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 …

Last week, Nigeria was faced with what Yoruba call egbinrin ote. When afflictions come in multiple, they become a plague. A plague is almost synonymous with Yoruba’s egbinrin ote. Literally, egbinrin ote is leaves of conspiracy. When you pluck a single leaf out of the branch of a tree of conspiracy, another leaf sprouts immediately to replace it. Any attempt …

In his bestselling thriller, The Devils Alternative, novelist Fredrick Forsyth wrote: “Whichever option I choose, men are going to die”. And further suggested that “events shape men, but they do not remove the alternate to choose”. This matter of choice, with its options, appears to be an albatross on the East-West Road in Rivers State, over the years. Before the …

Federal and state governments have been tasked to find lasting solutions to the persistent fleecing of the state in transport tax collection by non-state actors and touts popularly referred to as agbero. To stem the tide of revenue loss, experts are calling for digitising road tax collection from commercial vehicles, tricycles, and motorcycles to deter the diversion of billions by …

Rivers State Governor, Sir Siminalayi Fubara has described as very unfortunate the fire incident caused by a tanker conveying premium motor spirit otherwise known as petrol which burnt motorists and commuters beyond recognition and destroyed several vehicles on Friday night. The incident occurred between the Indorama Petro-Chemical Company Gate and the Aleto Bridge on the popular and ever busy Eleme …

The Managing Director of the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC), Dr Samuel Ogbuku, has said that the commission will partner with medical experts to run its Regional Specialist Cardiovascular and Orthopedic Hospital, which is still under construction in Port Harcourt, Rivers State. Ogbuku, who disclosed this after inspecting ongoing works at the hospital, gave an assurance that the project would …

The war against illegal oil bunkering and oil theft received a huge boost on Wednesday as troops of the 6 Division, Nigerian Army, Port Harcourt uncovered over 40 dugout crude oil wells in Rumuekpe community, Emohua Local Government Area of Rivers State. The troops uncovered the site during a sweep-and-clear operation on the Trans Niger Delta Pipeline. The operation was …