A coalition of youth groups in Rivers State has called on the Inspector General of Police, Kayode Egbetokun to immediately redeploy the Commissioner of Police, Rivers State Command, Nwonyi Polycarp Emeka for his alleged role in the crisis that erupted in the state last Monday. The call is sequel to the report that some police…
Suspected sea pirates have killed officers of the Nigerian Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) along Bakana River in Degema Local Government of Rivers State. It was learned that videos and photos showing the dead Civil Defence officers inside a speed boat anchored by a riverside have been circulating online Details Of the circumstances that…
The Chief Judge of Rivers state, Justice Simeon Amadi, has granted pardon to 53 inmates standing trial for variousf offences at the Port Harcourt Maximum Correctional Centre. The exercise is part of activities outlined to kick off the 2023/2024 legal year in the state, as well as being a move to decongest the Maximum Correctional…
A Rivers State High Court sitting in Isiokpo Division in Ikwerre Local Government Area of the state has issued an interim order restraining the state House of Assembly and the Speaker of the House, Martin Amaewhule from carrying out any action with respect to the impeachment of Governor Siminalayi Fubara. Also restrained are the House…
Minister of Federal Capital Territory Nyesom Wike has finally spoken on the crisis in Rivers State. Wike, who handed over power to the incumbent, Governor Sim Fubara, spoke to the press on Tuesday. The former Rivers helmsman spoke after the governors elected on the platform of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) met in Abuja on…
Wike, who handed over power to the incumbent, Governor Sim Fubara, spoke to the press on Tuesday. The former Rivers helmsman spoke after the governors elected on the platform of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) met in Abuja on Tuesday. According to him, the main opposition party has taken over the matter. He insisted it…
A former deputy national publicity secretary of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Timi Frank, has called on President Bola Tinubu to sack the Minister of Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Nyesom Wike, for allegedly masterminding a plot to impeach the governor of Rivers state, Siminilaye Fubara. In a statement issued on Tuesday, Frank condemned the action…
President Bola Tinubu has stepped into the political situation in Rivers State. The President, on Tuesday, met with the Rivers State Governor, Siminalayi Fubara; and his predecessor, Nyesom Wike, who is now the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory. Tinubu met with the two politicians at the Aso Villa in the nation’s capital, Abuja. Governor…
The Eze Igbo of Rivers and Bayelsa States, His Imperial Majesty, Engr. Sam Nwokolo, Eze Igbo, Eze-jiofor Ndigbo, has appealed to the former governor of Rivers state and now the minister of the Federal capital Territory Nyesom Wike to allow his successor Siminalayi Fubara, to focus on the task of governing the state. Eze Nwokolo…
Rivers State Governor, Siminalayi Fubara, has denied reports in the media that he had sacked the State Chief Judge, Justice Simeon Amadi; his Chief of Staff, Hon. Chidi Amadi; and suspended the Chairmen of the 23 Local Government Areas. Speculations were also rife that the governor sacked his Chief Security Officer in the wake of…
