Rivers, Ebonyi, Anambra, others top 2021 fiscal performance ranking – BudgIT

The State of States report released on Monday by BudgIT, a civic organization, that measures fiscal performances of both federal and state governments in the country has revealed that Rivers state emerged the best sub-national in the overall 2021 fiscal performance ranking. According to the report, this comes as a result of the prudent management […]
Rivers communities cry out over dilapidated schools, roads
Former Rivers APC spokesman, Ogbonna Nwuke set to rejoin PDP
Rivers NASS caucus rejects fresh borrowing
17 disputed oil wells: Supreme Court fixes date to hear suit between Imo, Rivers
Prophetess sentenced to life imprisonment in Port Harcourt dies 2 days after
Rivers APC congresses: Appeal Court reserves ruling
If states are allowed to collect VAT, we won’t be able to pay salaries – Gombe governor
Southern governors meet in Enugu

17 Southern governors are currently meeting in Enugu state to discuss issues of national concern which include the controversial Anti-Open Grazing law expected of member states to enact. This follows after their previous meetings in Asaba and Lagos States, where they had discussed the ban on open grazing. The governors had urged all the states […]
Rivers, Lagos urge Appeal Court to restrain FIRS from collecting VAT
Umahi throws weight behind FIRS, opposes Wike, other states

Ebonyi State Governor, David Umahi has thrown his weight behind the Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS), as he notes that the agency should be in charge of the collection of value-added tax (VAT), which would, in turn, be redistributed to states across the country. The governor made this assertion in opposition to that of his […]
Rivers gov’t to resuscitate key health institutions with N5 billion