The Rivers State Executive Council has cancelled a N134 billion contract awarded by the past sole administrator of the state, Vice Admiral Ibokete Ibas (rtd). The contract was for the reconstruction of the ageing State Secretariat complex in Port Harcourt, reports Vanguard. The contract was awarded to CCECC during the period of emergency rule by…
The Sole Administrator of Rivers State, Rear Admiral Ibok-Ete Ibas (Rtd), has handed over power to the democratically elected Governor of the State, Sim Fubara. This was disclosed on Thursday during the final state-wide broadcast by the administrator. In March, President Bola Tinubu declared a state of emergency in Rivers and suspended Fubara, his deputy,…
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…
