BREAKING: Fubara Decamps To APC
Governor Siminalayi Fubara of Rivers State has defected to the All Progressives Congress (APC) from the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP). He announced this at a stakeholders meeting at the government house in Port Harcourt. “We can’t support President (Tinubu) if we don’t fully identify with him, not just backyard support. Our decision this evening […]
JUST IN: Fubara Sacks All Commissioners, Political Appointees
Ismail Abdulazeez Mantu Reporting Rivers State Governor, Siminalayi Fubara, has relieved all his commissioners and other public officers affected by the recent Supreme Court judgement of their appointments with immediate effect. This development was contained in a statement issued by Mr. Nelson Chukwudi, Chief Press Secretary to the Governor, in Port […]
BREAKING: Governor Fubara Storms Port Harcourt After Days Of Absence
Lucky Obukohwo Reporting After hours of palpable tension about the whereabouts of Governor Siminalayi Fubara of Rivers, he has finally arrived Port Harcourt, the state capital. This is following his six-month suspension and the end of the emergency rule. It was said that Fubara arrived at the Port Harcourt International Airport […]
Loyalists Converge On Rivers Govt House For Fubara’s Earnest Return
Lucky Obukohwo Reporting Loyalists and well-wishers of reinstated Governor of Rivers State, Siminalayi Fubara in their numbers have converged on the Government House, Port Harcourt in earnest anticipation of his return to office. The teeming supporters comprising women, men and youths converged at the gate of the vast premises as early as […]
Reps Approves Rivers N1.4trn Budget
Lucky Obukohwo Reporting The House of Representatives has approved a staggering budget of N1,485, 662, 592, 444. 00 for Rivers State in the 2025 fiscal year. The approval of the budget followed the consideration of the report of the House Ad-hoc Committee on the Rivers State 2025 budget at the Committee on […]
‘You Can’t Remove a Governor’ —VP Shettima Jabs Tinubu Over Suspension of Sim Fubara
Ismail Abdulazeez Mantu Reporting Vice President Kashim Shettima has thrown subtle but unmistakable jabs at his principal, President Bola Ahmed Tinubu, over the recent controversial suspension of Rivers State Governor Siminalayi Fubara. Speaking at the public presentation of a new book authored by former Attorney General of the Federation, Mohammed Adoke, Shettima […]
Senate Approves N1.48 Trillion 2025 Budget for Rivers State
Nigeria’s Senate has passed a N1.48 trillion appropriation bill for Rivers State, marking a significant financial step in managing the oil-rich region under emergency administration. The budget, proposed in May by President Bola Tinubu, was approved during Wednesday’s plenary after the Senate considered a detailed report by its ad hoc committee on Rivers State. The […]
Rivers Lawmakers Slam Senator Dickson Over Emergency Rule Comments
Lawmakers from Rivers State in the National Assembly have strongly criticised Senator Henry Seriake Dickson of Bayelsa over his recent comments accusing President Bola Tinubu of imposing “military rule” in Rivers State. Speaking at a press conference at the House of Representatives, the Rivers State caucus made up of both senators and members of the […]
Court Strikes Out Suit Against 27 Rivers Lawmakers
Lucky Obukohwo Reporting A Federal High Court sitting in Port Harcourt, Rivers State, has struck out a suit filed by the Labour Party (LP) in Rivers State challenging the alleged defection of the suspended Speaker of the State House of Assembly, Martin Amaewhule and 26 others. Presiding judge, Emmanuel Obile, dismissed the […]
Court to Hear Suit Against Tinubu’s Emergency Rule in Rivers State
A Federal High Court in Port Harcourt has scheduled May 12, 2025, for a substantive hearing in a suit filed by former federal lawmaker Farah Dagogo, challenging President Bola Tinubu’s declaration of a state of emergency in Rivers State. The suit, marked FHC/PH/CS/50/2025, names President Tinubu, Senate President Godswill Akpabio, the Nigerian Senate, Speaker of […]