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Rivers Crisis: Tinubu Steps In, Freezes Plot to Impeach Gov. Fubara

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Rivers Crisis: Tinubu Steps In, Freezes Plot to Impeach Gov. Fubara

President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has stepped decisively into the raging political crisis in Rivers State, effectively halting moves to impeach Governor Siminalayi Fubara and tilting the balance of power in favour of the embattled governor. The presidential intervention has calmed tensions, at least temporarily, and signaled Abuja’s preference for stability over prolonged political warfare in…

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Rivers Assembly Pushes Fubara Impeachment Forward as Allegations Enter Judicial Investigation Stage

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Rivers Assembly Pushes Fubara Impeachment Forward as Allegations Enter Judicial Investigation Stage

The Rivers State House of Assembly has formally resolved to continue impeachment proceedings against Governor Siminalayi Fubara and his deputy, Professor Ngozi Odu, escalating the process to the next constitutional phase involving judicial investigation. The decision was reached during plenary in Port Harcourt, marking a major turning point in the protracted political standoff between the…

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Midnight Politics and Acceptance Scare: How Gov. Yusuf’s Secret Kano Meeting Preceded His Visit to Tinubu in France

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Midnight Politics and Acceptance Scare: How Gov. Yusuf’s Secret Kano Meeting Preceded His Visit to Tinubu in France

Fresh political tremors are rippling through Kano State following revelations that Governor Abba Kabir Yusuf held a late-night, closed-door meeting with his political benefactor, Senator Rabiu Musa Kwankwaso, before quietly flying out of the country to meet President Bola Ahmed Tinubu in France. According to multiple sources familiar with the development, the governor paid a…

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Damagum Petitions IGP, Accuses Sam Anyanwu of Leading Thugs to Seize PDP National Secretariat

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Damagum Petitions IGP, Accuses Sam Anyanwu of Leading Thugs to Seize PDP National Secretariat

Umar Damagum, acting national chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), has officially petitioned Inspector General of Police Kayode Egbetokun after what he describes as an attempted, forceful takeover of the party’s national secretariat in Abuja. In a petition dated October 3, Damagum alleges that suspended national secretary Samuel (Sam) Anyanwu led a group of…

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