Rivers State Governor, Siminalayi Fubara, has directed an immediate audit of the accounts of the 23 local government councils in the state. Governor Fubara gave the directive in Port Harcourt on Wednesday shortly after swearing-in Caretaker Committee Chairmen of local government councils in the state. He said that...
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Rivers State Governor, Siminalayi Fubara has said there is no provision for tenure elongation for elected Local Government Chairmen in the 1999 Nigerian Constitution (as Amended). Governor Fubara made this known while addressing newsmen at the end of a security council meeting with heads of security agencies in...
Rivers State Governor, Siminalayi Fubara has convened a security council meeting with heads of security agencies following the political crisis in the state. After the meeting held behind closed doors at the Government House in Port Harcourt on Tuesday, June 18, Fubara addressed journalists. He said the meeting with...
There was a skirmish when the outgone chairman of Port Harcourt Local Government Area of Rivers State, Allwell Ihunda attempted to enter the council secretariat. Governor Siminalayi Fubara of Rivers State had asked the Heads of Local Government Administration to take charge of the 23 councils in the...
Rivers State Governor, Siminalayi Fubara of Rivers, on Tuesday, directed the Heads of Local Government Administration (HLGAS) to immediately take charge of their councils. Governor Fubara said this followed the expiration of the tenure of the 23 local government chairmen on June, 17. He gave the directive in...
June 17, 2024, may seem like any other day to many, but it carries significant weight in Rivers State. This date marks the end of the three-year tenure for elected local government chairmen, a milestone documented in the state’s Local Government Law. The day has become a flashpoint...
The Chief of Air Staff, Air Marshal Hasan Abubakar, has pledged increased air support to sister security agencies combating oil theft and insurgency across the country. Air Marshal Abubakar gave this assurance on Monday at a luncheon with troops of air component of Operation Delta Safe (ODS) at...
By BARBARA KALU, Port-Harcourt – Rivers State Governor, Siminalayi Fubara, has called for responsible management of funds allocated to host Communities Development Trusts (HCDT) in the Niger Delta. The governor spoke on Tuesday at an event to unveil three additional HDCTs by The Shell Petroleum Development Company of...
Rivers State Governor, Siminalayi Fubara, has said that he never believed he could stay in office up to one year, following the political crisis that rocked the state shortly after he took office. Fubara was sworn into office on May 29, 2023 and by October 30 of the...
Rivers State Governor, Siminalayi Fubara has said that his administration will continue to prioritise the interest of people of the state under the mantra: ‘Rivers First’. Governor Fubara made the remark during the praise night organised on Friday by the state government to mark his first year in...
The Presidential Candidate of the defunct National Conscience Party (NCP) in 2015 General Elections, Chief Martin Onovo, has said only President Bola Tinubu can end the political crisis in Rivers. Onovo, an activist and Head of Policy Positions, Movement for Fundamental Change (MFC), said this in an interview...
Rivers State Governor, Siminalayi Fubara has flagged off a N6.7 billion road construction project at the Okania-Ogbogoro town, in Obio/Akpor Local Government Area. Governor Fubara, flagging off the project, said it would be completed and inaugurated in the next five months. He thanked the Okania-Ogbogoro community for their...
The Lagos State PDP Chairman, Mr Philip Aivoji, has described former President Goodluck Jonathan’s call for truce to end the political crisis in Rivers as commendable. Aivoji commended Jonathan in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Monday in Lagos. NAN reports that Jonathan had...
Former President Goodluck Jonathan, on Monday commissioned the commencement of work on the 13.59km Trans-Kalabari Road in Rivers. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the first phase of the road, awarded at the cost of N225bn is expected to boost the local economy of the state....
The tussle for political supremacy between Gov. Siminalayi Fubar and his predecessor, Chief Nyesom Wike, could affect investors’ confidence, a group has said. The group, ‘Coalition of Rivers Leaders of Thoughts (CORSLOT)’, a non-partisan outfit, told newsmen on Friday in Port Harcourt that the lingering feud could cause...
Rivers State Governor, Siminalayi Fubara on Thursday in Elele vowed to ensure prudent management of the state’s revenue during his administration. Fubara made the vow while declaring the commencement of construction of N80.3 billion 33.5-kilometre Elele-Egbeda-Omoku Road dual carriageway and bridge project in Emohua Local Government Area of...
The Rivers State Commissioner for Information and Communication, Mr Joseph Johnson, has no fewer than 1,000 health workers have been employed by the Gov. Siminalayi Fubara-led administration. Johnson disclosed this on Thursday in Port Harcourt while speaking to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on the governor’s performance...
The unending political rift in Rivers has taken a fresh twist with five Commissioners resigning. Their resignations were contained in separate letters addressed to the Secretary to the State Government, Dr Tammy Danagogo. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the mass resignation is the second since...
The Rivers State Commissioner for Information, Mr Joe Johnson, has said that the state government’s massive investments in road projects would help to decongest the Port Harcourt metropolis. Johnson spoke to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Port Harcourt on Wednesday on Gov. Siminalayi Fubara’s achievements within...