Governor Sim Fubara of Rivers State has alleged plans to mobilize 20 people per unit to attack the newly sworn-in local government Chairmen in the state. Fubara, however, urged them to be calculative in their approach. He spoke while swearing in the newly elected local government Chairmen in Port Harcourt, Rivers State Capital, yesterday. 22 of the chairmen were from the Action Peoples Party, ...

In a recent statement via his official X account, Chidi Odinkalu, a law professor and former Chairman of the National Human Rights Commission, has spoken out against a recent decision by the Nigerian government. The government has banned students under 18 from taking national examinations like WAEC, NECO, and JAMB. Odinkalu highlighted what he sees as a contradiction in the government’s ...

The NNPC Ltd/ Seplat Energy Joint Venture (JV) partnership has conducted a medical outreach, providing free eye health services to individuals with visual impairments in Ohaji/Egbema community of Imo State. Through its “Eye Can See” programme, a Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) initiative, the JV dispensed more than 10,000 reading glasses and successfully performed 639 eye surgeries, ...

The federal government has said it will honour the governor of Kaduna State, Senator Uba Sani, alongside governors Peter Mbah of Enugu, Mohammed Bago of Niger, Inuwa Yahaya of Gombe State, Caleb Manasseh Mutfwang of Plateau, Babajide Sanwo-Olu of Lagos State, and Godwin Obaseki of Edo, and other individuals and organisations for the 2024 Nigeria Govtech public service awards. The Nigeria Govtech ...

Governor Siminalayi Fubara of Rivers State has regained control of the Local Government structure as his loyalists who contested elections under the Action Peoples Party (APP) have won all but one of the 23 chairmanship positions. Chief Election Officer of the Rivers State Independent Electoral Commission, Justice Adolphus Enebeli, declared the result in Port Harcourt, the state capital, on ...

The Rivers local government elections were held despite attempts by some opposition politicians to prevent it from taking place. Governor Siminalayi Fubara has sworn ...