-
1 week ago | 
punchng.com | Dennis Naku |Dirisu Yakubu
The Sole Administrator of Rivers State, Vice Admiral Ibok-Ete Ibas (retd.), on Thursday, warned political actors and mischief-makers testing his will, while refuting allegations of high-handedness and impunity leveled against him by civil society groups in the state. Speaking through his Senior Special Assistant on Media, Hector Igbikiowubo, Ibas frowned on the myriads of fake information by persons he described as mischief-makers, saying such development will not do any good to anyone.
-
1 week ago | 
punchng.com | Dirisu Yakubu |Dennis Naku
More protests rocked Port Harcourt, the Rivers State capital, on Wednesday as women under the aegis of the Rivers Women Unite Prayer Group took to the streets to demand the reversal of the emergency rule imposed by President Bola Tinubu and the subsequent suspension of Governor Siminalayi Fubara. Wednesday’s protest comes just days after a similar demonstration on Monday. The protesting women declared both the emergency rule and the appointment of a Sole Administrator as illegal actions.
-
1 week ago | 
punchng.com | Deborah Musa |Dirisu Yakubu |Dennis Naku |Dele Ogunyemi
•Fagbemi drafts S’Court response, PDP berates President, Ibas, Tompolo hints at Fubara’s returnThe Attorney General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Lateef Fagbemi (SAN), has sprung into action and commenced drafting the response of President Bola Tinubu to the People’s Democratic Party’s governors’ suit challenging the declaration of emergency rule in Rivers State.
-
2 weeks ago | 
punchng.com | Dirisu Yakubu |Dennis Naku
The Rivers State Sole Administrator Vice Admiral Ibok-Ete Ibas (retd.) came under scathing criticisms on Wednesday following the sacking of the 23 local government caretakers and the head of the Rivers State Independent Electoral Commission. The caretakers were replaced with administrators in the 23 LGAS in the state, while the RSIEC chairman, Justice Adolphus Enebeli (retd.), was replaced by Dr Michael Odey. Odey will work with six members, four of whom are professors.
-
3 weeks ago | 
punchng.com | Imoleayo Oyedeyi |Dennis Naku |Daniel Ayantoye |Olufemi Adediran |Muhammed Lawal |Umar Sani | +1 more
The political crisis in Rivers State took a new twist late Friday following allegations by a former Head of Service, Dr George Nweke, that Governor Siminalayi Fubara ordered the bombing of the state House of Assembly complex in 2023. The complex was suspected to have been bombed by militants operating on the orders of some politicians in the state.
-
4 weeks ago | 
punchng.com | Dennis Naku |Abdulrahman Zakariyau
The Ijaw National Congress and the Rivers State Elders and Leaders Council have slammed the sole administrator of the state, Vice Admiral Ibok-Ete Ibas (retd.) following his suspension of appointees of Governor Siminalayi Fubara. Also, the IIjaw Youths Council has said the action of the sole administrator including the demanding g for the records of local government areas are aimed at looting the state’s resources.
-
1 month ago | 
punchng.com | damilola aina |Dirisu Yakubu |Stephen Angbulu |Dennis Naku |Nathaniel Shuaibu
Multiple sources from the Presidency have told The PUNCH that political leaders from the South-South, especially governors from the region, are making efforts to reconcile warring parties, insisting the emergency rule is a stop-gap measure to allow for reconciliation.
-
1 month ago | 
punchng.com | Adebayo Folorunsho-Francis |Olufemi Adediran |Godfrey George |Muhammed Lawal |Dennis Naku
As mixed reactions continue to trail the declaration of a state of emergency in Rivers State by President Bola Tinubu, the Peoples Democratic Party Governors’ Forum has said it will take legal action against the Federal Government. The PUNCH had reported that President Tinubu declared a state of emergency in Rivers State and suspended Governor Siminalayi Fubara; his deputy, Ngozi Odu; as well as members of the state House of Assembly for six months.
-
1 month ago | 
punchng.com | Adebayo Folorunsho-Francis |Dirisu Yakubu |Stephen Angbulu |Dennis Naku |Faith Kordoo
•Suspended gov blames Wike, S’South govs oppose Tinubu, Ibas warns pipeline vandalsThe National Assembly, on Thursday, endorsed the state of emergency imposed on Rivers State by President Bola Tinubu on Tuesday. The resolution was taken at separate plenary sessions of the two chambers where they deliberated on the suspension of Governor Siminalayi Fubara, his deputy, Prof Ngozi Odu and the state Assembly members.
-
1 month ago | 
punchng.com | Dennis Naku |Adebayo Folorunsho-Francis |Abdulrahman Zakariyau |Dirisu Yakubu |Stephen Angbulu |Deborah Tolu-Kolawole | +2 more
The Federal Government has deployed 10,000 Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps personnel to curb further attacks on oil pipelines against the backdrop of the blasts at oil installations in Rivers State between Sunday and Tuesday.
