Rivers State Governor, Siminalayi Fubara, has signed the state’s 2026 Appropriation Bill into law. The governor assented to the bill on Thursday at the Government House in Port Harcourt shortly after the Rivers State House of Assembly passed it. The bill was approved unanimously by 26 lawmakers during the Assembly’s resumed sitting in Port Harcourt. …
Rivers State Governor Siminalayi Fubara has called for greater investment in technical and vocational education, saying the state needs skilled manpower capable of driving economic growth. Fubara spoke on Wednesday while commissioning three projects at the Captain Elechi Amadi Polytechnic, Rumuola, in Obio/Akpor Local Government Area of the state. The projects are the Entrepreneurship and …
The Rivers State House of Assembly on Monday screened and confirmed five out of the nine commissioner nominees submitted by Governor Siminalayi Fubara, while rejecting four others. The lawmakers approved five of the nominees as commissioners-designate after a screening exercise that lasted more than two hours. Speaker of the House, Martin Amaewhule, who presided over …
Rivers State Governor, Siminalayi Fubara, has congratulated All Progressives Congress (APC) candidates Ukalikpe Napoleon and Loolo Bulabari Henrietta on their victories in Saturday’s by-elections in two state constituencies. The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) conducted the elections on Saturday, February 22, 2026 to fill vacant seats in the Rivers State House of Assembly. Napoleon won …
President Bola Tinubu has reiterated that Rivers State Governor, Siminalayi Fubara, remains the leader of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in the state. The position was conveyed through the President’s Special Adviser on Policy Communication, Daniel Bwala. The clarification comes amid the impeachment proceedings against Fubara being pushed by members of the Rivers State House …
Governor Fubara says legislators insist on Wike-approved meetings Rivers State Governor, Siminalayi Fubara, on Wednesday said he had endured “too much suffering” in the state’s prolonged political crisis because he chose not to publicly narrate his own side of the story. Speaking at the commissioning of the extended and dualised Ahoada–Omoku Road in Rivers West …
