•Tinubu and PDP logo The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has rejected the imposition of a state of emergency in Rivers State, declaring that President Bola Tinubu does not have the constitutional power to suspend the democratically elected governor of the state, Siminalayi Fubara. In a statement last night, PDP spokesman Debo Ologunagba said Ti...
•Bassey and Tinubu A renowned environmental activist and novelist, Dr Nnimmo Bassey, has questioned the declaration of state of emergency by President Bola Ahmed Tinubu this evening. The Frontier reports that in a nationwide broadcast this evening, the president declared a state of emergency in Rivers State, suspended Governor Fubara and appoi...
•Tinubu President Bola Tinubu has declared a state of emergency in Rivers State, citing the prolonged political crisis and governance paralysis. In a nationwide emergency broadcast this evening, Tinubu expressed deep concern over the situation, reports Vanguard. He said: “I feel greatly disturbed by the political crisis in Rivers. The state ha...
•Governor Siminalayi Fubara presents the N800 billion 2024 budget estimates before the Edison Ehie-led group of the Rivers State House of Assembly at the Government House on December 13, 2023 A coalition of concerned civil servants in Rivers State, alongside the Rivers Solidarity for Good Governance, have issued a stern ultimatum to the State ...
•Explosion Another explosion has occurred at a pipeline manifold in the Omwawriwa axis of Ogba-Egbema-Ndoni Local Government Area of Rivers State today. This comes just hours after a similar explosion rocked the Trans Niger Pipeline operated by Shell in Bodo, Gokana Local Government Area, reports The PUNCH. The latest incident reportedly occur...
The eight branches of the Nigerian Bar Association, Rivers State chapter, has called on the state House of Assembly to desist from any attempt to drag the judiciary into the ongoing political crisis in the state. The NBA in a statement it issued in Port Harcourt was reacting to the recent resolution of the House […]
•Explosion An explosion has rocked a section of the Trans Niger Pipeline in Bodo Community in Gonna Local Government Area of Rivers State. The explosion occurred late last night near the Bodo-Bonny Road under construction, reports The PUNCH. •Trans Niger pipeline explosion scene. Photo Credit: Dennis Naku Thick black smoke was seen billowing i...
•Speaker Martins Amaewhule and Governor Siminalayi Fubara The Executive Arm of the Rivers State Government has accused the State House of Assembly of frustrating Governor Siminalayi Fubara’s efforts to implement the ruling of the Supreme Court on the state’s political crisis. The Commissioner for Information, Joe Johnson, stated this today in ...
Angry Ijaw women of Kalabari extraction yesterday vandalised giant billboards bearing the pictures of Minister of Federal Capital Territory (FCT) and former governor of Rivers State, Nyesom Wike. The billboards which were erected at the junction leading to Abalama was in honour of Wike who is being hosted to a grand reception by the Ijaw [&hel...
•Rivers State governor, Siminalayi Fubara A pro-Governor Siminalayi Fubara group, Supreme Council for Sim Worldwide, has cautioned against any attempt to impeach the Rivers State governor, warning that such a move could trigger widespread unrest. Addressing a news briefing in Port Harcourt today, a leader of the group, Esezi Obilor Rukani, sai...
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