The Rivers State Governor, Siminalayi Fubara, on Thursday, declared his readiness to vacate office for a lasting peace in the state. The governor stated this in a programme on the African Independent Television (AIT). Rivers State has been plagued by a political crisis since October 30 last year...
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The Need For Judicial Pronouncement on the Alleged Veto/OVERRIDING of GOVERNOR FUBARA’S Assent to Four Bills Albert Venn Dicey, (popularly known as A. V. Dicey) taught law at the University of Oxford (1882-1909), he is credited as the proponent of the RULE OF LAW. One of the cardinal...
Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC), in Rivers State, Chief Tony Okocha, has accused Governor Siminialayi Fubara of delaying the implementation of the eight-point resolution toward ending political crisis in the state. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN), reports that political tension enveloped the state in October...
By EZEKIEL OBI, Abuja – The Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has filed a lawsuit against Nigeria’s governors and the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, Abuja, Nyesom Wike “over their failure to account for the alleged missing N40 trillion federal allocations meant for local governments in the...
The Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, Nyesom Wike, has said with the alliances his political camp has formed, the 2027 elections will be a walk in the park for them. The minister spoke of his readiness for the 2027 elections during a thanksgiving service by Senator...
By JOY ADARA, Abuja – Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has urged the 36 state governors in the country and the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, Abuja, Mr Nyesom Wike to “disclose details of federal allocations meant for local governments in your state and the FCT and...
The Federal Capital Territory Administration (FCTA), has earmarked N1.7 billion in the 2024 budget, for the establishment of a pilot Smart Secondary School in the FCT. The FCT Minister, Mr Nyesom Wike, disclosed in Abuja on Thursday, at an event organised to celebrate accomplishments of public school students...
Wike The Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Mr Nyesom Wike, says the FCT Administration is taking steps to address security challenges affecting some sections of the territory. Wike gave the assurance while addressing journalists in Abuja on Tuesday, before a close door emergency meeting with security agencies...
The Supreme Court on Monday reserved judgment in the appeal filed by the governorship candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Patrick Tonye-Cole, against the victory of Gov. Siminalayi Fubara. A five-member panel headed by Justice Kudirat Kekere-Ekun reserved judgment on the appeal after all parties in the...
By BARBARA KALU, Port-Harcourt – The Rivers State House of Assembly is to re-screen and re-confirm nine former Commissioners who resigned from the state executive council on Wednesday. The Clerk of the house, Mr Emeka Amadi, disclosed this in a statement issued on Monday in Port Harcourt. Mr. Amadi...
President Bola Tinubu on Thursday met with Rivers State Governor, Siminalayi Fubara, at the Presidential Villa in Abuja. Fubara who arrived at the Presidential Villa at about 5:40 pm went straight to the office of the President where they are currently meeting behind closed doors. The reason for...
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) on Thursday insisted that the 26 Rivers House of Assembly lawmakers who dumped the party for the All Progressives Congress (APC) were no longer members of the state legislature. PDP National Legal Adviser, Adeyemi Ajibade, SAN, told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN)...
Rivers, a state so rich because God blessed it with an abundance of crude oil and gas, is named after the many rivers that border its territory. Forty per cent of Nigeria’s output of crude oil is produced in the state. It also has deposits of silica sand,...
By EMMANUEL KUJE, Abuja – The Minister of Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Barrister Nyesom Wike, has said President Tinubu should be appreciated for intervening in the political situation in Rivers State. Speaking during the 20th Wedding Anniversary/Thanksgiving of Hon Dr & Dr (Mrs) George-Kelly D.A. Alabo at The...
No fewer than six elders in Rivers have dragged President Bola Tinubu and others to the Federal High Court, Abuja, for allegedly compelling Gov. Siminilaya Fubara to sign what they describe as an unconstitutional agreement. The plaintiffs, in the petition sighted by the News Agency of Nigeria, (NAN)...
The Jigawa chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), has faulted claim by the National Working Committee (NWC) of the party that former Gov. Sule Lamido is working for the All Progressives Congress (APC). Alhaji Isa Bello, the state PDP chairman stated this at a news conference in...
As the political complexity in Rivers State continues to dominate discussions in the country, a member of the Rivers State House of Assembly, who defected to the All Progressives Congress (APC) from the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Enemi George, has ruled out returning to the former party....
The Rivers House of Assembly has withdrawn the impeachment notice served on Gov. Siminialayi Fubara. The Speaker of the House, Mr Martin Amaewhule, said this at Wednesday’s plenary held at the auditorium of the Assembly’s residential quarters in Port Harcourt. Amaewhule read the withdrawal notice said that the...
By DANJUMA JOSEPH, Lafia – In a legal battle unfolding at the FCT High Court, DOAS Director Dr. Baba Gana Adam, has finds himself embroiled in a N500 million libel suit, accused of defaming businessman Dr. Donald Amangbo. The dispute stems from a press statement featured in...
After weeks of dramatic twists in Rivers State, the political gladiators in the oil-rich South-South state reached a truce on Monday after a meeting with President Bola Tinubu at the Aso Villa in Abuja. The meeting had in attendance Governor Siminalayi Fubara and his predecessor, Nyesom Wike,...