Rivers

PDP: Defected Rivers lawmakers can’t return

The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) says the 27 lawmakers at the Rivers State House of Assembly who defected to the All Progressives Congress (APC) has lost their seats forever.In a…

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24 lawmakers withdraw impeachment notice against Gov Fubara

Members of the Rivers State House of Assembly have withdrawn the impeachment notice against Governor Siminalayi Fubara. The 24 lawmakers at their resumed sitting at the assembly quarters in Port…

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Rivers crisis: More Commissioners resign

The Commissioner for Education in Rivers State, Prof. Prince Mmom, has joined others who resigned from the state government’s service. Mmom disclosed this in a letter routed through the office…

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APC faults Rivers Gov’s budget 2024 presentation

The All Progressives Congress (APC), has faulted Governor Siminalayi Fubara’s 2024 budget presentation to four out of the 31 members of the state House of Assembly.Fubara had on Wednesday presented…

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Group condemns demolition of Rivers House of Assembly

A civil society group, South-south Youths Initiative, has condemned the demolition of parts of the Rivers Shouse of assembly complex by the state government. They allegedly attributed the demolition to…

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Why we demolished Rivers’ Assembly complex- Commissioner

Rivers State has attributed the demolition of the state House of Assembly Complex to structural defects arising from explosion and fire outbreak.Mr Joseph Johnson, the state’s Commissioner for Information, said…

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Don’t heat up polity, APC Chair to Rivers Gov

The All Progressive Congress (APC) in Rivers State has charged Gov. Siminalayi Fubara to refrain from acts capable of escalating the political crisis rocking the state. The state Caretaker Committee…

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