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BREAKING: Court cancels APC congresses in Rivers State
In a dramatic ruling, the Rivers State High Court in Port Harcourt has nullified the Local Government and State Congresses…
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Nigerian News
APC targets Rivers state takeover in 2027, says Ganduje
The National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Abdullahi Ganduje, has declared the party’s intent to wrest control of…
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Politics
Femi Falana commends appeal court judgements reinforcing federalism
Prominent human rights lawyer and Senior Advocate of Nigeria (SAN), Femi Falana, has applauded the Court of Appeal for its…
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Business
Ministry of Transportation hands over completed Port Harcourt-Aba rail section to NRC
The Federal Ministry of Transport has officially handed over the completed Port Harcourt-Aba section of the Eastern Narrow-Gauge Railway Project…
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Politics
Rivers: PDP calls for immediate election to replace sacked pro-Wike lawmakers
On Monday, November 25, Umar Damagun, the Acting National Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), sent a formal request…
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Rivers: Court to rule on Labour Party suit against pro-Wike lawmakers in January 2025
The Federal High Court in Port Harcourt has scheduled January 21, 2025, to rule on a suit filed by Labour…
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Rivers APC rejects planned congress, accuses Okocha of violating the rule of law
The All Progressives Congress (APC) in Rivers State has strongly rejected the planned party congress, accusing the sacked Caretaker Committee…
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Politics
Ondo election: Ondo is not Rivers, group fires back at Wike
On Thursday, November 14, a coalition of pro-democracy groups under the Ondo Freedom Movement strongly criticized the Minister of the…
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Politics
Tinubu’s intervention made my challengers stronger – Fubara
On Wednesday, October 30, Rivers State Governor Siminalayi Fubara shared his thoughts about a recent decision made by the Federal…
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Politics
Order restricting Rivers allocation least of my problems, says Fubara
Rivers State Governor, Siminalayi Fubara, on Wednesday said concerns over the Federal High Court decision that restricted the release of…
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Politics
I was ambushed with peace agreement – Fubara
Rivers State Governor, Siminalayi Fubara, on Wednesday, revealed that he discovered he was being ambushed by the peace agreement he…
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Politics
Court halts CBN from sending funds to Rivers State
On Wednesday, October 30, the Federal High Court in Abuja made a significant decision. The court ordered the Central Bank…
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Politics
Eze responds to Okocha’s claims about Rivers lawmakers and APC
Eze Chukwuemeka Eze, former National Publicity Secretary of the defunct New People’s Democratic Party (nPDP), has responded to Tony Okocha's…
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Labour Party plans to challenge Rivers LGA election results in court
The Labour Party (LP) has strongly criticized the local government area council elections held in Rivers State on Saturday, October…
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Politics
IGP orders unsealing of LGA secretariats after Fubara swears in new chieftains
The Rivers State Police Command has unsealed all 23 Local Government Area Secretariats in the state following the election and…
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Nigerian News
Police will enforce court orders on LG election — Rivers Police spokesperson
The Rivers State Police Command has said it will enforce court orders as regarding the local government elections billed to…
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Politics
Election must hold! Protesters storm Rivers electoral commission office
Angry protesters on Friday stormed the office of the Rivers State Independent Electoral Commission, singing and chanting ‘Election must hold’.…
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Politics
Rivers LG poll: Security operatives foil attempt to steal election materials
Security operatives in Rivers State, on Friday, foiled an attempt by men dressed in police uniform to take over the…
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Politics
PDP protests against upcoming Rivers State LGA elections
On Thursday, October 3, the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) in Rivers State staged a protest against the local government area…
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Politics
Rivers 5 LG elections : Elections must hold, Fubara insists
Rivers State Governor, Siminalayi Fubara, has insisted that the forthcoming Local Government Election scheduled for 5th October will be held.…
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Politics
Edwin Clark urges IGP to arrest Wike, charge him with treason
Chief Edwin Clark, a former Federal Commissioner for Information and prominent South South leader, has called on Inspector General of…
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Court issues injunction blocking APC from holding congresses in Rivers
A Rivers State High Court in Port Harcourt has granted an ex parte order blocking the national leadership of the…
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Politics
Wike-Fubara feud: Wike rules out reconciliation, says there’s no going back
Nyesom Wike, the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), has firmly ruled out any possibility of reconciling with Governor…
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Rivers crisis: Wike responds to Edwin Clark, says Fubara should tackle his own crises
Nyesom Wike, the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, has responded to Edwin Clark’s claims that he is using his…
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Court confused as different lawyers claim to represent PDP in Rivers
There was a big mix-up in court on Thursday as different lawyers fought over who should represent the PDP, a…
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Politics
Rivers LGA Polls: RSIEC debunks claims of rescheduled elections
The Rivers State Independent Electoral Commission (RSIEC) has denied recent social media rumors that the Local Government Council elections set…
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Politics
Rivers crisis: CHRADA condemns bomb attacks in APP office
The Coalition for Human Rights Advocacy in Africa, (CHRADA), is speaking out strongly against a recent attack on the Action…
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Metro
Asari-Dokubo warns protesters off Niger Delta
Mujahid Asari-Dokubo, a former Niger Delta freedom fighter, has warned against extending the planned nationwide protest against hardship to the…
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Politics
Minimum Wage: Governor Fubara denies promising workers N80,000
Rivers State Governor, Siminalayi Fubara, has denied reports that he promised to pay a minimum wage of ₦80,000 to workers…
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Politics
Rivers Crisis: Fubara wins with latest Appeal Court judgment
The Port Harcourt Appeal Court sitting has dismissed two appeals by Local Government (LG) Chairmen loyal to the Minister of…
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Rivers crisis: Chief Judge Tsoho finally transfers Amaewhule’s defection case
The Chief Judge of the Federal High Court, Hon. Justice John Tsoho, has ordered the transfer of the cases challenging…
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Politics
My job is to defend Rivers State from aggressors – Fubara blasts Wike loyalists
Governor Sim Fubara of Rivers State has declared that he’s not fighting anybody.
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Health/Lifestyle
Nigeria’s first art curator and filmmaker, Tam Fiofori dies at 82
One of Nigeria’s first generation filmmakers, documentary photographer, art curator and writer, Tam Fiofori, has died at 82. Famed for…
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Politics
Rivers urges Tajudeen to call Ugochinyere to order
The Rivers State caucus in the House of Representatives has called on the Speaker, Hon Tajudeen Abbas, to address a…
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Politics
Rivers crisis: Charge Wike loyalist ex-LGA chairmen for treason – Reps members to Fubara
Opposition lawmakers in the House of Representatives have called on Rivers State Governor, Siminalayi Fubara to charge the 23 former…
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Rivers State: Fubara inaugurates Caretaker Committee Chairmen
Governor Siminalayi Fubara of Rivers State Governor has sworn in the new Caretaker Chairmen of the 23 local government areas…
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Asari Dokubo advices out-of-tenure Rivers LG chairmen not to kick up dust
A fresh crisis is brewing in Rivers State over the tenure of the 23 council chairmen.
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Politics
BREAKING: Fubara takes over 23 Rivers LGs
After the expiration of the tenure of the 23 local government Chairpersons, Rivers State Governor, Siminalayi Fubara has directed Heads…
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Politics
Rivers crisis: PDP counters court, disowns 27 pro-Wike lawmakers
The Rivers State chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has declared that the 27 members of the state House…
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Politics
BREAKING: Rivers denies judgment declaring 25 lawmakers as PDP members
The Rivers state government has described the report that a state High Court sitting in Port Harcourt delivered a judgment…
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