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President Bola Tinubu reportedly met with the suspended Rivers State Governor, Siminalayi Fubara, in London. The meeting, confirmed by The Africa Report, was held at the insistence of Governor Fubara, who assumed office in May 2023. It was learnt that the event was the first face-to-face meeting since Tinubu invoked Section 305 of the 1999 […]
Continue ReadingMinister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Nyesom Wike, has said that what he wanted is outright sacking of governor Fubara, and that he is not happy with the Presidential Proclamation of a State of Emergency in Rivers State. Wike and Fubara have been at loggerheads since Fubara became governor. The rift also affected the […]
Continue ReadingEdison Ehie, Chief of Staff to the suspended Rivers State Governor, Siminalayi Fubara, has alleged that he was offered the sum of N5 billion to coordinate the impeachment of his principal. Speaking on Channels Television’s Sunday Politics, Ehie claimed he has evidence of the bribe offer stored on his phone. “I can also open my […]
Continue ReadingSiminalayi Fubara, the suspended Rivers State Governor, has made his first public appearance after his suspension from office a few days ago. Alongside his Chief of Staff, Edison Ehie, he was seen attending a church service on Sunday at the headquarters of Salvation Ministries in GRA, Port Harcourt. This appearance comes days after President Bola […]
Continue ReadingIn a released statement, the suspended Rivers State Governor, Sir Siminalayi Fubara has through his Chief Press Secretary, Nelson Chukwudi, on Thursday, responded to allegations made by President Bola Tinubu in the broadcast where a State of Emergency was declared in the state. The statement reads: “Our attention has been drawn to a number of […]
Continue ReadingPeoples Democratic Party (PDP) has castigated president Bola Tinubu and insisted that Sim Fubara remains the Governor of Rivers State despite the declaration of a state of emergency. National Publicity Secretary of PDP, Debo Ologunagba, speaking at a press conference in Abuja on Wednesday, stated that the Nigerian Constitution does not grant President Tinubu the […]
Continue ReadingPress statement by suspended Governor Siminalayi Fubara on the state of emergency declared in Rivers State: My dear Rivers People, I address you today with a deep sense of responsibility and calm, as we navigate this unfortunate moment in our state’s political history. Since assuming office as your Governor, all my actions and decisions have […]
Continue ReadingTEXT OF THE BROADCAST BY PRESIDENT BOLA AHMED TINUBU, COMMANDER-IN-CHIEF OF THE ARMED FORCES, DECLARING STATE OF EMERGENCY IN RIVERS STATE ON TUESDAY 18 MARCH 2025 Fellow Nigerians, I feel greatly disturbed at the turn we have come to regarding the political crisis in Rivers State. Like many of you, I have watched with concern […]
Continue ReadingMartin Amaewhule-led Rivers State House of Assembly, has on Sunday asked the State Governor, Siminalayi Fubara to channel his invitation to the members properly and not through social media. This reaction followed the invitation to the Assembly to a meeting with the governor at the Government House, on Monday. Governor Fubara, through the Secretary to […]
Continue ReadingIn a statement on Monday, rights activist and lawyer, Deji Adeyanju, commended Rivers State Governor Siminalayi Fubara, for his exemplary leadership and respect for the rule of law in obeying the recent Supreme Court ruling on local government administration, adding that Nigerians are giving him support. He praised the governor’s direction to the Rivers State […]
Continue ReadingA high court sitting in Port Harcourt, Rivers State, Nigeria, has ruled that Siminalayi Fubara, Rivers state governor, can conduct official business with three lawmakers at the state house of assembly who have not vacated their seats. The suit had sought to compel Governor Fubara to re-submit the 2024 budget to the faction of the […]
Continue ReadingChief Obafemi Awolowo’s 1947 book, ‘Path to Nigerian Freedom’, opens with three quotations. The first tells the reader: “This above all: to thine own self be true…” It is from William Shakespeare’s ‘Hamlet’. It simply says do not deceive yourself – like the one with a sore in the right leg but who nurses the […]
Continue ReadingIt is still head or tail as political tension in Rivers State continued on Monday as fresh explosions and protests rocked some local government areas of the state. The latest is linked to Monday’s order by the Inspector General of Police, Kayode Egbetokun for the secretariat of the 23 LGs to be unseled and the […]
Continue ReadingIn a statement issued by his Chief Press Secretary, Nelson Chukwudi, the Governor of Rivers State, Siminalayi Fubara, has said that his administration has started the process of preparing the 2025 budget. This is as the governor insisted that the seats of Martin Amaewhule and the other state lawmakers who defected from the Peoples Democratic […]
Continue ReadingHave you noticed that in the last two weeks, Governor Siminalayi Fubara of Rivers State seems to have acquired an inexplicably large dose of boldness and courage? Conversely, you must have equally observed that, in the last couple of days, FCT Minister, the very loquacious Nyesom Wike, has taken an uncharacteristically large overdose of meekness and humility. […]
Continue ReadingGovernor of Rivers State, Sir Siminalayi Fubara, signaled on Monday that he would investigate the administration of his predecessor and immediate past Governor of Rivers State, Nyesom Wike, as the faceoff between their camps worsened. Fubara went straight for the jugular, declaring plans to set up a judicial panel of inquiry to investigate the affairs […]
Continue ReadingGovernor of Rivers State, Sim Fubara, has on Thursday, celebrated the affirmation of his election by the Nigerian Supreme Court, declaring that, “one elephant is out of the road.” Fubara also said his triumph at the Supreme Court has laid to rest the legal battles that added to the distractions his administration grappled with in […]
Continue ReadingPresident Bola Tinubu has been a fighter on both sides in the contestation of power between the presidency and governors. Last Monday and for the umpteenth time since his inauguration as president, Tinubu more than ever before brought to the fore his determination to use his new podium in the presidency to dominate his environment. We have […]
Continue ReadingIn 1973, writer and dermatologist, Professor Anezi Okoro published a novel for young adults titled “One Week, One Trouble.” It tells the story of Wilson Tagbo, a secondary school student, who from the first day he got enrolled until he got to senior secondary 3 grade, had one trouble or the other in what was […]
Continue ReadingThree things are certain in life: death, taxes and face-offs between godfathers and godsons in Nigerian politics. The open war between Chief Nyesom Wike, former governor of Rivers state, and Mr Siminalayi Fubara, whom he handpicked as his successor, is the latest in the catalogue of godfathers vs godsons which, I reckon, is as old […]
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