The Senior Special Adviser on Media to the Rivers State Sole Administrator, Hector Igbikiowubo, has stated that the gazette imposing emergency rule in the state granted the sole administrator “sweeping powers.” Igbikiowubo issued a warning to supporters of the suspended Governor Siminalayi Fubara, urging them to exercise restraint in light of ongoing protests against the…
Rivers CP, Adepoju The Rivers State Commissioner of Police, Adewale Adepoju, says the Divisional Police Officers in charge of the Abali Park jurisdiction where journalists were assaulted by officers of the command while covering the #TakeItBackProtest in Port Harcourt has been removed from office. Adepoju disclosed this to members of the state chapter of the…
A suit filed by an Abuja-based lawyer, Mr. Johnmary Jideobi, seeking the sack of the recently appointed Sole Administrator of Rivers, Vice Admiral Ibok-Ete Ibas (rtd.), was stalled on Thursday due to inability to serve some defendants. The development occurred after the plaintiff’s counsel, Chimezie Enuka, informed Justice James Omotosho of the Federal High Court…
Rivers State Sole Administrator, Vice Admiral Ibok-Ete Ibas (retd.), has approved the appointment of administrators for the 23 Local Government Areas of the state. This comes less than 24 hours after a Federal High Court sitting in Port Harcourt reportedly restrained him from appointing administrators to oversee the affairs of the local government councils. The…
Ibas Rivers State Administrator, Vice Admiral Ibok Ibas. has exposed the shocking scale of looting and vandalism in local government areas, particularly in Khana and Eleme. Speaking in an interview, he lamented that government facilities were completely ransacked, with essential equipment stolen or destroyed. “The entire place was looted—generators, office materials, almost everything is gone,”…
Audu Ogbeh Former Agriculture Minister, Audu Ogbeh has warned that bringing a former service chief to replace an elected governor is sending a wrong signal that Nigerians still desire military rule. Ogbe said this in an interview on ‘Politics Today’, a Channels Television programme on Saturday. According to him, it is unfair for the president…
Mrs Nwaeke Wife of the Rivers State former Head of Service, HoS, Florence Nwaeke, has raised the alarm that she does not know the whereabouts of her husband, George Nwaeke, after resigning from his position as HoS. This is as the husband granted interview same Friday accusing the suspended Governor Siminalayi Fubura of bombing the…
The Nigeria Police Force on Tuesday, March 25, said it has arrested two suspected bombers in Ogba/Egbema/Ndoni Local Government Area of Rivers State. Speaking during a press briefing in Port Harcourt, the Commissioner of Police in the state, Olugbenga Adepoju, said the suspects were arrested with four dynamites and other explosive items. According to the…
The Administrator of Rivers State, Vice Admiral (rtd) Ibok-Ete Ekwe Ibas CFR, has announced the resignation of the Head of Service, Rivers State, Dr George Nwaeke. The Administrator appreciated the immense contributions he has shown the administration in the short period he served and wished him well in his future endeavours. In the interim, Dr…
Brigadier General Paul Boroh (rtd), former Presidential Amnesty boss, has cautioned youths in the Niger Delta region against allowing anger to dictate their actions. He emphasised that President Tinubu is not a proponent of violence and urged the youths to refrain from unlawful acts that could harm lives and properties. Also, the Commandant General RIVERINE…
