By Jemimah Wellington, JKNmedia Reporter GOVERNOR SIMINALAYI Fubara of Rivers State has pledged a massive overhaul of the state’s healthcare system to ensure residents have access to quality and affordable services. He also promised substantial budget allocations in 2025 for health, education, and agriculture. Governor Fubara made these remark...
By Helen Okechukwu, JKNMedia Reporter, Port Harcourt Governor Siminalayi Fubara has declared that his administration has begun preparing the 2025 budget. He insisted that the legislative seats declared vacant on December 13, 2023, will remain vacant. Fubara confirmed that the seats of Martin Amaewhule and others who defected from the Peoples D...
By Helen Okechukwu, JKNMedia Reporter, Port Harcourt RIVERS STATE House of Assembly has confirmed Barrister Emmanuel Onengiye-Ofori Frank-Fubara as a Commissioner-designate. The clerk has been instructed to inform Governor Siminalayi Fubara for the swearing-in ceremony to induct Frank-Fubara into the State Executive Council. The governor’...
By Helen Okechukwu, JKNMedia Reporter, Port Harcourt CONTESTING THE Appeal Court’s recent ruling in Port Harcourt, Rivers State House of Assembly Speaker, Rt Hon Victor Oko-Jumbo, has announced the filing of an appeal at the Supreme Court. Oko-Jumbo asserted that the Assembly believes the Court of Appeal erred in its judgment, which stat...
By Helen Okechukwu What was intended to be a modern educational facility has become a haunting symbol of broken promises and neglect, as UDEME witnessed firsthand. ON A DREARY Thursday, June 6, 2023, at about 3.35 pm, Government Secondary School (GSS), Abua, students were trudging home beneath gloomy, rain-laden clouds. That is aside the cold,...
By Helen Okechukwu, JKNMedia Reporter POLITICIANS IN Rivers State have been called upon by Governor Siminalayi Fubara to practice responsible politics to ensure the state’s peace and economic growth. Fubara gave the charge during a visit from the House of Representatives Committee on Ports and Harbours, led by Chairman Hon. Nnolim Nnaji,...
By Ajibola Olaide, JKNMedia Reporter A PRIME suspect involved in the attempted detonation of an explosive device outside Hotel Presidential on the Port Harcourt-Aba Expressway during a protest in Port Harcourt has been apprehended and is receiving intensive care at the Rivers State University Teaching Hospital (RSUTH). The suspect, reportedly ...
By Helen Okechukwu, JKNMedia Reporter, PH A NEW Paramount Ruler has been appointed for Apara Kingdom by Rivers State Governor Siminalayi Fubara. Eze Chike Worlu Wodo is declared as both the Paramount Ruler and the new Chairman of the Rivers State Council of Traditional Rulers in a decision that comes in the wake of perceived […]
By Helen Okechukwu, JKNMedia Reporter, Rivers State IN A STATEWIDE broadcast on Monday, Governor Siminalayi Fubara expressed profound gratitude to the citizens of Rivers State for their unwavering support and commitment to his administration while he also highlighted the shared sacrifices made for the peace and prosperity of the state and the ...
By Helen Okechukwu, JKNMedia Reporter EXPRESSING EXCITEMENT over an independent assessment by online media platforms that rated the state highly for projects’ delivery among first-term governors in Nigeria, Rivers State Governor Siminalayi Fubara has said it is a piece of news worth celebrating for him and citiens. Speaking during a Sall...
