Justice Joyce Abdulmalik of the Federal High Court in Abuja has issued an order preventing the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) from releasing further financial allocations to the Rivers State Government until a lawful appropriation act is enacted by a properly constituted House of Assembly. The ruling was delivered on Wednesday, October 30, as part of a judgment in a suit brought by the Rivers State House of Assembly, led by Martins Amaewhule.
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Tonto Dikeh, a famous Nollywood actress who also recently became a politician might just become the Deputy Governor of Rivers State.
Beatrice Itubo, the Chairman of Rivers State council of the Nigerian Labour Congress, NLC, is now the governorship candidate of the Labour Party.
Nyesom Wike, the Governor of Rivers State and a Presidential hopeful of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, has made a comment that shocked Nigerians when it was aired.
A former military administrator, an office that is equivalent to that of a governor in a democratic dispensation, who passed on in Rivers State, is remembered for his leadership in office back then.
Pastor of Shalom Mercyland Ministries, Chris Onyebuchi Amadi, in Rivers State, has reportedly taken the life of his wife, Evangelist Solution Amadi following an argument that ensued between the pair.
The man, Chief Fubarah Aka, Managing Director, MD of Defubitech Ltd, that was initially accused of sponsoring the assassination of a mother’s son and her husband in Rivers State, has come out to confess his role in the whole scandal.
The teenage student of Community Secondary School, Ikot Ewa, Rivers State, caught with a locally made gun she intended to use on her teacher has confessed and revealed some heartbreaking secrets.
Surfacing on the internet very recently are fresh hints about dead pastor in Port Harcourt, who was at the centre of some wedding day drama almost two weeks ago.
There was more than mild drama during the weekend at a church where a wedding was slated to take place; things got out of hand as Pastor refuses to wed couple.
Rivers State Governor Nyesom Wike, says he will re-impose another lockdown beginning from January as the number of coronavirus cases continues to surge in the state.
Trouble is looming in Port Harcourt, Rivers state after a policeman was alleged to have killed a Keke rider in the early hours of Thursday.
The Rivers State Judicial Panel of Inquiry into Police Brutality has heard the complaints of a 50-year old man, who shared the story of how his three-day-old baby was killed by a stray bullet fired by officers of the disbanded Special Anti-Robbery Squad, SARS, in the state.
Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Wike has directed security agencies to arrest any trader who displays goods around the Okoro-Nu-Odu Flyover,…
Two members of a sea pirate syndicate, Kelvin Dikuro, aka General Small Voice and Erememi Captain, alias Nwalanta, have recounted their criminal escapades within the Niger Delta region, including Bayelsa and Rivers states.
The Ebonyi state governor, Dave Umahi has accused the Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB of trying to incite another civil…
Governor of Ebonyi State and Chairman of the Southeast Governors Forum, Dave Umahi, has warned that the Indigenous Peoples of Biafra (IPOB) is trying to incite Igbo people into another civil war.
A man known as Chinedu Anthony has been remanded by the Magistrate Court for caging 5-year-old son in Port Harcourt.
Two alleged bigwigs of the proscribed Indigenous Peoples of Biafra (IPOB) have been arrested by security operatives.
Governor Nyesom Wike has donated 20 million naira to each family of ten slained security personnel. The security personnel were…
Security agencies are frantically searching for 50 AK-47 rifles allegedly carted away by members of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) in Oyigbo Local Government area of Rivers State.
