Politics

Journalists in Rivers State have been strongly advised to maintain neutrality and stand with the people rather than politicians, in order to avoid sharing in the consequences awaiting those backing evil in society. This admonition came from the pulpit on Sunday, April 13, 2025, during a Special Thanksgiving Service held to mark the end of […]

The Federal Government’s Livelihood Improvement Family Enterprises–Niger Delta (LIFE-ND) project, funded by the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC) and the International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD), has commenced a second round of community sensitisation in Rivers State, reaching 46 new communities across eight local government areas. Speaking to the press, JD Horsfall, the Agric Business […]

A prominent Chief, Elder, and one of the last surviving signatories to the historic “Ogoni Bill of Rights”, Matthew Tornwe has issued a powerful open letter to the Federal Government of Nigeria, calling for urgent action on environmental restoration, resource control, and justice for the Ogoni people. In the letter, written few days ago,Tornwe paints […]

In the quiet community of Rumuosi in Rivers State, the sound of bulldozers has replaced birdsong. What was once a peaceful expanse of dreams and investments has turned into a battlefield of sorrow, anger, and pleas for justice. At the Magistrate Court 2, presided over by Magistrate Rosemary Ibanibo on Wednesday, April 9, 2025 the […]

A Rivers State Customary Court has stopped a ceremony wherein Finima Kingdom is to be declared with the inauguration of Finima Council of Chiefs with an order to the Inspector General of Police and Commissioner of Police, Rivers State to ensure the event does not hold. Chairman of the Bonny Customary Court, Waribani Banigo issued […]

The Rivers State Police Command has strongly condemned the assault on members of the Nigeria Union of Journalists (NUJ) by some police officers during a recent protest. The Command has announced that a full investigation is underway to uncover the facts surrounding the incident. “The Command unequivocally condemns this unfortunate incident and has commenced a […]

The Sole Administrator, Vice Admiral Ibok-Ette Ibas Rtd has announced a fresh round of appointments into public offices in Rivers State. In a government special announcement released on April 8, the retired admiral appointed 23 Local Government Administrators and constituted a new board for the Rivers State Electoral Commission, with effect from Monday, April 7, […]

A Federal High Court sitting in Port Harcourt, Rivers State has barred the Rivers State Sole Administrator, Ibok-Ette Ibas, a retired Vice Admiral, from appointing Sole Administrators to run the 23 local government councils in the State. The presiding judge in Suit No. FHC/PH/CS/46/2025, Justice Adamu Muhammed gave the order on Tuesday, April 8, 2025 […]

The Nigeria Union of Journalists (NUJ), Rivers State Council, has strongly condemned the brutal treatment meted out by personnel of the Rivers State Police Command on several journalists covering a peaceful protest in Port Harcourt on Monday, April 7, 2024. This condemnation was conveyed via a statement on Tuesday, April 8, 2025 signed by the […]

Some indigenes of Rivers State have kick-started the move to reverse the illegalities including the declaration of a state of emergency and imposition of a sole administrator on the State. Belema Briggs, Princess Wai-Ogosu, and three others, suing for themselves and residents of Rivers State, have dragged President Bola Tinubu, the National Assembly, Attorney General […]

The House of Representatives Committee on Federal Capital Territory (FCT) Area Councils and Ancillary Matters has decided to engage with the Minister of State for the FCT, Mariya Bunkure, to explore ways of bringing the Bwari Fish Farm Estate back to life. This resolution followed the committee’s inspection of the site, which was described as […]

The conversation around the Blue Economy in Rivers State and the wider Niger Delta remains impractical without first addressing the extensive environmental degradation and pollution caused by decades of oil exploration, an expert has cautioned. President of Garden City Premier Business School and former Bayelsa State Commissioner for Finance, Prof. Silva Opuala-Charles, stressed that the […]

A journalist with Channels Television, Charles Opurum, says he was brutally assaulted and detained by officers of the Nigeria Police Force (NPF) while covering the “Take It Back” protest in Port Harcourt, Rivers State on Monday, April 7, 2025. Opurum’s experience adds to a chorus of distressing accounts from various protesters who were teargassed, chased, […]

Stakeholders and experts have identified effective governance as the most potent tool to unlock the dormant wealth in the Blue Economy available in Rivers State. This was the highlight at the opening day of the Press Week of the Correspondents’ Chapel of the Nigeria Union of Journalists (NUJ) in Rivers State. The stakeholders said infrastructure […]