The Action People’s Party (APP) has won 22 chairmanship positions out of 23 in Saturday’s Local Government election in Rivers State. APP is backed by Governor Siminalayi Fubara, who was elected on the platform of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) but has since lost control of the party. His predecessor and godfather, Barrister Nyesom Wike, who is now Minister of …

Buildings and other property were shattered in the early hours of Saturday as explosives suspected to be dynamite shattered the secretariat of the All Progressives Congress (APC) along Aba Road in Port Harcourt, Rivers State capital. The explosion brought down the gate of the secretariat while doors, windows and other property were destroyed. This is the second time the Chief …

The Minister of Federal Capital Territory, Nyesom Wike, has solidified his position in the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) leadership crisis as the National Working Committee (NWC) endorsed the Rivers State congresses. Wike’s loyalists within the PDP NWC not only secured the approval but also postponed the National Executive Committee meeting, originally set for 26 September, to 24 October, which could …

The Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC), says the Commission is ready to commence the channelisation of Kolo Creek connecting Okarki-Otuogidi-Ogbia communities of Rivers and Bayelsa states. Speaking during a two-day Needs Assessment/ Town Hall Engagement with various leaders and youths at Emeyal II in Ogbia Local Government Area of Bayelsa State, the NDDC Director, Community and Rural Development (CRD), Engr. …

The Nigeria Customs Service (NCS), Area 2 Command, Onne, has seized various drugs, tablets and codeine-based cough syrups valued at N11.2 billion at the Onne Ports in Rivers State. The Customs Area Comptroller, Area 2 Command, Onne, Mohammed Babandede, disclosed this at a news briefing at the command’s headquarters in Onne, Eleme Local Government Area of the State on Thursday, …

The Federal Roads Maintenance Agency (FERMA) has expressed its dedication to the systematic recovery of failed sections of federal roads in Rivers State. The engineer in charge of FERMA’s Rivers State Field Office, Engr. Adoga Asikhia stated during the inspection of the ongoing road maintenance project of the new airport link road in Obio/Akpor and Ikwerre local government areas of …

Governor Siminalayi Fubara of Rivers State has appointed caretaker committees for the 23 local government areas of Rivers State as he continues his battle with his predecessor, Nyesom Wike, for the control of the political structure in the oil-rich state. The appointment came a day after the governor asked administrative heads to temporarily take charge of council areas from the …

Youths in the three Local Government Areas (LGAs) of the Kalabari ethnic group on Monday occupied their council secretariats to demand the vacation of the council chairmen from office. The LGAs are Degema, Asari-Toru and Akuku-Toru. Amateur videos obtained by Channels Television showed that some of the youths mobilised to block the entrance to the council complexes and requested traders …

Rivers State Governor, Sir Siminalayi Fubara has cancelled the 10,000 jobs in the state civil service approved by his predecessor, Barrister Nyesom Wike, saying a fresh recruitment process would be carried out. In May last year, Wike approved the immediate employment of a significant number of youths to fill existing vacancies in the state’s workforce, effective immediately. However, during an …

Rivers State Governor, Sir Siminalayi Fubara has vowed to set up a judicial panel of inquiry to probe the past administration. Barrister Nyesom Wike, who is now Minister of Federal Capital Territory, was succeeded by his “godson” on 29 May 2023. While swearing-in Mr. Dagogo Israel Iboroma as the Attorney-General and Commissioner for Justice of the state at Government House …