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Apapa Declares Himself Labour Party Leader After Supreme Court Sacks Abure
Bashiru Lamidi Apapa has declared himself the new national leader of the Labour Party following the Supreme Court ruling that...
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Court to Hear Suit Challenging Rivers State Emergency Declaration on May 21
PORT HARCOURT — The Federal High Court in Port Harcourt has fixed May 21, 2025, to begin hearing a lawsuit...
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Rivers Police Launch Probe into Alleged Assault on Journalists
The Rivers State Police Command has launched an investigation into allegations of assault on journalists by police officers during a...
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IBAS APPROVES APPOINTMENT OF ADMINISTRATORS FOR LOCAL GOVERNMENT COUNCILS
GOVERNMENT SPECIAL ANNOUNCEMENT His Excellency The Administrator of Rivers State, Vice Admiral (Rtd) Ibok-Ete Ekwe Ibas CFR, has approved the...
Read moreCourt Restrains Rivers Sole Administrator from Appointing Local Government Heads
PORT HARCOURT — The Federal High Court in Port Harcourt has issued an interim order restraining the Sole Administrator of...
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NUJ Condemns Police Brutality and Assault On Rivers Journalists
8th April, 2025 PRESS RELEASE The Nigeria Union of Journalists (NUJ), Rivers State Council, has condemned in strong terms the...
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Suspected Pirates Attack Passenger Boat in Rivers State, Kidnap Five
Gunmen suspected to be pirates on Monday attacked a passenger boat traveling between Degema and Akuku-Toru Local Government Areas of...
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Acquitted Suspects Allege Pressure to Falsely Implicate Rivers Governor’s Chief of Staff in Assembly Fire
Four individuals previously detained and acquitted in connection with the 2023 fire at the Rivers State House of Assembly have...
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Edo Assembly Removes Natasha as Minority Leader
Hon Natasha Osawaru of the Peoples Democratic Party(PDP) has been removed as minority leader of the Edo State House of...
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Woman Arrested for Allegedly Poisoning Boyfriend in Port Harcourt
A young woman has been arrested in Port Harcourt following the alleged poisoning and death of her boyfriend in what...
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UN Law Institute Director Urges Tinubu to Reverse Rivers State Emergency
The Director-General of the Institute of Law Research and Development of the United Nations (ILAWDUN), Cyprian Edward-Ekpo, has called on...
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Sen Allwell Onyesoh Set to Renovate Series of Schools in Rivers East
Senator Allwell Onyesoh has initiated a significant renovation project targeting schools in Rivers East Senatorial District. This effort marks the...
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Channels TV Reporter Freed After Arrest, Assault During Port Harcourt Protest
PORT HARCOURT — Channels Television reporter Charles Opurum has been released following his arrest and assault by a police officer...
Read moreHouse of Reps Warns Rivers Sole Administrator Against Legislative Overreach
The leadership of the House of Representatives has issued a stern warning to the Sole Administrator of Rivers State, Vice...
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74 Senators Supported and Voted For Emergency Rule in Rivers – Senate
The Senate has revealed that 74 out of 109 senators supported the declaration of a state of emergency in Rivers...
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Rivers Listed as Second Most Indebted State in Nigeria
ABUJA – Nigeria’s total public debt rose sharply to ₦144.665 trillion by December 2024, marking a 48.58% increase from ₦97.34...
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Wike’s Visit: Bayelsa Appears to be in the Grip of Wikephobia – Magnus Abe
ABUJA – Former senator Magnus Abe has condemned what he described as unnecessary hysteria and political drama in Bayelsa State...
Read moreIbas Pledges to Repair Vandalised Infrastructure in Rivers State
The Administrator of Rivers State, Vice Admiral (Rtd) Ibok Ete Ekwe Ibas, has pledged to restore vandalised infrastructure across the...
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Atiku Reacts to Report of His Resignation From PDP
PRESS RELEASE Reports of Atiku Abubakar’s Resignation from PDP Are Malicious Lies and a Political Hatchet Job We ordinarily would...
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First Lady Launches Free Medical Outreach in Niger Delta
The First Lady, Senator Oluremi Tinubu, has launched the 2025 Free Medical Outreach of the Niger Delta Development Commission, NDDC,...
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