Tag: Rivers State
How Sole Administrator Ibas Tenure Shaped Rivers State Politics
In response to a prolonged political crisis in Rivers State, President Bola Tinubu declared a state of emergency…
Meet the Nigerian governors suspended since 1999 (when and why)
Governor Siminalayi Fubara, his deputy, and all elected members of the Rivers State House of Assembly have been…
26 things you probably don’t know about the new Rivers State sole administrator, Ibok-Ete Ekwe Ibas
Former Vice Admiral Onok Ete Ibas on Tuesday, March 18 has been appointed as sole administrator of Rivers…
PHOTOS: Meet 8 commissioners who resigned from Governor Fubara’s cabinet
Eight commissioners in Rivers State have reportedly tendered their resignation, adding a new twist to the former governor…
Rivers State: Wike, Fubara and the politics of ‘Ta lo ga ju laba’
Rivers state has started again. This time around, the riverine state is not supplying fuel to the country…
21st February: Today in Nigeria history, PDP won 169 of 360 seats in the 1999 House of Reps. election; other events
Kidnappers abducted monarch, four in Andoni, Rivers Gunmen killed four at a market in Ibadan, Oyo Boko Haram…
Rivers gets new police commissioner
Mr Friday Eboka has been appointed the new commissioner of police in Rivers. The command’s spokesman, SP Nnamdi…
Rivers approves N12.4bn for two additional flyovers
The Rivers State Executive Council has approved two contracts for construction of two additional flyovers in Port Harcourt…
PHOTOS: Student brutalized by teacher over failure to submit assignment in Rivers
A yet-to-be identified teacher has been accused of brutalizing a student over failure to submit Agricultural science assignment.…
Man Sentenced To Death By Hanging For Killing Delivery Agent In Rivers
One Sodienye Mbatumekeke has been sentenced to death by hanging by a Rivers State High Court sitting in…
Gunmen kill three youths in Rivers
Three youths have been kidnapped by unknown gunmen riding on a motorcycle in Oyigbo, Rivers State. WITHIN NIGERIA learnt…
Gov Wike accuses NDDC of defrauding Rivers
Rivers State Governor Nyesom Wike has accused the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC) of defrauding the state. A…