The 26 members of the Rivers State House of Assembly on Wednesday commenced sitting in Port Harcourt, the state capital. The lawmakers led by Martin Amaewhule convened at the House of Assembly quarters. The notice of withdrawal was contained in a letter signed by the 27 – although one of them was hospitalised and wasn’t … [Read more…]
Elder Statesman and Leader of the Pan Niger Delta forum, PANDEF, Edwin Clark has described the communique issued at the end of the reconciliatory meeting by President Bola Tinubu to resolve the crisis in Rivers State as baffling and unacceptable to the people especially the ljaw ethnic nationality. Addressing a press conference at his Abuja … [Read more…]
Governor Siminalayi Fubara of Rivers State, yesterday, signed an agreement with his predecessor and Federal Capital Territory, FCT, Minister, Chief Nyesom Wike, to end the political crisis in the state. An eight-point peace deal was brokered by President Bola Tinubu and other stakeholders at a crucial meeting in the Presidential Villa, Abuja. According to the … [Read more…]
Presidential aspirants of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in the 2023 general election said yesterday that they had all agreed to drop their ambition for the 2027 presidency to pave the way for President Bola Ahmed Tinubu’s second term bid. Accordingly, the presidential hopefuls have formed a forum known as Forum of 2023 APC Presidential … [Read more…]
A coalition of opposition political parties has alleged a plot to use the courts to illegitimately impeach the governor of Rivers State, Siminalayi Fubara. The parties, under the umbrella of the Coalition of United Political Parties (CUPP), claimed they have intelligence that a ruling had already been drafted by the Federal High Court set to … [Read more…]
More resignations have hit the Rivers State Executive Council as two more commissioners believed to be loyal to Nyesom Wike tow same path. After four resignations from Governor Siminalayi Fubara’s cabinet on yesterday, the Commissioners for Housing, Gift Worlu and Commissioner for Education, Chinedu Mmom, resigned on Friday. In his resignation letter addressed to the … [Read more…]
The political tsunami sweeping Rivers State appears unabating as three more commissioners on Thursday resigned from Governor Sim Fubara’s cabinet. The latest to pull out of the cabinet are the Commissioner for Works George-Kelly Alabo – who served in the same capacity under Nyesom Wike’s government – and the Social Welfare and Rehabilitation Commissioner Inime … [Read more…]
Following the ongoing demolition of the burnt Rivers State House of Assembly complex to pave way for reconstruction of a new building, the Rt. Hon. Martins Amaewhule-led group of lawmakers have relocated their sitting to the Legislators’ Quarters in Port Harcourt. This is coming barely 24 hours after their seats were declared vacant by Speaker … [Read more…]
Rivers State Governor, Siminalayi Fubara, on Thursday, signed into law, the 2024 Appropriation Bill of N800bn a day after he presented the budget estimates to the State House of Assembly led by Edison Ehie. Ehie and his loyalists subsequently approved the bill and the governor assented to it on Thursday. The signing ceremony was held … [Read more…]
Professor Zacchaeus Adangor has resigned as the Commissioner for Justice and Attorney-General of Rivers State. In his resignation letter dated December 14, 2023, Adangor told Governor Similanayi Fubara that he opted out of the cabinet on personal principle. Adangor, who served in the immediate past administration of Nyesom Wike, Fubara’s predecessor, thanked the governor for … [Read more…]
…Insists Defected Rivers Lawmakers Automatically Vacated their Seats The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) demands that the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) should immediately commence the process of conducting fresh elections into the 27 State Constituencies in Rivers State which have become vacant by reason of the defection of the 27 former State lawmakers in the … [Read more…]
The Governor of Rivers State, Siminalayi Fubara, is currently meeting with the members of the state executive council at the Government House in Port Harcourt, the state capital. The emergency meeting followed the defection of 27 members of the 32-member House of Assembly from the governing Peoples Democratic Party to the opposition All Progressives Congress. … [Read more…]