Rivers state
The Department of State Services (DSS) in Oyigbo, Rivers State, has trailed to Oyigbo, Port Harcourt, Rivers State, and arrested one Innocent Chukwuma, who used his social media handle to rally the military to overthrow President Bola Tinubu’s government. Chukwuma, whose handle on “X” is @TheAgroman, posted that a coup was needed in Nigeria […]
Governor of Rivers State, Siminalayi Fubara, has released cabinet members, commissioners, and other public officers from their duties as he appreciates their various contributions to the growth and development of the state over the last two years. The disengaged members were those affected by the Supreme Court judgment whose tenure effectively ended following the […]
Following the lifting of the emergency rule in Rivers State and the reinstatement of Governor Simi Fubura, the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) has hailed President Bola Ahmed Tinubu for restoring democratic governance. In a statement made public on Wednesday by his Senior Special Assistant on Public Communication and Social Media, Lere […]
A 41-year-old pastor, Ifediorah Onyeibor Joseph, with a church in Eneka, Port Harcourt, Rivers State, has been arrested by the State Police for maltreating minors in his church program. The clergyman was arrested after a video circulated showing him flogging about 20 children with palm fronds while they were on their knees holding […]
With the high rate of quackery in Nigeria’s medical sector, which is becoming alarming, and the recent death of a young woman in Port Harcourt at Captain Amangala Street, Borokiri, Rivers State, the state Anti-Quackery Committee has shut down and revoked the clinic’s registration. The clinic, which is run by one Comfort Etuk, has […]
Following the swearing-in of retired Vice Admiral Ibokette Ibas as the sole administrator of Rivers State today by President Bola Tinubu, there has been a back-and-forth bashing of the presidency, making fun of democracy. Among others lending their voices to the expulsion of the Governor of Rivers State, Siminalayi Fubura, the Nigeria Labour Congress […]
On Tuesday evening, in a nationwide broadcast, President Bola Tinubu declared a state of emergency in Rivers State, dissolving its government over a prolonged political crisis. President Tinubu suspended Governor Siminalayi Fubara, his deputy, Mrs. Ngozi Odu, and all members of the State House of Assembly for a period of six months. Following the […]
Immediate past Governor of Rivers State and Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, Nyesom Wike, seems displeased with the letter his successor, Governor Siminalayi Fubara, sent to the State House of Assembly, ascribing it as useless. Earlier, Fubara had written a letter through the SSG, Tammy Danagogo, requesting a meeting with […]
A sad incident has once again hit the Akwa-Ibom State government just a few months after the state governor, Umo Eno, lost his wife. The deputy governor, Akon Eyakenyi’s daughter, has suddenly passed away. According to reports, Blessing, the deputy’s daughter, died of complications during childbirth in Port Harcourt, Rivers State. Condolences have begun […]
The Nigerian Army has freed one of the people it detained on suspicion of a murder in Okuama, Rivers State. Pa Dennis Okugbaye, who was earlier reported to have died in military detention was released on bail & handed over to Delta Central senator Ede Dafinone. Okugbaye, who is currently in hospital in Port […]
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