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...
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Abia State Governor, Alex Otti of Abia has inaugurated the 10.98 km Aleto-Ogale-Ebubu-Eteo road which is expected to shore up economic activities in Rivers. The News Agency of Nigeria(NAN), reports that the project was executed at the cost of N6.7 billion. The inauguration is part of activities lined...
The Police Command in Rivers has explained why it deployed about 30 armed policemen and Armoured Personnel Carriers to the residential quarters of members of the state House of Assembly in Port Harcourt. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the deployment has heightened political tension in...
The Association of Local Governments of Nigeria (ALGON), River Chapter, has said the call for the impeachment of Gov. Siminalayi Fubara is a step in the right direction. The Chairman, Mr Allwell Ihunda said at a news conference in Port Harcourt on Wednesday that 21 local government chairmen...
The Rivers State Government has said it would flag off the construction of N80billion Elele-Omoku road during the 20-day activities to mark Gov. Siminalayi Fubara’s one year in office. The Secretary to the State Government, Dr Tammy Danagogo, made this known on Tuesday during an interactive session with...
By JOY ADARA, Abuja – The First lady, Sen. Oluremi Tinubu has commiserated with Gov. Siminalayi Fubara of Rivers State and the families of victims of the fuel tanker explosion that occurred in Port Harcourt on Friday. Recalled that four persons and over 70 vehicles were burnt in the...
The Police Command in Rivers says four people and over 70 vehicles were burnt in Friday’s fuel tanker explosion in the state. The explosion occurred along Eleme section of the East-West Road in the state at about 7:30 p.m. The command’s spokeswoman,SP Grace Iringe-Koko, told the News Agency...
Rivers State Governor, Siminalayi Fubara on Friday inaugurated Naval Training Command Headquarters as part of efforts to address insecurity in Rivers and the Niger Delta. The governor, who inaugurated the facility sited at Ebubu community, Eleme LGA of Rivers, said that the naval command headquarters had been relocated...
Rivers State Governor, Siminalayi Fubara of Rivers, on Thursday urged the Nigerian Navy to be firm in the fight against all forms of economic sabotage, particularly crude oil theft, in the nation’s waterways. Governor Fubara gave the charge when he received the Chief of Naval Staff (CNS), Vice...
A Federal High Court in Abuja on Thursday, vacated the warrant of arrest issued on Edison Ehie, the Chief of Staff (CoS) to Gov. Siminalayi Fubara of Rivers. Justice Emeka Nwite, in a ruling, agreed with the CoS’ counsel, Femi Falana, SAN, and Oluwole Aladedoye, SAN, who appeared...
Former Minister of Transportation, Chief Abiye Sekibo, has said that Governor Siminalayi Fubara is the undisputed political head and leader of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Rivers. Sekibo told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Saturday during a thanksgiving service in Ibaka Town, Okirika, Rivers, commemorating...
Rivers State Governor, Siminalayi Fubara has said his administration is committed to liberating Rivers people from bad governance and oppression. Fubara made the statement on Saturday at a thanksgiving rally organised by the SIMplified Movement at Ibaka, Okirika Local Government Area. The SIMplified Movement, a pro-Fubara group, organised...
Gunmen have kidnapped a reporter with Channels Television, Joshua Rogers, at his residence in Rumuosi, Obio/Akpor area of Rivers State. . The Police spokeswoman, Rivers State Command, SP Grace Iringe-Koko, who confirmed the incident to newsmen in Port Harcourt on Friday, said the reporter was abducted in the late...
Rivers State Governor, Siminalayi Fubara, has warned that he will surprise those who consider his honest decision to implement the presidential peace pact as a sign of weakness. Governor Fubara said he had been inundated with several comments in the media about the implementation of the peace initiative,...
Rivers State Governor, Siminalayi Fubara of Rivers has vowed to make the state, a first choice medical tourism destination in Nigeria and Africa. Fubara said this to newsmen at the Government House in Port Harcourt, while speaking on his administration’s modest achievements in the health sector since assumption...
The Rivers State Executive Council has approved N80.9 billion for the construction of the 33.5-kilometre-long Elele-Omoku Road. The Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Works, Mr Atemea Briggs, disclosed this while briefing newsmen on the outcome of the council’s meeting, presided over Gov. Siminalayi Fubara, at the Government House in...
Special Adviser to Gov. Siminalayi Fubara on Political Affairs and Strategy, Dr Darlington Orji, said on Friday that his principal would not be distracted from the efforts to make Rivers a model. Orji was reacting to the accusation by the Rivers APC Chairman, Chief Tony Okocha, that Fubara’s...
The Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Rivers State, Chief Tony Okocha, has accused Gov. Siminialayi Fubara of spending frivolously, the money meant for the development of the state. Okocha made the accusation on Tuesday in Port Harcourt while briefing newsmen on the state of development...
By BARBARA KALU, Port-Harcourt – The Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC), has reaffirmed its commitment to the continuous engagement of stakeholders to build synergy for the sustainable development of the Niger Delta region. The NDDC Managing Director, Dr Samuel Ogbuku, stated this during the special ceremony organised...
Hearing of motions on notice filed by Edison Ehie, the Chief of Staff (CoS) to Gov. Siminalayi Fubara of Rivers, seeking an order vacating the arrest warrant against him and others could not proceed on Monday. The matter, which was on number six on the day’s cause list...