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A former governor of Kano State and leader of the Kwankwasiyya Movement, Senator Rabi’u Musa Kwankwaso, has accused the government of Ahmed Bola Tinubu of compromising Kano security by their refusal to take away heavy operatives guarding the deposed Emir of Kano, Alhaji Aminu Ado Bayero. Kwankwaso also accused the Federal Government of attempting to…
As the September 2024 off-cycle Governorship election in Edo state draws nearer, the All Progressives Congress (APC) in the state has petitioned the Inspector General of Police, Kayode Egbetokun, asking him not to allow the State Governor, Godwin Obaseki, to use the State Police Command to arrest its chairman, Jarrett Tenebe over trumped up charges….
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The Rivers State chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has declared that the 27 members of the state House of Assembly, led by Martin Amaewhule, are no longer members of the party. Recall In December 2023, following a face-off between the state governor, Siminalayi Fubara, and his immediate predecessor, Nyesom Wike, the 27 lawmakers…
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A Rivers State High Court sitting in Port Harcourt, has affirmed that embattled Speaker, Martin Amaewhule and the 26 other members of the Rivers State House of Assembly, are still members of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP). Delivering judgement in Port Harcourt earlier on Monday, Justice Okogbule Gbasam of the Rivers State High Court, held…
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Ex-Minister of Information, Chief Edwin Clark, has disclosed that prominent politicians including former president Goodluck Jonathan, former Rivers State governors Peter Odili and Rotimi Amaechi, who were responsible for Nyesom Wike’s rise in politics, are no longer in talking terms with the FCT minister. Clark revealed this on Sunday in an open letter to Rivers…
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A Rivers State High Court sitting in Port Harcourt has granted an order of interlocutory injunction restraining Martin Amaewhule and 24 other lawmakers from parading and holding themselves as members of the Rivers State House of Assembly. The court, presided over by Justice C.N. Wali, also issued an interlocutory injunction against Governor Siminalayi Fubara, the…
Sir Peter Odili, a former governor of Rivers state has reiterated his support for the administration of Governor Siminalayi Fubara. At the inauguration of the Omoku-Egbema Road in the state on Saturday, Odili told Fubara not to be apprehensive of anyone as the people of the state are with him. Odili urged Fubara to remain…
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The National Democratic Coalition, NADECO, USA chapter, has cautioned against the raging political crisis in Rivers State, and threw its weight behind Governor Siminalayi Fubara, saying it “will never support any move to entrench godfatherism in Nigeria and Rivers.” The foremost pro-democracy group spoke against the backdrop of the crisis involving Fubara, factional members of…
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Federal lawmakers under the aegis of G-60, yesterday declared that the mass resignation of commissioners from the cabinet of Rivers State Governor, Sim Fubara, indicated that the immediate past governor of the state, Nyesom Wike, initially hijacked the state government and its resources. Within the last 24hours, Rivers State commissioners for Education and Housing, Professor…
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The presidential candidate of Labour Party, LP, in the 2023 elections, Peter Obi, has explained why yesterday, he paid what close associates described as “private visits” to prominent leaders of Peoples Democratic Party, PDP. Those visited included former vice president and presidential candidate of the PDP, Atiku Abubakar; former Senate President, Bukola Saraki, and former…
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