Rivers crisis: Wike camp heads for court as Fubara swears in LG chairmen

Rivers crisis: Wike camp heads for court as Fubara swears in LG chairmen

•APC, PDP factions vow legal battle as gov, Atiku, others counsel LG chiefs on residents’ welfare The Rivers State Peoples Democratic Party and the All Progressives Congress factions on Sunday rejected the conduct and outcome of the local government election, stating that no election was held in the state on Saturday. The Rivers PDP loyal to the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, Nyesom Wike, described the poll as an […]

October 7, 2024 17 2

POLITICS

Rivers plans parallel secretariats as police bar Fubara caretaker chairmen

Rivers State Governor, Siminalayi Fubara, has said 23 local government councils in the state will operate from alternative secretariats following Tuesday’s sealing of the councils by the police. The governor, who said this after swearing in the 23 local government caretaker committee chairmen on Wednesday in Port Harcourt, the state capital, said they could operate from anywhere. Fubara stated this as the police barred the newly inaugurated caretaker chairmen from […]

June 20, 2024 19

POLITICS

Rivers assembly: Fubara, pro-Wike lawmakers clash over relocation

The Rivers State Government and lawmakers loyal to the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, Nyesom Wike, on Sunday disagreed over an executive order, which relocated the sitting of the state House of Assembly to the Auditorium of the Administrative Block of the Government House, Port Harcourt. The order, which was released by the state Governor, Siminalayi Fubara on Friday, is contained in the state’s official Gazette, tagged Executive Order […]

May 13, 2024 20

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Political chess: Wike, Fubara resume Rivers supremacy battle

DENNIS NAKU reports on the latest power struggle between the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, Nyesom Wike, and Rivers State Governor, Siminalayi Fubara, over the political control of the state, following the collapse of the peace deal facilitated by President Bola Tinubu and the efforts by the duo to strengthen their respective support bases in the state IN the run-up to the 2023 general elections, the relationship between Nyesom […]

April 29, 2024 26

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Forced friendship: Wike, Fubara square up again as Villa’s peace deal crumbles

IT is no longer news that the peace pact between the Rivers State Governor, Siminalayi Fubara, and his predecessor and estranged political godfather, Nyesom Wike, has collapsed, following the intervention in October 2023 by President Bola Tinubu, in the wake of the escalating political crisis in the crude oil and gas-rich state. The Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, Nyesom Wike, during a media chat in Abuja on Tuesday, April […]

April 8, 2024 21

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Rivers crisis: My decision to embrace peace not out of fear – Fubara

Rivers State Governor, Siminalayi Fubara, has said that the decisions taken by his administration in the political crisis in the state were not borne out of fear, but for peace to reign in the state. Also, he explained that the resignation of the factional Speaker of the state House of Assembly, Edison Ehie, from his position and the legislature was in the interest of peace. Fubara disclosed this while addressing […]

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