About 25 lawmakers loyal to the immediate past governor of Rivers State and the current Minister of the FCT Nyesom Wike had defected to the APC in the wake of the political impasse involving him and Governor Siminalayi Fubara.
Tinubu waded into the crisis in Rivers State involving Governor Simi Fubara and his predecessor Nyesom Wike, leading to a peace path between the parties late last year.
“I would like to assume that the governor issued that executive order before the intervention of the High Court in Rivers State. The house is independent of the executive. So the governor cannot tell the house where to sit."
The Rivers State government has disclosed that the outcome of an integrity test on the buildings will determine if the House of Assembly quarters will be demolished or not. The Commissioner for Information and Communication, Joseph Johnson…
…Stakeholders call it ‘threat to democracy’ BY HARUNA SALAMI The political crisis in Rivers State between Governor Siminalayi Fubara and the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Nyesome Wike is assuming a dangerous that many…
Falana spoke on Channels Television's Sunday Politics, explaining that since both arms of government are independent, Fubara cannot change the sitting venue of the Rivers State House of Assembly.
The Rivers state government has said that it is only the result of experts it commissioned to conduct an integrity test on the House of Assembly Quarters will determine the...
The Rivers Caretaker Committee Chairman of the All Progressive Congress (APC), Tony Okocha, has claimed that Governor Simnalayi Fubara did not vote for President Bola Tinubu in the 2023 presidential election. Naija News reports that Okocha…
A northern group, Arewa PDP Transparency Group, has called for the immediate impeachment of Rivers state governor, Siminalayi Fubara, for relocating the State House of Assembly to the Government House....
Youths of Rivers State have asked President Bola Tinubu to call the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Nyesom Wike, to order. Speaking in Port Harcourt under the platform of Sim Media Volunteers (SMV), the Rivers indigenes…
Stakeholders and elders of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Rivers state, including strong political allies of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) Minister, Nyesom Wike, have dared Governor Siminalayi Fubara to demolish the House of…
PORT HARCOURT – Political allies of the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory FCT Abuja, Chief Nyesom Wike have issued a stern warning to the Governor of Rivers State, Siminalayi Fubara to steer clear of the state house of assembly…
A member of the Rivers State House of Assembly, Ngbar Benard, has petitioned the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA) accusing a lawyer, Ibezimako Ude, of unsolicited conditional appearance. Bernard in a...
LAGOS – President Bola Tinubu has told the Minister of Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Nyesom Wike that he will not take sides in the ongoing political crisis in Rivers State. The President through his Special Adviser on Media and…
A chieftain of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Rivers state, Chief Eze Chukwuemeka Eze, has congratulated the new speaker of the Rivers State House of Assembly, Rt. Hon. …
The factional speaker of the Rivers State House of Assembly, Hon Martin Amaewhule, has alleged there were plots by Governor Siminalayi Fubara to demolish the recently built Rivers State House …