The Supreme Court has reaffirmed Amaopusenibo Siminalayi Joseph Fubara as the duly elected Governor of Rivers State following the Governorship poll held on 18th March.The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) had declared Fubara, representing the PDP, as the winner on 20th March with 302,614 votes, defeating his closest challenger, Patrick Tamunotonye Cole of the APC, who secured 95,274 votes.Displeased with the outcome, Cole and the APC took their grieva...

Federal government has pressed terrorism charges against four individuals from Port Harcourt accused of invading, vandalizing, and burning down the Rivers State House of Assembly last year. The accused, believed to be loyalists of Siminalaye Fubara of Rivers State, allegedly committed these acts during the political upheaval that shook Port Harcourt in October.The individuals facing these charges are Chima Eguma Ezebalike, Prince Lukman Oladele, Kenneth Goodluck Kpa...

The Federal High Court, Abuja, on Monday, nullified the N800 billion budget signed into law by the Rivers State Governor, Simi Fubara.Fubara had sent the budget for 2024 to a four-man House of Assembly for approval on December 13 amid his feud with the FCT Minister, Nyesom Wike.The court also upheld the suit filed by the Rivers House of Assembly and its Speaker Martin Amaewhule, against Fubara, which sought an order of injunction restraining the governor from frustr...