Minister of Federal Capital Territory (FCT) Nyesom Wike has given owners of the 762 revoked plots of land in Maitama two-week grace to pay for their Certificates of Occupancy (C of O). The owners of the plots, located in Maitama II, Cadastral Zone A10, Abuja, are expected to pay...
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The National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Abdullahi Ganduje, has said the party’s target is to wrestle Rivers state from the grip of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) come 2027. Mr Ganduje made this known in Port Harcourt during the inauguration of the state working committee on...
The Rivers House of Assembly faction loyal to Gov. Siminalaye Fubara, on Wednesday initiated a bill to regulate the real estate sector. The Leader, Mr Sokari Goodboy, who presented the River State Real Estate Regulatory Authority Bill 2024, said it was aimed at ensuring transparency in the sector. Goodboy...
Former President Goodluck Jonathan has assured Rivers State Governor, Siminalayi Fubara, not to be disturbed by the political crisis rocking the state. Jonathan spoke at an event in the Nihi Community in the Etche Local Government Area of the State on Sunday. He explained that Fubara would eventually emerge...
The Rivers State Chapter of the All Progressives Congress (APC) has elected Chief Tony Okocha, its former Caretaker Committee Chairman, as the substantive Chairman. Okocha was elected at the party’s Delegates’ Congress held on Saturday in Port Harcourt. He was elected alongside other State Working Committee members to run...
The Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) Federal Capital Territory (FCT) Council, has directed all workers in the six area councils of the FCT to begin indefinite strike from Dec. 1. The chairman of the council, Mr Knabanyi Adalo, gave the directive in a statement in Abuja on Saturday. Idalo explained...
The member representing Ideato North/South Federal Constituency of Imo State, Hon Ikenga Ugochinyere, on Friday accused FCT Minister, Nyesom Wike, of destabilising the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP). Wike, the immediate past Rivers State Governor, was appointed minister by President Bola Tinubu in 2023. He is a PDP member serving...
The Court of Appeal Abuja has nullified the judgment of the Federal High Court in Abuja, which barred the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) from releasing the voters’ register to the Rivers State Independent Electoral Commission for the conduct of the state local government polls which has now been...
A member of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Segun Sowunmi, has said President Bola Tinubu is his party’s main problem. Sowunmi, former Ogun PDP governorship candidate, stated this on Wednesday during Channels Television’s Politics Today. He also faulted the appointment of former Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Wike, as FCT...
By DAVID IORJA, Abuja- Indian Prime Minister, Narendra Modi, has landed in Abuja on Saturday night. He was received by FCT Minister Nyesom Wike and the Nigeria’s Minister of State for Foreign Affairs, Bianca Ojukwu. His visit to Nigeria will be the first by an Indian prime minister since...
The Rivers Restoration Movement (RRM) has dismissed claims that President Bola Tinubu is taking sides in the political crises in Rivers. A former leader of Niger-Delta agitators, Alhaji Asari Dokubo, had accused Tinubu of supporting the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, Nyesom Wike, to destabilise the administration of...
By EMMANUEL KUJE, Abuja – The Executive Secretary, Federal Capital Development Authority (FCDA), Mr Shehu Ahmed, has been suspended from office. Mr Lere Olayinka, the Senior Special Assistant on Public Communications and New Media to the FCT Minister, Nyesom Wike, announced the suspension in a statement in Abuja on...
A human rights lawyer, Femi Falana, SAN, has condemned the gifting of houses to judges by the Minister of Federal Capital Territory, Nyesom Wike. The minister had in October flagged off the Design and Construction of 40 Judges’ Quarters in the Katampe District in the nation’s capital, Abuja, which...
Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Nyesom Wike, has said President Bola Tinubu is entrenching good governance through the Renewed Hope Agenda. Wike stated this in Abuja on Tuesday, when he inspected the ongoing construction of five-kilometre Saburi – Dei Dei road, awarded to Lubrik Construction Company in...
Rivers State Governor, Siminalayi Fubara, says the political crisis in the state is divinely orchestrated to allow God to perfect His purpose in granting the state political freedom and economic growth. Fubara stated this at the thanksgiving service to celebrate the appointment of His Royal Majesty, Eze Chike Worlu...
A group, The Concerned Rivers People (CRP) ,has condemned calls for the dismissal of the Federal Capital Territory Minister, Mr Nyesom Wike, following the demolition of some illegal structures in Ruga community in Abuja. Mr Robinson Uke, the Director of Communication of CRP, made the call in a statement...
By EZEKIEL OBI, Abuja- A chiefiain of the Igbo socio-cultural organisation, Ohanaeze Ndigbo, Chief Ugochukwu Nduwuisi has called on President Bola Ahmed Tinubu, former governors of Rivers State and their deputies to quickly mediate in the current political impasse in the state in order to find an enduring solution....
The Rivers Restoration Movement (RRM) has cautioned Alhaji Asari Dokubo over his alleged inflammatory remarks labelling a particular ethnic group as “betrayers.’’ Dokubo, the leader of Niger Delta People’s Volunteer Force, had in a recent viral video, criticised President Bola Tinubu’s administration, accusing the president of neglect after he...
By BARBARA KALU, Port-Harcourt – Rivers State Government has debunked a social media report alleging that Governor Siminalayi Fubara shut down the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited (NNPCL), and other oil companies in the state. The Commissioner for Information and Communications, Warisenibo Joe Johnson, who disclosed this in a...
A Federal High Court in Abuja on Wednesday, struck out a suit filed by 27 lawmakers, led by Mr Martin Amaewhule, in the Rivers House of Assembly against the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC). Justice Peter Lifu, in a ruling, struck out the suit after it was withdrawn by...