•Siminalayi Fubara Governor Siminalayi Fubara of Rivers State has sworn in nine re-nominated commissioners in the state. The swearing-in ceremony was conducted at the state Executive Council Chambers of the Government House in Port Harcourt. The commissioners had resigned to show their loyalty to Nyesom Wike, the minister of the Federal Capita...
•Siminalayi Fubara The Rivers State House of Assembly has voted to override Governor Siminalayi Fubara and pass four new bills into law. This happened during plenary today at the House of Assembly Quarters after the Speaker of the House, Martin Amaewhule read four letters addressed to him by the governor wherein he declined his assent [&hellip...
•Fubara The Abuja division of the Federal High Court today ordered the remand of five Port Harcourt-based men arraigned by the Federal Government on terrorism charges at Kuje Prison, Abuja. They were arraigned on a seven-count terrorism charge for invading, vandalizing, and burning down Rivers State House of Assembly in the wake of the politic...
•Wike, Fubara and Tinubu A State High Court Sitting in Port Harcourt, the Rivers State capital, has struck out a suit filed by the Rivers Elders and Leaders Forum challenging the constitutionality of President Bola Tinubu’s “peace pact” between the Rivers State governor, Siminalayi Fubara; and his predecessor, Nyesom Wike. The presiding judge,...
•Governor Siminalayi Fubara The Federal High Court, Abuja today nullified the N800bn 2024 budget signed into law by the Rivers State governor, Simi Fubara. In December, the governor had presented an N800bn 2024 Appropriation Bill to a faction of the state House of Assembly, comprising four lawmakers, reports The PUNCH. Following the passage of...
•Speaker Martin Amaewhule The Rivers State House of Assembly today ordered the nine commissioners who resigned their positions last to ‘take a bow and go.’ On Monday, the parliament led by Rt Hon Martin Amaewhule invited the commissioner-nominees for screening as part of the 8-point peace agenda signed by Governor Sim Fubara of Rivers State [&...
•Transformer Residents of Ojoto, Wokoma, Elechi and Ekwe streets in Mile 3 Diobu, Port Harcourt City Council of Rivers State, have been thrown into darkness after some armed men vandalised a transformer in the area. Yesterday morning, the residents woke up to find out that the transformer located at Elechi/Wokom Street had been tampered with [...
•Wike dancing away Amid the rising cases of kidnapping and robbery in the Federal Capital Territory, Abuja, the Minister of the FCT, Nyesom WIke, has been busy with Rivers State politics, reports The PUNCH. A few years ago, Abuja, the Federal Capital Territory, was perceived as the safest city anyone could wish to live in. […]
The Rivers State House of Assembly is to re-screen and re-confirm nine former Commissioners who resigned from the state executive council on Wednesday. This is contained in a statement signed by the Clerk of the house, Mr Emeka Amadi, today in Port Harcourt. The clerk said the commissioners include Attorney General and Commissioner for Justice...
Amid the political crisis rocking Rivers State, three Social Democratic Party (SDP) candidates who contested in the 2023 general elections for seats of different constituencies in the State House of Assembly have defected to the All Progressives Congress (APC) with their supporters. This was as Mr. Lawrence Chuku, a former Caretaker Chairman o...
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