Tag: RIVERS STATE


  • NATIONAL ASSEMBLY COMMITTEE MANDATES URGENT RENOVATION OF RIVERS STATE SECRETARIAT

    House of Representatives Ad-Hoc Committee on Rivers State Emergency Rule, led by Prof. Julius Ihonvbere, has ordered the immediate renovation of the dilapidated Rivers State Secretariat and the relocation of civil servants from hazardous work environments.   Following an emergency inspection, the committee found the Secretariat in a deplorable state, with structural hazards, leaking roofs,…

  • RIVERS STATE GOVERNMENT INAUGURATES FARMER HERDER COMMITTEE

    Rivers State Government has inaugurated a farmer-herder committee to tackle clashes between farmers and herders.   During the launch in Port Harcourt, Secretary to the State Government Ibibia Worika, who chairs the committee, emphasized that such conflicts have caused loss of lives, displacement, and economic disruption.   The initiative, endorsed by Rivers State, Retired Vice…

  • COURT HALTS IBAS FROM SWEARING IN RIVERS SERVICE COMMISSION MEMBERS

    Rivers State High Court in Port Harcourt has issued an order on Monday preventing the state’s Sole Administrator, Vice Admiral Ibok-Ete Ibas (retd.), from inaugurating a newly confirmed Chairman and members of the Rivers State Services Commission until the court delivers its judgment. The order was issued by Justice Frank Onyiri after a suit filed…

  • RIVERS LG OFFICIALS DECLARED WANTED BY POLICE OVER ATTACK ON COUNCIL ADMINISTRA

    Rivers State Police Command has declared two senior officials of Ahoada-East Local Government Area, Hector Ekeakita (Chief Security Officer) and Aloni Olodi (Chief of Staff), wanted for their alleged involvement in the violent assault on the council’s Administrator, Goodluck Iheanachor. The assault took place on June 20, 2025, at the council secretariat, where about 30…