Tag: Rivers

|BY Adejumo Adekunle – The Office of the Accountant-General of the Federation (OAGF) has confirmed it will comply with court directives regarding federal allocations to Rivers State amidst ongoing legal…

|By Adejumo Adekunle-   The Nigerian government has confirmed the suspension of the October monthly Federation Account Allocation Committee (FAAC) revenue payment to Rivers State, escalating tensions between Governor Simi…

|By Adejumo Adekunle –   The Human Rights Writers Association of Nigeria (HURIWA) has praised the Rivers State Government for its decisive action in probing the wave of arson attacks…

|By Adejumo Adekunle-   Governor Sim Fubara of Rivers State declared on Sunday that recent political upheavals were part of a divine plan to establish true “political freedom” for the…

|By Adejumo Adekunle – Governor Siminalayi Fubara announced his upcoming presentation of the Rivers State 2025 budget to the State Assembly, led by Speaker Victor Oko-Jumbo. He emphasized the cooperative…

|By Adejumo Adekunle – Chaos broke out early Saturday at Ikoku Market in Port Harcourt when business owners discovered a mutilated body with machete wounds near a bank at Ayama…

|By Adejumo Adekunle – On Friday, the Coalition of Niger Delta Oil Producing Ethnic Nationalities Forum urged President Bola Tinubu to urgently restore operations at the Port Harcourt and Warri…

|By Babatunji Wusu – Gunmen, believed to be cultists, killed a vigilante group member from the Obele community in Rivers State’s Emohua Local Government Area on Wednesday night. The victim,…

|By Adejumo Adekunle – Pandemonium erupted on Monday at the Ikwerre Local Government headquarters in Isiokpo as police fired gunshots and teargas to disperse workers who had gathered to resume…

  |Adejumo Adekunle – Rivers State Governor Siminalayi Fubara has identified the struggle over control of state resources as the primary driver of the ongoing political crisis. Speaking during the…