Tag Archives: Rivers State

The Minister of Federal Capital Territory, Nyesom Wike, has solidified his position in the Peoples Democratic Party leadership crisis as the National Working Committee endorsed the Rivers State congresses. Wike’s loyalists within the PDP NWC not only secured the approval but also postponed the National Executive Committee meeting, originally set for September 26, to October 24, which could have overturned ...

  Former local government chairmen in Rivers State and allies of former governor Nyesom Wike have accused Governor Siminalayi Fubara of sponsoring the Tuesday attack by hunger protesters on the Port Harcourt house of Wike, his predecessor. They warned that Fubara did not have the monopoly of violence and threatened to mobilise their men to equally unleash an attack on ...

    In continuation of the ongoing nationwide protests in different parts of Nigeria, the #EndBadGovernance protesters have reportedly stormed the residence of the FCT Minister, Nyesom Wike, in Port Harcourt, Rivers State, to demonstrate against the hike in the cost of living in the country. The Punch reported that the protesters, seen in large numbers in a viral video ...

A midwife and mother of a newborn baby, Happiness Monday, are cooling their heels in the custody of the Commissioner of Police, Rivers State Police Command Monitoring Squad. Vanguard reports that as soon as the midwife placed the newborn baby in Happiness Monday’s arms, she gazed into her baby’s eyes, taking in the tiny features and soft skin. But before ...

The Court of Appeal, Abuja, has nullified the expulsion of a former speaker of the Rivers House of Assembly, Martin Amaewhule, and 24 other lawmakers from the assembly. A Rivers State High Court in Port Harcourt, in May, barred the lawmakers from parading themselves as members of the state’s House of Assembly after they defected from the PDP to the ...

Governor Siminalayi Fubara of Rivers State has appointed caretaker committees for the 23 local government areas of Rivers State as he continues his battle with his predecessor, Nyesom Wike, for the control of the political structure in the oil-rich state. The appointment came a day after the governor asked administrative heads to temporarily take charge of council areas from the outgoing elected ...

  Amid the escalating crisis in Rivers State over the tenure of local government chairpersons, an armed group has threatened to take over council buildings and deal with any resistance. The group made their intentions known in a five-minute video which trended on Monday, declaring that they are back from the river ahead of Wednesday’s confrontation. “We are back to ...

By Casmir Igbokwe Wild beasts have always inhabited Rivers State political jungle. There was a time riverine/upland dichotomy was a serious a factor in the state. It still is. From 1967 when the state was created, riverine politicians were at the helm until 1999. King Alfred Diete-Spiff, an Ijaw, was the first military administrator of the old Rivers state. He ...

•Rivers people will resist it to the last point – Commissioner  Rivers State chapter of the All Progressives Congress (APC) has directed members of the House of Assembly, led by Martin Amaewhule to commence impeachment process against Governor Siminalayi Fubara. Caretaker Committee Chairman of the party, Tony Okocha, gave the directive during a media conference in Port Harcourt, yesterday, following the ...

Former Vice President of Nigeria, Atiku Abubakar, has commiserated with the victims of the twin tanker explosion in both Rivers and Ogun States. The incident in Rivers State, according to reports, happened on Friday, leaving many fatalities and destruction in its trail. Similarly, on Friday in Ogun State, a gas tanker explosion was said to have left 4 persons dead ...