Port Harcourt, Rivers State — The Foundation for Partnership Initiatives in the Niger Delta (PIND), in partnership with the Tax Justice and Governance Platform, successfully held a landmark event addressing the challenges that multiple taxation and illegal levies impose on small businesses in the Niger Delta. Hosted on October 24, the convening drew together representatives…
Port Harcourt, Rivers State – The Rt. Hon. Victor Oko-Jumbo, Speaker of the Rivers State House of Assembly, has called on the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to conduct by-elections to fill 27 vacant seats in the Assembly. This announcement follows the dismissal of a lawsuit that had been blocking the election process. The political…
Port Harcourt, Rivers State — The Rivers State Government has denounced a misleading report circulating on social media claiming that Governor Siminalayi Fubara ordered the shutdown of all oil companies, including the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited (NNPCL), within the state. The government dismissed the news as false and labelled it as a baseless fabrication…
Following the sociopolitical crises that have bedevilled Rivers State in recent times, the spiritual leader of Brotherhood of the Cross and Star (BCS), His Holiness Olumba Olumba Obu, has waded in, assuring Governor Siminalayi Fubara of protection, restoration of peace and success of his administration. To this end, the spiritual leader has ordered his teeming…
President Tinubu directed the police to restore and maintain peace, law, and order immediately. President Bola Tinubu has called on Governor Siminalayi Fubara, political leaders and their supporters in Rivers State to exercise restraint and uphold the rule of law. In response to recent tensions following last Saturday’s local government council election, the President expressed…
Governor Siminalayi Fubara has defied Nyesom Wike and the Court as he swore in 23 elected local government chairmen in Rivers State. CONVERSEER reports that the swearing-in took place on Sunday at the Executive Council Chamber of the Government House in Port Harcourt, the state capital. According to SaharaReporters, the event took place just hours…
Two men, old and young have been caught while practising homosexuality in Rivers State. CONVERSEER learned that the two men were caught practising the crime by youths in Rumuewhara community in Port Harcourt, the state capital. According to Port Harcourt Specials on X (formerly Twitter), the incident happened on Sunday morning. “Homos*xuals caught around Rumuewhara…
Former President Goodluck Jonathan has waded into the crisis currently brewing in Rivers State on who controls the oil-rich state. Jonathan, in a statement on Saturday, 5th October, the day of the 2024 Rivers State Local Government Election, called on the National Judicial Commission (NJC) to take action that will curb the proliferation of court…
Former Rivers State Governor and current Minister of FCT, Barr. Nyesom Wike has reportedly lost his polling unit to the Action Peoples Party (APP) in the ongoing Local Government Election. According to Naija PR, Wike lost his polling unit, Polling Unit 7 at Ward 9, in Obio/Akpor Local Government. He lost it to Amb. Ihunwo…
The Inspector General of Police, IGP Kayode Egbetokun, has responded to Governor Siminalayi Fubara’s allegations over the hijacking of the election materials meant for the Rivers State Local Government election. The IGP’s reply is contained in the press release below: PRESS RELEASE RIVERS ELECTIONS: NPF ACTIONS IN CONFORMITY WITH SUBSISTING COURT ORDER, REMAIN POLITICALLY NEUTRAL…