The British High Commissioner to Nigeria, Mr Richard Montgomery, met with the Rivers State Governor, Siminalayi Fubara, on Wednesday to discuss mutual economic opportunities. Speaking with newsmen shortly after a closed-door meeting at the Government House, Port Harcourt, Montgomery said the discussion with Fubara centred on the issues of strengthening the security architecture and expanding the prevailing economic opportunities. He …

President Bola Tinubu on Thursday met with Rivers State Governor, Sir Siminalayi Fubara, at the Presidential Villa in Abuja. Fubara, who arrived at the Presidential Villa at about 5:40 pm, went straight to the office of the President for a closed door meeting. The reason for the visit is yet to be ascertained. The governor also did not speak to …

Rivers state governor, Siminalayi Fubara, has promised to complete the remaining section of the Etche-Igbodo road in Etche Local Government Area following outcries by residents. The governor after inspecting the road observed its deplorable state and vowed to urgently commence work to complete the road. A statement by the governor’s Special Assistant, Media, Boniface Onyedi, said Fubara visited the area …

Rivers State Governor, Sir Siminalayi Fubara has pledged to fully implement the comprehensive presidential peace agreement aimed at resolving the ongoing political crisis in the state. In a statewide broadcast on Monday , the governor reaffirmed his belief that no price is too high for peace to prevail in the region. He said: “As a principal participant in the entire …

After President Bola Tinubu intervened in the seismic crisis that rocked oil-rich Rivers State last week, one thing and two people unraveled. By their unraveling, pretentious veils were lifted off their faces. They were, the president himself, the nature of Nigeria’s presidential democracy and the governor of Rivers State, Siminalayi Fubara. Nigerians distrusted the piece of paper that emanated from …

Rivers Elders and Leaders Forum has described as a contravention of the constitution, which President Bola Tinubu swore to uphold. The Forum, led by former Rivers State Governor, Chief Rufus Ada George said on Tuesday that the eight-point resolution announced at the end of Monday night’s meeting of the state’s stakeholders with President Tinubu “unilaterally suspended the constitution of the …

Rivers State Governor, Sir Siminalayi Fubara has approved the sum of N100,000.00 as Christmas bonus for the State’s civil servants on the payroll. A terse statement by the State’s Commissioner for Information and Communications, Mr. Warisenibo Joe Johnson, disclosed this on Tuesday. Johnson said Governor Fubara gave the approval on Tuesday for immediate implementation to enable the civil servants to …

After weeks of dramatic twists in Rivers State, the political gladiators in the south-south state reached a truce on Monday after a meeting with President Bola Tinubu at the Aso Villa in Abuja. One of the highpoints of the eight-point resolution is the withdrawal of all court cases relating to the political crisis in the state. On one side of …

President Bola Tinubu is meeting with stakeholders from Rivers State at the Presidential Villa, Abuja. Governor Siminalayi Fubara led the team from the state. The stakeholders included a former governor of the oil-rich state, Dr. Peter Odili; and some traditional rulers from the state. It was learnt that the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, Barrister Nyesom Wike is also …

If Nyesom Wike had read the character portrait of the Ijaw man as sketched by Dr. Percy Amoury Talbot, an early 20th century British historian and colonial administrator, he would most probably have thought twice before settling for Siminalayi Fubara as his third term placeholder. Wike was a two-term governor of Rivers State and today, Minister of the Federal Capital …