Awaji-Inombek Abiante, the member representing Andoni/Opobo Federal Constituency in the House of Representatives, has been suspended by the Peoples Democratic Party in Ngor, Ward 1 in Andoni Local Government Area of Rivers State. According to reports, the ward party’s decision was contained in a resolution read to newsmen after a meeting of the leaders and…
By Toheeb Omotayo Prof. Zaccaeus Adangor, SAN, the Rivers State Attorney-General and Commissioner for Justice and a staunch supporter of the Minister of Federal Capital Territory (FCT) Nyesom Wike, has rejected his redeployment to the Ministry of Special Duties and consequently resigned from the State Executive Council. The Informant247 gathered that Adangor’s resignation came barely…
“Operation Delta Safe”, the air component of the Nigerian military’s special task force, says it has bombarded scores of illegal oil refining sites and other bases of economic saboteurs in Rivers on Friday and Saturday. According to AVM Edward Gabkwet, the Director of the Public Relations and Information, Nigerian Air Force, in a statement on…
The air component of Operation Delta Safe has destroyed illegal oil refining sites in air strikes in Krakama and Temakiri, Degema Local Government Area of Rivers. According to AVM Edward Gabkwet, the Director of Public Relations and Information, Nigerian Air Force (NAF), in a statement on Sunday, the air interdiction, which was conducted on Friday,…
The Super Eagles of Nigeria goalkeeper, Stanley Nwabali has paid a courtesy visit to the owner of his boyhood club, Felix Obuah of Go Round FC In a post on his Facebook page, Nwabali noted that he started his football career at Go Round and a visit to the owner after the AFCON journey is…
Following the supply of 475,000 barrels of crude oil by Shell Petroleum Development Company Limited, the Port Harcourt Refinery is set to start operations. A statement by Shell stated that some activities, including pressure and leak testing to assure pipeline integrity by relevant subsidiaries of the NNPC Limited and integrity and maintenance activities on the…
The Rivers State Governor, Siminalayi Fubara, on Friday, swore in nine commissioners who are loyalists of the FCT Minister, Nyesom Wike. The Informant247 reports that the newly sworn-in commissioners had earlier resigned their appointments at the height of the crisis between Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) Nyesom Wike and Fubara, whereas President Bola…
The Supreme Court sitting in Abuja on Thursday affirmed the election of Siminalayi Fubara of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) as duly elected governor of Rivers State while dismissing an appeal by the All Progressives Congress candidate, Tonye Cole. The Informant247 gathered that Cole alleged that irregularities marred Rivers’s election and that Fubara did not…
The Federal High Court sitting in Abuja on Monday declared the N800bn 2024 budget signed into law by the Rivers State Governor, Simi Fubara, as illegal The Informant247 had earlier reported that following the approval of the N800bn 2024 appropriation bill by Edison Ehie-led five-man Rivers Assembly members, governor Siminalayi Fubara on Thursday, December 14,…
As part of the implementation of the eight-point resolution reached at a peace meeting brokered between Governor Siminalayi Fubara of Rivers and his predecessor and the current Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) Nyesom Wike to resolve the political crisis rocking State, the House of Assembly on Wednesday, in its screening for the Commissioner…
The Rivers State Governor, Siminalayi Fubara Governor, is currently meeting with President Bola Ahmed Tinubu at the Presidential Villa in Abuja. The Informant247 gathered that Fubara arrived at the Presidential Villa on Thursday evening and went straight to the office of the President for the closed-door meeting. The meeting is not unconnected with the crisis…
No fewer than 20 persons were killed in a boat mishap in Andoni waterways in Andoni Local Government Area of Rivers State. Erastus Awortu, the chairman of the Andoni Local Government Area of Rivers State, in a statement issued early Wednesday, expressed his shock at the incident. According to him, the incident, which occurred on…
Rivers State House of Assembly on Wednesday threw a fresh jab at Hon. Edison Ehie, the former factional Speaker of Rivers State House of Assembly and Governor Siminalayi Fubara’s loyalist, saying he was never a Speaker. It would be recalled that Ehie, who happened to be the majority leader of the Assembly before declaring himself…
Governor Siminalayi Fubara of Rivers State has again reiterated that the decisions taken by his administration in the political crisis in the state were for peace to reign and not born out of fear. Fubara made this known while addressing Rivers people at the maiden state banquet held by his administration at Government House Port…
Governor Siminalayi Fubara of Rivers State, while speaking at the crossover church service at St Paul’s Archdeaconry Parish in Opobo in Opobo/Nkoro Local Government Area of the state, reiterated that his administration’s commitment to providing quality leadership. The Informant247 reports that Governor Fubara has been having a running battle with the camp of his predecessor…
Hon. Edison Ehie, the factional Speaker of Rivers State House of Assembly and Governor Siminalayi Fubara’s loyalist, has reportedly resigned his position as the Speaker and member of the Assembly representing Ahaoda East Constituency 2. The Informant247 gathered that Ehie, in his letter of resignation dated December 29, 2023, and addressed to the Independent National…
Siminalayi Fubara, the Rivers State Governor, on Monday, in a statewide broadcast, pledged to fully implement the comprehensive presidential peace agreement aimed at resolving the ongoing political crisis in the state while reaffirming his belief that no price is too high for peace to prevail in the region. He said, “As a principal participant in…
The Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Nyesom Wike, on Sunday, while addressing a congregation during a thanksgiving ceremony for the immediate past Commissioner for Works in Rivers State, George Kelly Alabo, at the Kings’ Assembly in Port Harcourt, claimed that he did not invite President Bola Ahmed Tinubu to intervene in Rivers State…
Senator Heineken Lokpobiri, the Minister of State for Petroleum Resources (Oil), on Thursday, announced the completion of phase 1 of the rehabilitation of the Port Harcourt Refinery in Rivers State, signalling the commencement of petroleum refining while pointing out that production of petroleum products would commence after the Christmas break. The minister made this known…
As part of efforts to resolve the political crisis in Rivers State, members of the State Assembly loyal to the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, Nyesom Wike, have withdrawn the impeachment notice they signed against Governor Siminalayi Fubara. The Informant247 gathered that 26 lawmakers pronounced the withdrawal notice during a sitting presided over by…
