The Rivers State Government has established a judiciary of inquiry into the arson, killings, and other forms of violence that occurred in the state on Monday. This is coming after Ikwerre, Eleme, and Emohua Local Government Council secretariats were burned down amid the withdrawal of the police officers securing the 23 council secretariats by the … Read more
Governor Siminalayi Fubara of Rivers State has vowed to take decisive action against those responsible for setting ablaze three local government secretariats in the state on Monday. Fubara vowed that the incident, unlike previous cases, will not be ignored, as his administration will collaborate with security agencies to identify the perpetrators and hold them accountable. … Read more
Governor Siminalayi Fubara of Rivers State has urged his predecessor, Nyesom Wike, to let go of any grip he desires to have over Rivers State and allow peace to reign in the state. Fubara made the call on Channels Television’s Politics Today programme on Monday. He said he does not regret conducting local government election … Read more
The new Rivers State Commissioner of Police, Bala Mustapha, has ordered for the immediate withdrawal of all police personnel previously deployed to seal and safeguard the Local Government Secretariats in the State. A statement by the command’s spokesman, Grace Iringe-Koko, said the order was in compliance with the directive of the Inspector General of Police, … Read more
Governor Siminalayi Fubara of Rivers State has urged the newly elected LGA chairpersons in the state to emulate his approach to governance. Recall that Fubara swore in the chairpersons on Sunday at the government house in Port Harcourt, the Rivers capital. The Action Peoples Party (APP) won 22 LGAs in Saturday’s election while the Action … Read more
Governor Siminalayi Fubara of Rivers State has sworn in the newly elected Chairpersons of the 23 local government councils in the state. The inauguration was observed by Senator Bala Mohammed, the Governor of Bauchi State and Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party Governors’ Forum. EDITOR’S PICK: Alleged N27bn Fraud: Court Grants Ex-Taraba Gov, Ishaku N150M … Read more
Former Vice-President Atiku Abubakar has commended the just concluded local government election in Rivers state, saying the electorates are resolute in rejecting oppression. Atiku said this in a statement on Sunday. EDITOR’S PICK: Alleged N27bn Fraud: Court Grants Ex-Taraba Gov, Ishaku N150M Bail ‘PDP Is dead, APC Has Finished Nigeria’ –Kwankwaso Protests Rock PDP Secretariat … Read more
Former president Goodluck Jonathan has warned against the derailment of the country’s democracy following the crisis over the local government election in Rivers State. Rivers has been in the news for some months now amid the council polls. A court verdict had barred the police from providing security for the election while also ordering the … Read more
The Action People’s Party, APP, has won 22 out of 23 chairmanship positions in the recently concluded local government elections in Rivers State. According to Channels Television, Chief Election Officer of the Rivers State Independent Electoral Commission, RSIEC, Adolphus Enebeli made this announcement on Saturday in Port Harcourt. Enebeli said that the announcement for Etche … Read more
Some shop owners and traders in Obio/Akpor, Rivers, on Saturday opened for business defying the state government’s no-movement order during the council election. The council elections are being held to fill chairmanship and councilorship positions. EDITOR’S PICK: Alleged N27bn Fraud: Court Grants Ex-Taraba Gov, Ishaku N150M Bail ‘PDP Is dead, APC Has Finished Nigeria’ –Kwankwaso … Read more
Tension erupted on Saturday at Elekahia Primary School in Port Harcourt City Local Government Area, Rivers state, when armed men dressed in police uniforms violently disrupted the ongoing local government elections. Eyewitnesses revealed that the attackers, arriving in about 21 Hilux patrol vans, unleashed chaos by firing tear gas and seizing election materials, forcing officials … Read more
The Rivers Political Elders and Leaders Forum has called on residents of the state to exercise their civil rights without fears during the October 5 (today)’s local government council election in the state. A former Governor of the state, Celestine Omehia, made the call when the group visited Governor Siminalayi Fubara in Port Harcourt on … Read more
The People’s Democratic Party, PDP, has called on the electorates in Rivers State to come out en masse and participate in October 5 (today) local government elections in the state. Recall that police authorities in the state had said they would not participate in the October 5 election, citing a ruling by Justice Peter Lifu … Read more
The Nigeria Police Force has described the ‘outburst’ of Governor Siminalayi Fubara of Rivers State against the Inspector General of Police, Kayode Egbetokun, as shocking and unwarranted. Fubara had accused the Inspector General of Police (IGP) and the entire Nigeria Police Force of serving the interest of an Abuja-based politician to scuttle the local government … Read more
Inter-Party Advisory Council (IPAC), the umbrella body of all the registered political parties in the country says there is no going back on the October 5, Local Government Elections in Rivers. Addressing newsmen in Abuja on Thursday, the National Chairman of IPAC, Mr Yusuf Mamman, said that parties and candidates had submitted all necessary documents … Read more