Anayo Onukwugha

Port Harcourt

Associate Editor at Leadership Newspaper

Anayo Onukwugha, Assistant Editor (South South) LEADERSHIP NEWSPAPERS GROUP, Abuja. I am an indigene of Ogwa in Imo State. Married to Alice Obiabin Onukwugha

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Articles

Chief Magistrate Didn't Resign Because Of Emergency Rule, Says Rivers Judiciary

1 week ago | leadership.ng | Anayo Onukwugha

The Rivers State Judicial Service Commission (JSC) has debunked the claims by a former Chief Magistrate, Ejike King George, that he resigned from office due to the declaration of state of emergency in the state. George, had in a letter dated April 11, 2025, and addressed to the Chief Judge of Rivers State through the JSC Secretary, expressed discontent over the direction of the state’s governance, stating that it was “alien” and “antithetical” to the values of the legal profession.
Rivers: Court Restrains Bank From Confiscating Properties Of Indigenous Firm

1 week ago | leadership.ng | Anayo Onukwugha

A Rivers State High Court sitting in Port Harcourt, has issued an order restraining Sterling Bank and its agents from dissipating, confiscating or selling properties owned by an indigenous firm, Zomay Marine Logistics Limited, over conflicting unpaid debts.
Ex-Rep Drags Tinubu, Akpabio, Others To Court Over Emergency Rule In Rivers

1 week ago | leadership.ng | Anayo Onukwugha

A Federal High Court sitting in Port Harcourt, Rivers State, has fixed May 12, 2025, for substantive hearing in a suit filed by a former member of the House of Representatives, Dr. Farah Dagogo, against the suspension of both Rivers State governor, Sir Siminalayi Fubara, his deputy and members of the State House of Assembly. To forestall difficulties in serving the defendants personally, the court granted an order for substituted services. In the case with Suit No: FHC/PH/CS/50/2025, before Hon.
JUST-IN: Rivers Women Stage Solidarity March In Support Of Emergency Rule

1 week ago | leadership.ng | Anayo Onukwugha

Women in Rivers State, on Monday, staged a rally in Port Harcourt, the state capital, in support of the declaration of state of emergency in the state. Recall that this is the first time a rally was being organised in support of the state of emergency, which was declared by President Bola Tinubu on March 18, 2025.
Rotary Club Commissions WASH Facility In Rivers Primary School

1 week ago | leadership.ng | Anayo Onukwugha

Rotary Club of Port Harcourt GRA yesterday commissioned a Water, Sanitation and Hygiene (WASH) facility at the Community Primary School, Ozuboko-Ama, in Port Harcourt City local government area of Rivers State. Commissioning the project, the district governor, Rotary International, 9141, Chinedu Ikegwuani, called on the people of the community to protect the facility, pointing out that it would encourage the club to do more for the school.
Protesters Dispersed In Abuja, Port Harcourt, Lagos

2 weeks ago | leadership.ng | Anayo Onukwugha

Police officers in Abuja‘s Maitama District, Lagos and Port Harcourt, Rivers State, used teargas to disperse protesters advocating for urgent government action on deteriorating economic conditions, increasing repression, and alleged abuses of the Cybercrime Act by the Police. The nationwide protests organised by the Take-It-Back Movement and civil society groups coincided with the National Police Day celebrations at Eagle Square in Abuja.
We Were Pressured To Implicate Gov Fubara's Aide Over Rivers Assembly Fire, Say Acquitted Suspects

2 weeks ago | leadership.ng | Anayo Onukwugha

Four persons who were previously arraigned for their alleged involvement in suspected arson on the Rivers State House of Assembly in October 2023, have alleged that they were pressured to alter their original statements to implicate Edison Ehie, the Chief of Staff to the suspended Governor of Rivers State, Sir Siminalayi Fubara.
JUST-IN: Police Disperse Protest Against Emergency Rule In Rivers

2 weeks ago | leadership.ng | Anayo Onukwugha

Operatives of the Rivers State Police Command on Monday fired tear gas canisters at protesters who had staged a peaceful protest against what they called bad governance in the country. The protesters, under the aegis of the ‘Take It Back’ Movement were also protesting against the declaration of state of emergency in Rivers State as well as the alleged misuse of the Cybercrime Act by the Nigerian Police.
NDDC Gives N10bn Stimulus To Niger Delta Chamber Of Commerce

2 weeks ago | leadership.ng | Anayo Onukwugha

The Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC) has released N10billion to the Niger Delta Chamber of Commerce, Industry, Trade, Mines and Agriculture (NDCCITMA), to stimulate entrepreneurship and economic growth in the Niger Delta region.
Wike's Ex-Deputy, 3 Other Lawmakers Absent As Rivers NASS Caucus Visits Sole Administrator Ibas

3 weeks ago | leadership.ng | Anayo Onukwugha

Immediate-past deputy governor of Rivers State and Senator representing Rivers West senatorial district in the National Assembly, Senator Ipalibo Harry-Banigo, was conspicuously absent alongside other federal Lawmakers, when members of the Rivers State caucus in the National Assembly visited the State’s Sole Administrator, Admiral Ibok-Ete Ibas, at the Government House in Port Harcourt on Thursday.