The ongoing crisis rocking the Rivers State House of Assembly took a new twist on Sunday as the factional speaker loyal to Governor Siminalayi Fubara, Edison Ehie tendered his resignation, while quitting as a member of the Assembly. Ehie in a letter addressed to INEC chairman also stated that he has resigned as the member…
Six leaders from Rivers State have dragged President Bola Tinubu to the Federal High Court in Abuja for allegedly compelling Governor Siminilaya Fubara to enter into what they called an unconstitutional agreement. They insist that the said agreement which was signed on December 18 was not only illegal but amounted to an usurpation, nullification, and…
Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, Nyesom Wike landed in Port Harcourt, the Rivers State capital on Saturday despite warnings and threats from some loyalists of Governor Siminalayi Fubara not to step into the state. Earlier a Federal lawmaker Honourable Boma Goodhead, representing Akuku/Asari Toru Federal Constituency and other protesters had dared Wike to step…
The Rivers State chapter of the Nigeria Labour Congress has threatened to take action over the political crisis rocking the state. The congress said the crisis between Governor Siminalayi Fubara and state lawmakers loyal to the immediate past governor of the state and the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, Nyesom Wike, is affecting workers…
Erstwhile National Publicity Secretary of the defunct New Peoples Democratic Party, nPDP, and chieftain of the All Progressives Congress, Chief Eze Chukwuemeka Eze, has claimed the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, FCT, Nyesom Wike ignored his counsel. Eze, in a statement on Saturday, hinted that it is the law of retributive justice working against…
A magistrate Court in Port Harcourt, Rivers state has granted bail to the chairman of Rivers state Chapter of the National Youth Council of Nigeria Chijioke Ihunwo and 120 other on five count charge preferred against them Ihunwo, who was arraigned alongside 120 others, were all present at the Rivers Magistrate Court 22 on Wednesday…
Minister of Federal Capital Territory Nyesom Wike has finally spoken on the crisis in Rivers State. Wike, who handed over power to the incumbent, Governor Sim Fubara, spoke to the press on Tuesday. The former Rivers helmsman spoke after the governors elected on the platform of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) met in Abuja on…
