The Rivers State Independent Electoral Commission (RSIEC) has declared the chairmanship candidates of the Action Peoples Party (APP) as winners of local government election in 22 of the 23 local government areas in the state. The chairperson of the commission, Adolfus Enebeli, a retired judge in the state, made the declaration on Saturday in Port … Read more
Governor Siminalayi Fubara of Rivers State says the local election slated for 5 October will produce a new, people-oriented political structure in the state. Mr Fubara’s spokesperson, Nelson Chukwudi, quoted the governor as saying this when he received members of the Simplicity Movement in Government House, Port Harcourt, on Tuesday. The Simplicity Movement is a … Read more
The Minister of the FCT and former Governor of Rivers State, Nyesom Wike, is to face a disciplinary committee over alleged anti-party activities. While speaking on Channels TV on Monday, the party’s Deputy National Publicity Secretary, Ibrahim Abdullahi, said the disciplinary committee, led by Tom Ikimi, a former foreign affairs minister, had already invited the … Read more
The Nigerian Navy says its Forward Operating Base (FOB) Bonny, has rescued 59 people from a dredging vessel, MV AMBIKA 4, working at Opobo field near Opobo River. Opobo channel, in the lower section of Imo River, next to the estuary into the Atlantic Ocean, connects Akwa Ibom and Rivers states. Information about the rescue … Read more
Rivers State Labour Party Chair, Hilda Dokubo, has criticised President Bola Tinubu and the APC amid nationwide protests. PREMIUM TIMES earlier reported that thousands of Nigerians began a 10-day nationwide protest on Thursday, driven by mounting economic hardship. The protest, which continued earlier today in several states across the country on Friday under the banner … Read more
Hilda Dokubo, chairperson of the Labour Party (LP) in Rivers State, has denied rumours of her suspension from the party. On Thursday, reports emerged that Mrs Dokubo was suspended as a party member in her ward, Asari Toru Local Government Area of the state. The suspension supposedly followed an emergency meeting of the party’s ward … 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 House of Representatives has passed the 2024 budget of the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC). The House approved the N1.9 trillion budget on Wednesday following a clause-by-clause consideration of the budget report submitted by the Committee on NDDC. Chairperson of the Committee, Erhiatake Ibori-Suenu, presented the report, which was considered by the Committee on … Read more
Traditional rulers in Rivers State have urged President Bola Tinubu to disregard calls for the declaration of a state of emergency in the state. This was contained in a communique issued at the end of the meeting of the Forum of Chairpersons Local Government Area Council of Traditional Rulers in the state held on Monday … Read more
The oil-rich Rivers State is bracing for a court verdict that may serve as a tie-breaker in the political debacle between Governor Siminalayi Fubara and his predecessor, Nyesom Wike. In a third of its one year in office, the 10th Rivers State House of Assembly has not known peace as the power tussle between Messrs … Read more
