He also directed the outgoing local government chairmen to formally hand over to the Heads of LG Administration by Monday, March 3, 2025.

Rivers State Governor, Siminalayi Fubara, has assured residents of the oil-rich state that his administration will implement the Supreme Court’s verdict after carefully reviewing its Certified True Copy (CTC). In a statewide broadcast on Sunday, Fubara disclosed that he had met with his legal team, who anticipate obtaining the CTC by Friday, March 7, 2025. […]

Former Peoples Redemption Party (PRP) governorship candidate in Delta State, Emmanuel Igbini, has hailed the Supreme Court judgment on Rivers State, stating that it has created the necessary foundation for peace and reconciliation in the state. Igbini, who described himself as a mutual friend of Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Nyesom Wike, and […]

Governor Siminalayi Fubara of Rivers State has promised to implement the Supreme Court’s judgement by conducting fresh local government elections.

The Rivers Good Governance Agenda has reacted to the Supreme Court ruling which stopped the CBN from giving funds to the Rivers state government.

“Although we disagree with the judgment, we are bound to obey the order made therein as a law-abiding government,” Mr Fubara said, adding that the state is back to its trying time.

Nigerian lawyer and activist, Deji Adeyanju, has urged Governor Siminalayi Fubara of Rivers State to resist the influence of the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, Nyesom Wike. Adeyanju called on Fubara to render Wike politically insignificant in Rivers State by the year 2027. This appeal followed the Supreme Court’s ruling that halted federal allocations […]

Amid the Rivers political crisis, Governor Siminalayi Fubara has reacted to impeachment reports. Recently, the Supreme Court sacked Rivers LG chairmen.

Former Deputy National Publicity Secretary of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Timi Frank, has strongly criticized the Supreme Court’s ruling suspending federal allocations to local governments in Rivers State, calling it a calculated attempt to destabilize Governor Siminalayi Fubara’s administration. In a statement issued on Sunday in Abuja, Frank labeled the judgment a “gross miscarriage […]

The Minister of Federal Capital Territory, FCT, Minister, Nyesom Wike's Special Adviser on Public Communication, Lere Olayinka, has said Governor Sim

A South-South leader and Convener of the South-South Reawakening Group (SSRG), Joseph Ambakederimo, has cautioned that the Supreme Court ruling on Rivers State has serious consequences if the state government fails to comply with the verdict. Naija News reports that Ambakederimo’s advice followed Friday’s apex court judgment, which declared the council polls conducted in the […]

Former APC spokesperson and public analyst Timi Frank has condemned the Supreme Court's ruling ordering the withholding of local government funds in Rivers State.

A prominent South-South leader and former Provost Marshal of the Nigerian Army, Brigadier-General Idada Ikponmwen (retd.), has called for a political resolution to the ongoing crisis in Rivers State following the recent Supreme Court verdict. Ikponmwen made the appeal after Rivers State Governor, Siminalayi Fubara, assured residents that his administration would implement the Supreme Court’s […]

A prominent Ijaw leader in Rivers State, Anabs Sara-Igbe, has expressed reservations about the Supreme Court ruling on the Rivers State political crisis, stating that the judgment appears biased and influenced by vested interests. Naija News reports that Sara-Igbe’s reaction comes after Governor Siminalayi Fubara assured Rivers residents that his administration would implement the Supreme […]