The Rivers State Governor, Siminialayi Fubara, and Governors of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) on Tuesday met at the Oyo State Governor’s lodge in Abuja, the nation’s capital. Fubara, who is the Deputy Chairman of the PDP Governors Forum, is attending the meeting for the first time since his election as deputy chairman. Eleven out…
President Bola Tinubu has stepped into the political situation in Rivers State. The President, on Tuesday, met with the Rivers State Governor, Siminalayi Fubara; and his predecessor, Nyesom Wike, who is now the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory. Tinubu met with the two politicians at the Aso Villa in the nation’s capital, Abuja. Governor…
The Governor of Rivers State, Siminalayi Fubara; and the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Nyesom Wike, are about now meeting at the Presidential Villa in Abuja. The two were seen shaking hands upon meeting. The incident followed the impeachment proceedings launched against Fubara by the Rivers State House of Assembly on Monday. There…
The People’s Democratic Party Governors Forum (PDP-GF) has summoned an emergency meeting over the ongoing crisis in Rivers State. The political impasse in Rivers State started on Sunday night when the state’s assembly was set ablaze after a move by some members said to be loyal to Minister of FCT, Nyesom Wike to remove the…
Rivers State Governor, Siminalayi Fubara, has denied reports in the media that he had sacked the State Chief Judge, Justice Simeon Amadi; his Chief of Staff, Hon. Chidi Amadi; and suspended the Chairmen of the 23 Local Government Areas. Speculations were also rife that the governor sacked his Chief Security Officer in the wake of…
Following the political crisis rocking Rivers State over the plot to impeach Governor Siminalayi Fubara, elder statesman, Chief Edwin Clark, has asked President Bola Tinubu to call the mister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Nyesom Wike, to order. Speaking to J journalists On Monday In Abuja, Clark, a leader of the South-South regional group, the…
Rivers youths, on Monday, stormed the streets of Port Harcourt in peaceful protest to oppose the impeachment of the state governor, Similanyi Fubara. The youths, in their numbers, were seen in a viral video marching through major roads and streets in the Rivers metropolis chanting, “If Port Harcourt don taya you, go Abuja e. Wike,…
The embattled Governor of River State, Siminalayi Fubara has declared that he has done nothing to warrant impeachment by the state House of Assembly. Fubara said this on Monday while addressing his supporters at the Assembly Complex, shortly after the House members, led by their Speaker, Martin Amaewhule, convened to begin the impeachment process against…
A fresh crisis has engulfed the Rivers State House of Assembly as the lawmakers on Monday launched an impeachment proceeding against the state Governor, Siminalayi Fubara. The House also removed its leader, Edison Ehie for alleged supervision of the burning of the Assembly Complex on Sunday night. This followed an emergency sitting on Monday morning…
Rivers State Governor, Siminalayi Fubara, has called on the Chief of Army Staff, Lieutenant General Taoreed Lagbaja, to caution some army officers in the state who have repeatedly harassed staffs of road contractors. The governor made this known when he received the Chief of Army Staff, Lieutenant General Taoreed Lagbaja, on a courtesy visit at…
