Nigerians who are apprehensive over the current hardship and hunger in the country, have been re-assured that the storm will dissipate and give way to a more prosperous future. The Cleric in-charge of the School of Universal Law (SOUL), Christ Light Chapel International, Rev. Samuel Ogbujie Ogwo, who gave this …
Read More »Gunmen kidnap Revenue Director, Fubara, in Rivers
By Emma Ovundah, Port Harcourt Gunmen have kidnapped, Sir Aribibia John Fubara, a Director, working with the Board of Internal Revenue Service in Rivers State. Sir Fubara was abducted at Okirika Waterfront near Marine Base, area of Port Harcourt on Saturday by the unknown gunmen who stormed the area on a speedboat …
Read More »PDP Govs Restate Support for Fubara
•Vow to Engage NWC to Revisit Party Congresses •Insist Gov Fubara Must Take Leadership Position in Rivers The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Governors’ Forum (PDPGF) has restated its solid stance in support of Rivers State Governor, Sir Siminalayi Fubara, on the political crisis in the party in the State. The …
Read More »Court Stops APC From Conducting Congresses In Rivers
Emma Ovundah A Rivers State High Court sitting in Port Harcourt has granted an experte order restraining the National Leadership of the All Progressive Congress led by the chairman, Abdullahi Umar-Ganduje, the Secretary, Surajudeen Ajibola-Basiru from going ahead to conduct planned Ward, Local Government and State Congresses scheduled to hold …
Read More »LG Polls: Ex-Rivers Assembly Leader, Odum Declares Interest to Run for Emohua Chairmanship
•As Journalists task politicians, stakeholders on development of Emohua LGA Emma Ovundah Former Minority Leader of the Rivers State House of Assembly, Prince Azubuike Odum has declared his interest to contest for the Chairmanship position in Emohua local government area in the forthcoming October 5th, 2024 LGA elections in the …
Read More »Rivers will be first to Implement New Minimum Wage ~ Fubara
•Say RSG pays N2bn monthly to clear pension, gratuity backlog Emma Ovundah Rivers State Governor, Sir Siminalayi Fubara, has disclosed that the Rivers State Government is paying N2bn monthly to offset the backlog of pension and gratuity to retired civil servants. Governor Fubara stated this while addressing workers in the …
Read More »Gov Fubara Moves to Decongest PH, as RSG, RHG Sign Deal For New Port City
Rivers State Government has signed a Public-Private-Partnership framework agreement for the establishment of a New Port City to be delivered on a 1,000 hectares of land that will serve as nucleus of network of urban centres designed to decongest Port Harcourt and break the one-city jinx of the State. The …
Read More »Mayor of Housing to lead Nigerian Peace Ambs to UN’s World Humanitarian Urban Forum in Egypt
Emma Ovundah The International Association of World Peace Advocates (IAWPA), a global peace advocacy group, has appointed the Chief Executive Officer (CEO), of Housing and Construction Mayor Limited, Mr. My-Ace China, popularly known as Mayor of Housing, as head of delegation to lead all eminent peace ambassadors in Nigeria to …
Read More »Wike vs Fubara: Group Accuses Tinubu of Taking Sides With FCT Minister Against Gov Sim, Rivers People
Emma Ovundah The Presidency has been accused of being part to a conspiracy theory behind the unending political crisis in Rivers State occasioned by the face-off between the Minister of Federal Capital Territory, FCT, Nyesom Wike and the state Governor, Siminalayi Fubara. The Coalition of Rivers State Leaders of Thought …
Read More »RIVERS ASSEMBLY SCREENS, CONFIRMS FIVE AS COMMISSIONERS-DESIGNATE
•Commits Vocational, Technical Training Bill 2024 To Ad-Hoc Committee The Rivers State House of Assembly has confirmed Ahoada West-born Hon Samuel Eyiba and four other commissioner-nominees who appeared before it for screening. The four others are: Ilamu Arugu (Abua/Odual); Dr Roland Obed-Whyte (Degema); Hon Samuel Anya (Abia State); and Sir …
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