politics

The Rivers state lawmakers loyal to Governor Siminialayi Fubara have invited another commissioner-nominee, Emmanuel Frank-Fubara, for screening and confirmation as a member of the state executive council. A statement signed by the Clerk of the pro-Fubara Assembly, G.M. Gilli-West, asked the nominee to appear before the lawmakers on Monday, July 7, at 10am. The lawmakers asked the nominee to appear ... Read More »

The Oba of Benin, His Royal Majesty, Oba Ewuare II, has told the Labour Party’s candidate for the forthcoming Edo state gubernatorial election, Olumide Akpata to stop calling himself as the “child of the palace.” The monarch made the statement when Akpata, accompanied by former presidential candidate of the Labour Party, Peter Obi, met him in his palace in Benin ... Read More »

A Rivers State High Court sitting in Port Harcourt has declared that the 25 members of Rivers State House of Assembly led by Rt. Hon. Martin Amaewhule are still members of Peoples Democratic Party, PDP. The Court in the decision on Monday struck out a suit filed by Wosa Amadi and three others seeking to declare the seats of the ... Read More »

The legal tussle over the legality of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) having the power to arraign former Kogi Governor Yahaya Bello for alleged N80.2 billion fraud will begin today at the Court of Appeal in Abuja. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the appellate court is expected to hear EFCC’s application seeking to set aside ... Read More »

The Presidency has lampooned former Vice President Atiku Abubakar for implying that President Bola Ahmed Tinubu is not working to resolve the economic and security challenges facing the nation lately. Abubakar, who ran against President Tinubu in the 2023 presidential election on the platform of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP), called on the President to step aside if he cannot ... Read More »

The Presidency has maintained that there are no plans to move the Federal Capital to Lagos as speculated in some quarters. Bayo Onanuga, the Special Adviser on Information and Strategy to President Bola Tinubu, stated this in a statement on Wednesday. According to Onanuga, those peddling rumour are dishonest, ethnic and regional champions, trying to draw attention to themselves. He ... Read More »

Critical stakeholders in the political crisis rocking Rivers State have agreed to resolve the weeks-long conflict. The decision was taken at a meeting President Bola Tinubu held with Governor Siminalayi Fubara, a former governor of the state, Peter Odili, and the immediate past Governor, Nyesom Wike, and other stakeholders at the Aso Rock Villa, Abuja. According to a resolution signed ... Read More »

President Bola Tinubu is currently in a meeting with the Governor of Rivers State, Siminalayi Fubara; Dr Peter Odili, a former governor of the state; and other Rivers stakeholders at the Presidential Villa, Abuja. The meeting, occurring amid the intensifying political crisis between Governor Fubara and his predecessor, the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Nyesom Wike, is presumed ... Read More »

There is tension among the newly appointed caretaker chairmen in the 18 local government areas and 33 Local Council Development Areas (LCDAs) that they might be sacked by the acting governor, Lucky Aiyedatiwa. The fear aroused following the freezing of the accounts of the local councils by Aiyedatiwa. The acting governor also told the newly created LCDA not to open ... Read More »

The Rivers state crisis take another dimension on Wednesday when Rivers state governor, Fubura presented 2024 budget to five lawmakers outside the assembly complex in Rivers State. The governor arrived at the plenary of the assembly under the speakership of Rt. Hon. Edison Ehie, around 9:00 a.m. Fubara was accompanied by the Secretary to the State Government, Tammy Danagogo, Commissioner ... Read More »