A helicopter carrying eight passengers, today, Thursday, crashed in Rivers State. According to the Ministry of Aviation and Aerospace Development, eight persons were on board when the helicopter “ditched into the waters near Bonny Finima in the Atlantic Ocean,” reports Vanguard. According to a statement by Odutayo Oluseyi, Head, Press and Publ...
•Wike and Fubara The Martin Amaewhule-led Rivers State House of Assembly and the faction loyal to Governor Siminalayi Fubara have initiated a fresh round of crisis in the state. Yesterday, the Amaewhule faction declared the seats of four of their colleagues loyal to Fubara vacant, reports The PUNCH. The Appeal Court in Abuja recently granted [...
•Wike and Fubara Senator who previously represented Rivers East Senatorial District, Andrew Uchendu has advised the FCT Minister, Nyesom Wike to focus on his ministerial assignment instead of meddling in the political affairs of Rivers State. Uchendu gave the advice a few days after the arsonists attacks on some local government areas in River...
The Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps has debunked reports claiming that the 10 Hilux vans donated to its Rivers State Command by Governor Siminalayi Fubara were linked to the recently concluded local government elections in the state. In a statement issued today, the Rivers State Commandant, Joachin Okafor, dismissed the allegations, d...
•Atiku Abubakar A former Deputy National Publicity Secretary of the Peoples Democratic Party, Prince Diran Odeyemi, has attributed the ongoing political crisis in Rivers State to former Vice President Atiku Abubakar’s ambition to contest in the 2027 presidential election. Odeyemi made this assertion today during an interactive session organise...
•Ikwerre LG council on fire yesterday The Rivers State Government has set up a judiciary of inquiry into the arson, killings and other forms of violence that occurred in the state yesterday. The move was after Ikwerre and Emohua Local Government Council secretariats were set ablaze following the withdrawal of the police officers securing the [...
•Fubara, Natasha and Wike Senator Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan has called on President Bola Tinubu to take decisive action to address the lingering feud between the FCT Minister Nyesom Wike and Governor Siminalayi Fubara. She equally urged the president to ensure the minister focuses on his work in the FCT and allow his successor to govern the [&he...
•Wike and Fubara Rivers State Governor Siminialayi Fubara has called on his estranged benefactor and predecessor, Chief Nyesom Wike, whom he referred to as my oga, to allow him govern the state. Speaking on Channels TV, Fubara said there was no need for anybody to destroy things in the state recalling that when Wike, the […]
The newly elected Chairman of Ikwerre Local Government, Israel Abosi has taken over the council secretariat in Isiokpo. The takeover comes less than 24 hours after the secretariat was burnt by arsonists yesterday, reports Channels TV. This morning, Abosi was seen accompanied by his deputy, the newly elected councillors, and a crowd of supporte...
•Briggs, Tinubu and Egbetokun Rivers-based environmentalist and human rights activist, Ann-Kio Briggs, has knocked the Nigeria Police Force for its “unacceptable” and “dangerous” operations in the oil-rich state. “If nobody is not going to defend us, we are very likely going to be left to have to defend ourselves,” Briggs said on Channels Tele...
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