•Tinubu A former Senate President and Chairman of the Board of Trustees of the Peoples Democratic Party, Adolphus Wabara, yesterday, faulted President Bola Tinubu’s decision to declare a state of emergency in Rivers State. In a strongly worded statement yesterday, Wabara insisted that Tinubu’s actions violated the fundamental principles of Nig...
•Sara-Igbe, Wike and Tinubu Amid the crisis rocking Rivers State, a member of the Rivers Elders Council, Anabs Sara-Igbe, yesterday called on President Bola Tinubu to suspend the FCT Minister, Nyesom Wike. Sara-Igbe, who was a guest on Channels Television last night, faulted the removal of Governor Siminalayi Fubara, and his deputy, Ngozi Odu....
•Gov Siminalayi Fubara of Rivers State Less than eight hours after his Chief Judge has been placed on investigation over alleged age falsification, the Rivers State governor, Siminalayi Fubara, has properly written to the State House of Assembly of his intention to present the 2025 budget. On Wednesday, Fubara was locked out of the Assembly [&...
•Pro-Wike Rivers lawmakers The Martin Amaewhule-led Rivers State House of Assembly, yesterday, asked Governor Siminalayi Fubara to channel his invitation to the members properly and not through social media. The reaction followed the invitation to the Assembly to a meeting with the governor at the Government House, on Monday (today), reports T...
•Speaker Martins Amaewhule and Siminalayi Fubara A former member of the Rivers State House of Assembly, Samuel Ogeh, and an ex-Acting Managing Director of the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC), Ibim Semenitari, have differed on Governor Siminalayi Fubara’s invitation to Rivers lawmakers led by Speaker Martin Amaewhule. Fubara had invit...
•Governor Siminalayi Fubara The Human Rights Writers Association of Nigeria (HURIWA) has asked Governor Siminalayi Fubara of Rivers State to ignore any purported ultimatum issued by the Martin Amaewhule-led faction of the Rivers State House of Assembly to present the 2025 Appropriation Bill within 48 hours. HURIWA added that the sitting by the...
•Speaker Amaewhule and Governor Fubara Governor Siminalayi Fubara is set for a showdown with the Martin Amaewhule-led Rivers State House of Assembly as he rejected the 48-hour ultimatum issued by the lawmakers to present the 2025 budget. The governor also dismissed the assembly’s opposition to his directive for outgoing local government chairm...
•Governor Fubara and IGP Egbetokun Rivers State governor, Similanayi Fubara, has vowed to hold the Inspector- General of Police, Kayode Egbetokun responsible if there is breakdown of law and order in state. Fubara had reportedly stormed head office of the Rivers Independent National Electoral Commission (RISEC) in the early hours of today to p...
•Governor Fubara (centre) with a delegation of political and traditional leaders from Bayelsa State Rivers State governor, Siminalayi Fubara, today, criticised the attitude of the members of the Rivers State House of Assembly towards his administration, saying the members will cease to exist as legislators if he so decides. He said the ...
•Siminalayi Fubara Rivers State governor, Siminalayi Fubara, has implemented a minor cabinet reshuffle in the state. Affected by the reshuffle are the Attorney General and Commissioner for Justice, Zacchaeus Adangor; and the Commissioner for Finance, Isaac Kamalu. A statement yesterday signed by the Secretary to the Rivers State Government, Ta...

