivers State promised to uphold the Nigerian Constitution and never to disappoint the people of the oil-rich state. “The people have voted for us with much hope and expectation,” Mr Fubara said before the large crowd at the Yakubu Gowon Stadium, Port Harcourt, on 29 May 2023. … Read more
PDP seeks police coverage over alleged attacks on members The week under review began with claims and counterclaims from the two major political parties – the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and the All Progressives Congress (APC) – in Saturday’s governorship election in Edo State. The ruling PDP in the state began the week by seeking … Read more
The Minister of FCT, Nyesom Wike, has vowed never to support Governor Siminalayi Fubara again in his political life. “I will never support Fubara in my political life again. It’s not about me. People laboured to put up a structure,” Mr Wike stated on Friday in an interview on Channels television. Mr Wike, a former … Read more
A Federal High Court, Abuja, has refused to shut down all expenditures of Governor Siminalayi Fubara of Rivers State pending the hearing and determination of the substantive suit filed by the Martin Amaewhule-led Rivers Assembly. The faction of the assembly is loyal to Mr Fubara’s predecessor, Nyesom Wike, the FCT minister. The two estranged allies … Read more
The Federal High Court in Abuja has barred the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) from releasing its voter register to the Rivers State Government’s electoral body for the state’s upcoming local government area (LGA) elections. The court gave the order on Friday in a suit filed by the All Progressives Congress (APC), which broadly challenges … Read more
The police in Rivers State on Monday allowed former chairpersons of Rivers local councils to hold protest marches in some parts of Rivers, the same day the police had advised the Nigeria Union of Local Government Employees (NULGE) in the state to suspend its planned protest. Most of the former chairpersons of the local councils … Read more
The pro-Wike lawmakers’ attempt to regain control of the Rivers House of Assembly suffered a setback at the Court of Appeal, Port Harcourt on Friday. A three-man panel of the Court of Appeal, led by Hamma Barka, rejected the lawmakers’ request to vacate a Rivers State High Court order empowering Governor Siminalayi Fubara-backed lawmakers to … Read more
Governor Siminalayi Fubara of Rivers State on Thursday declared a purported list of the state’s Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Caretaker Committee members , circulating in the media, as fake. Mr Fubara disclosed this at the inauguration of the Port Harcourt International Automobile Spare Parts Trading and Commercial Centre project in Oyigbo Local Government Area of … Read more
