The oil-rich Rivers State has recorded a more than 100 per cent jump in Internally Generated Revenue (IGR), Governor Siminalayi Fubara has said. Governor Fubara said this on Friday at a meeting with members of the House of Representatives Committee on Public Account in Port Harcourt,” Boniface Onyedi, senior special assistant to Mr Fubara, told … Read more
The Rivers House of Assembly, on Tuesday, passed a resolution urging Governor Siminalayi Fubara to re-present the state 2024 budget and the medium term expenditure framework for consideration. This followed the adoption of a motion by the Speaker Martin Amaewhu during the 90th plenary of the House at the legislators’ quarters, Port Harcourt. Presenting the motion, Mr … Read more
The Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, Nyesom Wike, has berated some elders of Rivers State for rejecting the outcome of President Bola Tinubu’s intervention in the raging rift between him and Governor Siminalayi Fubara. Mr Wike, a former Rivers State governor and his successor, Mr Fubara, have been fighting over the control of political … Read more
Some Rivers State citizens have sued President Bola Tinubu for allegedly compelling Governor Siminalayi Fubara to sign a pact ending the political crisis that has engulfed the state. On Monday, Mr Tinubu convened a meeting of Rivers State stakeholders at the Presidential Villa, Abuja, where a peace agreement was brokered to end the supremacy tussle … Read more
The political crisis in Rivers State appears set for a temporary solution after the parties involved signed a peace deal at a meeting held at the Presidential Villa, Abuja on Monday. The meeting, called by President Bola Tinubu, was attended by Governor Siminalayi Fubara, his predecessor Nyesom Wike and other political leaders in the state. … Read more
Governor Siminalayi Fubara of Rivers State on Thursday signed the state’s N800 billion 2024 budget into law, barely 24 hours after it was presented to a four-man House of Assembly for approval. Speaking at the ceremony at the Government House, Port Harcourt, Mr Fubara said the budget would provide the framework for his administration to … Read more
