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Governor Siminalayi Fubara of Rivers State has declared that intimidation has a time limit and it always comes to an end at the right time. Fubara’s declaration comes amid his continued face-off with his predecessor and now Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, FCT, Nyesom Wike. Since October 30, 2023, Rivers State has been embroiled…
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The Chief of Staff to Rivers State Government, Edison Ehie, has alleged that he was offered money to impeach Governor Siminalayi Fubara. He, however, did not disclose the identities of those who offered him money. Addressing a rally in Ahoada East area of the state, the former factional speaker of the State House of Assembly…
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President Bola Tinubu has told the Minister of Federal Capital Territory, FCT, Nyesom Wike and others that he will not take sides in the ongoing crisis rocking Rivers State. This was made known through his Special Adviser on Media and Publicity, Ajuri Ngelale, The Special Adviser made the President’s position known during an interview on…
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A former Federal Commissioner for Information and South-South Elder statesman, Chief Edwin Clark, has written to the Inspector General of Police, IGP Kayode Egbetokun, to, as a matter of urgency, wade into the crisis bedeviling Rivers State to avoid anarchy and imminent danger. According to the elder statesman, the crisis in Rivers State stemmed from…
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The Rivers State House of Assembly has passed the Rivers State Local Government Bill into Law, overriding Governor Siminalayi Fubara’s veto. The Amaewhule-led House had initially passed the Local Government Bill and sent it to Gov. Fubara for assent on March 13, 2024, which was denied. The bill was reintroduced by the Leader of the…
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Sule Lamido, a former Governor of Jigawa State has asked members of the National Working Committee (NWC) of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) to resign since they do not have the nerve to protect Rivers State Governor, Siminalayi Fubara. Lamido, a member of the board of trustees of the party, in a message on his…
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In Rivers state, the number of Commissioners who have resigned from the government of Siminalayi Fubara has now risen to nine (9) following the protracted fall out between him and his estranged godfather and predecessor, Nyesom Wike. The wave of resignations had hit the State’s Executive Council consequent to the political crisis between Fubara and…
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Yesterday, just at the sidelines of the police council meeting, president Tinubus mediated in the political imbroglio rocking Rivers State. Reports this morning say, Governor Siminalayi Fubara and his predecessor Nyesom Wike who had earlier been at each other’s jugular in Portharcourt met, and exchanged pleasantries at Aso Villa, less than 24 hours after they…
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