Rivers state
Just in: Abuja Court bars CBN from releasing statutory monthly allocations to Rivers State Govt
A Federal High Court in Abuja has ordered the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) from further releasing monthly financial allocations to the Rivers...
Council funds: Abuja Court rejects Rivers govt’s stay of proceedings request
A Federal High Court in Abuja has rejected the Rivers State Government’s request to halt proceedings in a lawsuit aimed at preventing fund...
Appeal Court didn’t reinstate Amaewhule, 26 other pro-Wike lawmakers – Rivers Govt
The Rivers State Government has clarified that Thursday’s Appeal Court judgment in Abuja did not reinstate Martin Amaewhule and 26 other lawmakers who...
Just in: Appeal Court confirms Amaewhule as Speaker, nullifies Fubara’s 2024 budget
The Court of Appeal, Abuja Division, affirmed Martin Amaewhule as the recognized Speaker of the Rivers State House of Assembly on Thursday. A...
Police launch investigation into post-election arson, killings in Rivers
The Rivers State Police Command has launched a comprehensive investigation into the post-election violence that ravaged several local government areas, resulting in loss...
New Rivers CP pledges to end violence in LGAs
Rivers State’s newly appointed Commissioner of Police, Mr. Mustapha Mohammed, has pledged to swiftly restore peace and order in the 23 local government...
Let go of Rivers State, you can’t win all battles, Fubara cautions Wike
Rivers Gov. Siminalayi Fubara has urged his predecessor, Mr. Nyesom Wike, the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, to relinquish his grip on...
Police unseal Rivers LG secretariats as newly elected council chairmen, councillors assume duties
Rivers State Police Commissioner Bala Mustapha has ordered the immediate unsealing of the secretariats of the 23 local government areas in the state...
Rivers LG poll: Former Army chief Minimah lauds Gov. Fubura for successful exercise
For his resoluteness and seamless conduct of the council polls held on Saturday, October 5, 2024, Rivers Gov. Siminalayi Fubara has received commendation...
Just in: APP wins 22 out of 23 chairmanship seats in Rivers LG poll
The Action People’s Party (APP) has won 22 chairmanship positions out of 23 in the Rivers State Local Government election held on Saturday,...
Rivers LG poll: Gunmen disrupt elections in Obio/Akpor LGA, injure one person
Violence erupted in Rumuepirikom Community in the Obio/Akpor Local Government Area of Rivers State as unidentified gunmen opened fire on voters, seizing control...
Gov. Fubara foils alleged police attempt to seize election materials at RSIEC office
Rivers Gov. Siminalayi Fubara took swift action on Friday morning, storming the state’s Independent Electoral Commission’s (RSIEC) office to foil an alleged plot...
Rivers LG poll must hold on Oct. 5, you’ll have to shoot me – Gov. Fubara
Rivers Gov. Sim Fubara said on Friday that the state’s local government election must hold as scheduled on October 5 in spite of...
Just in: Protest rock Port Harcourt over Oct. 5 Rivers LG poll
Hundreds of protesters, who are members of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) and the All Progressives Congress (APC), took to the streets of...
Council poll: Abuja Court orders INEC not to release voters’ register to Rivers electoral commission
Justice Peter Lifu of the Federal High Court in Abuja has once again issued an order barring the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC)...
Be neutral in Rivers’ political crisis, Fubara urges police chief, other officers
Rivers Gov. Siminalayi Fubara has cautioned police officers who prioritize political allegiances over their duty-bound obligations, warning that the animosity and conflicts they...
