•Patrick Tonye-Cole and Governor Siminalayi Fubara The Supreme Court has dismissed the appeal of Tonye Cole and the All Progressives Congress (APC) against the election of Siminalayi Fubara as Rivers State governor for lacking in merit. Affirming Fubara as the duly elected governor of Rivers State, the court held that the appellant did not pro...
•Wike, Fubara, Tinubu Justice James Omotosho of the Federal High Court Abuja, today, warned Governor Siminalayi Fubara not to “exceed his power” as Rivers State governor. Omotosho said the court is against any plan to jeopardise democracy, and thereby declared that the governor, by himself or by members of the staff of the Rivers State [&helli...
•Tinubu and Fubara President Bola Tinubu and Governor Siminalayi Fubara of Rivers State are currently meeting at the Presidential Villa, Abuja. The governor arrived alone at about 5:35 pm for the closed door meeting in the President’s office. Fubara had had a running battle with his predecessor in office and current Minister of the Federal [&h...
•Governor Siminalayi Fubara and Nyesom Wike The political crisis in Rivers State may be experiencing a lull going into the yuletide, but there are important takeaways. There is no gainsaying the fact that the intervention of President Bola Ahmed Tinubu in the feud between the governor of Rivers State, Siminalayi Fubara, and his estranged polit...
•Fubara Barely 24 hours after the House of Assembly Speaker loyal to him resigned both as a Speaker and a lawmaker, the Rivers State governor, Siminilayi Fubara has assured that no amount of political crisis can truncate the tenure of his administration. Fubara assured that he is not pretentious about his commitment to providing quality [&hell...
•Wike, Fubara and Tinubu Rivers State governor, Siminalayi Fubara, yesterday defended the peace deal initiated by President Bola Tinubu between him and his predecessor, Nyesom Wike, over the crisis in the state. Fubara, in a broadcast yesterday said the resolution brokered by the president to resolve the crisis was not a death sentence, adding...
•Wike, Fubara and Tinubu The political crisis in Rivers State has assumed a new twist, as six elders have dragged President Bola Tinubu to the Federal High Court in Abuja, for allegedly compelling Governor Siminilaya Fubara to enter into an unconstitutional agreement. The plaintiffs, led by a member of the Rivers State House of Assembly [&hell...
•Siminalayi Fubara Members of the Rivers State House of Assembly have withdrawn the impeachment notice that was previously sent to Governor Siminalayi Fubara. The lawmakers officially began their sessions in the state capital of Port Harcourt today. The lawmakers gathered solely to focus on the withdrawal of the impeachment notice against Fuba...
•Peter Odili and Siminalayi Fubara Former governor of Rivers State, Peter Odili says he is satisfied with the decisions of Governor Siminalayi Fubara since his inauguration in May. Dr Odili made this assertion at the 3rd Convocation and 6th Founders’ Day ceremonies of Pamo University of Medical Sciences, where he said “the governor has hit [&h...
After weeks of dramatic twists in Rivers State, the political gladiators in the oil-rich South-South state reached a truce yesterday 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, who is now the Minister of the Federal Capital [&he...