Tag: Rivers
Ultimatum: Rivers Assembly Reacts To Govt Failure To Present Budget
The Rivers State House of Assembly has disputed the state government’s claim that they’re yet to receive the letter on the House’s resolution. The Speaker’s principal secretary told newsmen that the letter was dispatched to the Government House on the 3rd of March by FedEx courier delivery service, but when the courier arrived at the…
Fubara Dares Rivers Assembly, Fails to Present Budget following Expiration Of Ultimatum
The Rivers State Government has said it will not comply with the ultimatum issued by the State House of Assembly to re-present the 2025 appropriation bill as it was yet to receive the resolutions of the State House of Assembly regarding the Supreme Court’s judgment. This was stated in a letter signed by the Secretary…
Rivers Assembly Gives Fubara 48 Hours To Present 2025 Budget
The Rivers State House of Assembly has given Governor Sim Fubara 48 hours to present the 2025 budget to the lawmakers. They made this known during plenary in Port Harcourt on Monday with the motion moved by the deputy speaker Dumle Maol. In his remarks, Speaker Martin Amaewhule further condemned the Fubara’s directive to the…
Fubara Bows To Court Orders, Directs Fresh LG Poll In Rivers (VIDEO)
Rivers State Governor, Siminalayi Fubara, has assured the people of the oil-rich state that his administration will implement the Supreme Court’s verdict after carefully reviewing its Certified True Copy (CTC). This followed the Friday judgment of the apex court, which declared the LG election conducted in the state on October 5, 2024, as invalid. In…
Rivers Govt Reacts to Apex Court Verdict, Insists Defection Issue Remains Unresolved
The Rivers State Government has stated that it is awaiting a comprehensive briefing on the implications of the Supreme Court’s judgment regarding state allocation and local government administration. In a statement on Friday, the Commissioner for Information, Joe Johnson, said the government will thoroughly assess the situation upon receiving detailed information before deciding on the…
Apex Court Stops CBN From Releasing Funds To Rivers Govt
The Supreme Court has barred the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), the Accountant General of the Federation and other agencies from releasing funds to the government of Rivers State until it purges itself of what the court describes as flagrant disobedience to court orders. In a one hour, thirty-six-minute judgement delivered by Justice Emmanuel Akomaye,…
Economic Hardship: Woman Brings 5-Year-Old Boy to Market for Sale in Rivers
Yesterday, chaos erupted in the market located on Bishop Okoye Street in Mile 3, Diobu, Port Harcourt, Rivers State, when an unidentified woman attempted to sell a five-year-old boy whom she claimed was her child. The commotion unfolded around 3:40 p.m., drawing the attention of both customers and traders who gathered around the woman in…
Our Husbands Don’t Touch us At Night Due To Heat – Rivers Women Protest Blackout
A mild drama unfolded in Port Harcourt, the capital of Rivers State, on Tuesday as a group of women staged a protest at the office of the Port Harcourt Electricity Distribution Company (PHED) over prolonged power outages. Hailing from the Mile 2 and Mile 3 areas of Diobu, Port Harcourt, these women took to the…
Court Rules Rivers N800bn 2024 Budget Illegal
By Stephen Abulogbon The Federal High Court in Abuja on Monday declared the N800 billion 2024 budget signed by Rivers State Governor, Simi Fubara, illegal. The court, through its presiding judge, James Omotosho, nullified the budget, emphasizing that the actions taken by four lawmakers in passing it were deemed null and void. The governor had…
Explosion Hits Agip Facility in Rivers
A gas pipeline explosion was reported on Wednesday in the Obagi community within the Ogba/Egbema/Ndoni Local Government Area of Rivers State. Fortunately, no casualties were reported from the incident involving a pipeline allegedly owned by the Nigeria Agip Oil Company (NAOC). The local government chairman, Vincent Job, confirmed the incident to Channels Television on Saturday,…