•Fubara and Wike The Rivers State political crisis deepened further yesterday as six commissioners loyal to ex-governor Nyesom Wike resigned from the cabinet of Governor Siminalayi Fubara. This was as the two factions of the split state House of Assembly held separate sittings yesterday. The commissioners, who tendered their resignation were t...
•Prof. Zacheaus Adangor The Rivers State Attorney General and Commissioner for Justice, Prof. Zacheaus Adangor, has resigned. His resignation was communicated in a letter dated November 14, 2023, and addressed to Governor Sim Fubara. He noted that his exit from office was based on personal principles. “I hereby give Your Excellency Notice of m...
•Siminalayi Fubara The Rivers State governor, Siminalayi Fubara, has signed the 2024 Appropriation Bill of N800bn into law. Fubara, who presented the bill yesterday, December 13, to a four-member House of Assembly led by Speaker Edison Ehie, was said to have signed the budget today at the Government House, Port Harcourt.
•Fubara and Wike A fresh twist crept into the political tension in River States, yesterday, as no fewer than 10 bulldozers charged into the House of Assembly complex and reduced the imposing structures to rubbles. A statement by the Commissioner for Information and Communications, Joseph Johnson, said the decision to demolish and rebuild the c...
•Adoki Tonye Adoki, one of the members of the Rivers State House of Assembly who recently defected to the All Progressives Congress (APC) from the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), has refuted report that he has returned to his former party. Adoki and 26 other members of the 32-member crisis-rocked Assembly had on Monday announced their [&hellip...
•Tinubu Amidst the cold war between the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, Nyesom Wike and his estranged benefactor cum Rivers Governor, Siminalayi Fubara, former Deputy National Publicity Secretary of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC), Honourable Yekini Nabena, has advised President Bola Ahmed Tinubu, to rise above narrow pol...
•Bulldozers at work this morning Intrigues continue to trail the political crisis in Rivers State as the state House of Assembly Complex was today demolished. This was as Governor Siminalayi Fubara presented the N800bn 2024 budget estimates to the Edison Ehie-led group at the Government House the same moment the demolition was carried out, rep...
•Rivers State House Of Assembly chamber A member of the Rivers State House of Assembly, Enemi Alabo, has given insights into the recent defection of People’s Democratic Party (PDP) lawmakers to the All Progressives Congress (APC). Alabo, who spoke during an interview on Channels Television last night , cited internal divisions within the PDP a...
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has called on the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to conduct new elections in the 27 state constituencies of Rivers State. The party said this in a statement yesterday in the wake of the defection of 27 Rivers State Assembly members (from the PDP) to the All Progressives Congress (APC) [&hell...
Despite the atmosphere of political chaos, Rivers State Executive Council has deliberated and approved an estimated budget of N800bn for the 2024 fiscal year. At the meeting, which was presided over by Governor Siminalayi Fubara today at the Executive Chamber of Government House in Port Harcourt, the Council also approved that the budget be ch...
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