Gov. Fubara replaces 23 Rivers council bosses amid tensions
Rivers State Governor Siminalayi Fubara has directed heads of local government administration to take charge of the 23 council areas of the state.
This follows...
Alleged relocation of NDDC: Stakeholders caution Minister of Niger Delta , Umana over NDDC...
Traditional Rulers and other key stakeholders from the Nine States of the Niger Delta region have raised an alarm of a plot to hijack...
Those plotting to kill me will die first – Wike
Rivers Governor, Nyesom Wike, has hinted at threats to his life in the ongoing crisis rocking the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) saying those plotting...
Bayelsa, Rivers may clash over plan to demolish govt buildings in P-Harcourt …As Rives...
Crisis is brewing between the Rivers and Bayelsa State Governments following an eviction orders served on workers occupying two buildings belonging to Bayelsa along...
Rivers: Court stops INEC from conducting election to replace 27 defected lawmakers
The Federal High Court sitting in Abuja has stopped the Independent National Electoral Commission from conducting by-elections for the 27 defected Peoples Democratic Party’s...
Court dismisses suit seeking to declare 25 Rivers Assembly seats vacant
A Rivers State High Court sitting in Port Harcourt has dismissed the suit seeking to vacant the seats of the 25 lawmakers, who defected...
PAP hails NGO for transforming notorious cultists, drug addicts in Niger Delta
The Presidential Amnesty Programme (PAP) has commended the Youth Rescue International Development Organisation (YRIDO), a non-governmental outfit, for positively transforming the lives of some...
NDDC to Redesign, Raise Okrika/Port Harcourt Link Bridge, says it’s too Low
The Niger Delta Development Commission, NDDC, says it may amend the design of the road and bridge project linking Okrika to Port Harcourt city.
This...
Fubara, Diri agree on peaceful settlement over joint state’s property
Rivers State Governor, Siminalayi Fubara, says his administration is willing to work with his Bayelsa State counterpart, Senator Douye Diri, to achieve a peaceful...
Gunmen kidnap Rivers monarch, Chief Matthew Opoto
Gunmen riding on a speedboat have kidnapped the Chairman of the Abissa Council of Chiefs in Akuku-Toru Local Government Area of Rivers State, High...