By TheCable PRESIDENT BOLA Tinubu has agreed to reinstate Siminalayi Fubara as the governor of Rivers state — but with the condition that he will not seek re-election in 2027, TheCable can report. The truce was reached during a closed-door meeting on Thursday night at the Presidential Villa, where Tinubu hosted Nyesom Wike, minister of [&helli...
By JKNewsMedia OPERATIONS HAVE stalled across several high-profile construction sites in Rivers State as Julius Berger Nigeria PLC begins pulling out its workforce due to delayed payments from the state government. The withdrawal affects projects critical to the state’s infrastructure and development, including the landmark Port Harcour...
By Jemimah Wellington, JKNewsMedia Reporter PRESIDENT BOLA Tinubu has forwarded a ₦1.481 trillion budget proposal for Rivers State to the National Assembly (NASS) for approval, following the imposition of emergency rule in the state. The budget request was presented during plenary by Speaker of the House of Representatives, Tajudeen Abbas, an...
By Helen Okechukwu, JKNewsMedia Reporter NINETEEN PASSENGERS, including two boat operators, were kidnapped by sea pirates during a brazen daylight assault on the Isaka River in Okrika, Rivers State, prompting swift response efforts from the police and a strike threat from the maritime union. Police launch rescue efforts for 19 kidnapped in Ri...
By Chidi Anselm Odinkalu IN NIGERIA, history tends to repeat itself with unerring accuracy and in tiresome syntax. When he wrote his Report on the Amalgamation of Northern and Southern Nigeria and Administration in 1919, Frederick Lugard described Nigeria as an “anomaly…. of a country with aggregate revenue practically equal to its needs but ...
By Joke Kujenya RIVERS STATE Governor Siminalayi Fubara has reportedly vacated the Government House in Port Harcourt alongside his family and security details, following President Bola Tinubu’s declaration of a state of emergency in the oil-rich state. A close source, who requested anonymity due to lack of authorisation to speak on the matter,...
By Ajibola Olaide, JKNewsMedia Reporter RIVERS STATE Governor Siminalayi Fubara has again written to the state House of Assembly, requesting a new date for the presentation of the 2025 appropriation bill. This follows an earlier failed attempt on March 12, when the governor and his entourage were denied entry into the Assembly premises. In a ...
By JKNewsMedia A FIRE outbreak on a dry crude storage barge at Cawthorne Channel 1 in Rivers State has been successfully contained, averting a major disruption to oil and gas operations in the area. The blaze, which ignited at approximately 2:10 p.m. on Wednesday, started on the BESTAF5 barge before spreading to adjacent barges. Emergency [&h...
By Helen Okechukwu, JKNewsMedia Reporter AIMING TO transform local connectivity, the Rivers State Government has announced its commitment to complete community road projects connecting six communities within the next eight months. The initiative includes a 9.7-kilometer stretch from Emohua to the East-West Road-Tema Junction, ending at the wat...
By Ajibola Olaide, JKNewsMedia Reporter A HELICOPTER crash off the coast of Port Harcourt, Rivers State, has led to the feared deaths of all eight passengers on board. The Sikorsky SK76, with registration 5NBQG, operated by East Winds Aviation, departed the Nigerian Air Force Base (NAF) en route to the FPSO NUIMS ANTAN oil rig […]
