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...
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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 Justice Peter Lifu, in a ruling, struck out the suit after it was withdrawn by...
The Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Mr Nyesom Wike, has disclosed plans to begin development of the FCT Administration’s permanent secretariat in Garki, Abuja. Wike made the disclosure during the inauguration of the development of Arterial Road N5 from Life Camp Junction to Ring Road III, in...
A Federal High Court in Abuja, on Friday reserved judgment in a suit filed by Rivers House of Assembly led by Mr Martin Amaewhule, seeking to stop all allocations to the state. Justice Joyce Abdulmalik adjourned the judgment to a date that would be communicated to parties after the...
Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Mr Nyesom Wike, has declared war on beggars defacing Abuja city and posing security risk. Wike made the declaration during the official commencement of the construction of the access road from Nnamdi Azikiwe Expressway by N16, to Judges Quarters, in Katampe District,...
The Chairman of All Progressives Congress (APC) Caretaker Committee in Rivers, Chief Tony Okocha, has said that the party will continue to constructively criticise the Gov. Siminalayi Fubara-led government in the interest of the people of the state. Okocha, who stated this on Sunday in Abuja at the News...
The Chairman of All Progressives Congress (APC) Caretaker Committee in Rivers, Chief Tony Okocha, has blamed the protracted political crisis in the state on struggle for political structures by some Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) big wigs. Okocha, while speaking with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Sunday in...
Nyesom Wike on Saturday hit back at former vice president Atiku Abubakar, labelling the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) presidential flagbearer in the 2023 election as a serial loser. Atiku had taken a swipe at Wike – the Minister of the FCT and a former governor of Rivers State –...
Chairman of the All Progressive Congress(APC), in Rivers, Dr Tony Okocha, has said that FCT minister Nyesom Wike is not a member of the APC. He told newsmen on Thursday in Abuja that the 27 Rivers lawmakers currently in a bitter political struggle with Gov. Siminalayi Fubara were also...
Acting Chairman of the All Progressive Congress (APC), in Rivers, Dr Tony Okocha, has described the Judicial Commission of Inquiry set up to investigate the burning of local government offices as “an attempt to witch hunt”. “The Judicial Commission of Inquiry to investigate the bombing of Local Government...
The Peoples Democratic Party Governors’ Forum (PDP-GF) on Tuesday said that the internal crisis rocking the party had been resolved. The forum’s Chairman, Gov. Bala Mohammed, stated this in an interview with newsmen at the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, Abuja, after the forum’s meeting. Mohammed said that stakeholders within...
The Ijaw National Congress (INC) worldwide has called onPresident Bola Tinubu to call the FCT Minister, Mr Nyesom Wike, to order over lingering crises in Rivers. President, INC, Prof. Benjamin Okaba, made the call at a news conference on Tuesday in Abuja. Wike and Gov. Siminialayi Fubara are at loggerheads...
A former governor of Ekiti State and a chieftain of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Ayo Fayose, has expressed regret over the crisis rocking the former leading party in Nigeria. He said that the suspension and counter-suspension within the party has brought the party too low to the level...
A chieftain of PDP in Lagos State, Mr Toafik Gani, has described the current national leadership crisis in the party as unfortunate and disappointing Gani ,a former Publicity Secretary of the party in the state, spoke with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Sunday. He was reacting to...
Former President Olusegun Obasanjo has called on Nigerian leaders to judiciously use the country’s abundant resources to develop the nation. Speaking at the Methodist Archdiocese of Abuja’s 40th anniversary celebration on Sunday in Abuja, Obasanjo emphasised that Nigeria had all it needs to thrive. Obasanjo echoed the sentiments of...
The Court of Appeal in Abuja, on Thursday, dismissed an appeal filed by Gov. Siminalayi Fubara of Rivers to challenge the lower court judgment affirming Martin Amaewhule-led Rivers House of Assembly. A three-member panel of justices, in a unanimous judgment, held that the appeal was bereft of merit. The...
The Chief of Defence Staff, Gen. Christopher Musa, has sought the support of the Minister of Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Mr Nyesom Wike for the upcoming Africa Military Games. Musa, who made the appeal when he visited Wike in Abuja on Wednesday, said that 40 countries would participate in...
FCT Minister, Nyesom Wike, on Tuesday said he has no regret working against the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the 2023 presidential election. Wike, who spoke on Channels Television’s Politics Today, denied engaging in anti-party activities by refusing to support Atiku Abubakar, the then PDP presidential candidate. He defended...
A former governor of Rivers State Nyesom Wike has asked his successor Siminalayi Fubara to follow the rule of law for peace to reign in the state. Wike spoke on Tuesday when he was featured as a guest on Channels Television’s Politics Today. “There is peace when you obey...