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National leadership of the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA) has said that it would not refund the N300 million given to it by the Rivers State government as support for its 2025 Annual General Conference. Chairman of the 2025 NBA Annual General Conference Planning Committee (NAGCPC), Emeka Obegolu, in a statement on Monday, April 14, said […]
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 ReadingPlaywright and Nobel Laureate, Prof. Wole Soyinka, said the emergency rule in Rivers State was against the spirit of federalism. Soyinka, who spoke to an international news outlet, The Africa Report, maintained that the declaration of a state of emergency in the manner with which it was carried out betrayed federalism. According to him, the […]
Continue ReadingFormer Nigerian Vice President Atiku Abubakar, alongside several key figures from the All Progressives Congress (APC), and leaders of many opposition Parties have rejected the emergency rule declared by president Bola Tinubu in Rivers State and launched a coalition to oppose him ahead of the 2027 general elections. At a press conference, notable opposition figures […]
Continue ReadingLike the House of Reps, the Nigerian Senate has used voice vote to approve the State of Emergency rule in Rivers State as declared by President Bola Tinubu. The red chamber has also by voice vote approved a six-month suspension of Governor Sim Fubara, his Deputy, Prof. Ngozi Odu; and all the elected members of […]
Continue ReadingNigeria’s House of Representatives has voted in support of the declaration of a state of emergency rule in Rivers State, Nigeria. President Bola Tinubu on Tuesday declared a state of emergency in Rivers and suspended Governor Siminalayi Fubara, his deputy Prof. Ngozi Odu, and members of the Rivers State House of Assembly for six months […]
Continue ReadingAt a press conference, an eleven-man Independent Judicial Accountability Panel (IJAP), whose membership included three retired justices, has on Friday, March 14, 2025, faulted the Nigerian Supreme Court over its judgement on the protracted political crisis in Rivers State. The panel, chaired by retired Justice Mojeed Owoade of the Court of Appeal, said in a […]
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 ReadingRivers State House of Assembly has served a notice of misconduct on the state Governor, Siminalayi Fubara thereby sparking a potential impeachment process. The notice was contained in a letter signed by the Speaker of the House, Rt Hon Martin Amaewhule on Monday and addressed to the Governor. But when contacted, the state Commissioner for […]
Continue ReadingFederal and state high courts judges involved in reported conflicting rulings in political cases rocking Rivers State are now officially being investigated by a panel of the National Judicial Council (NJC). Reports say, Chief Justice of Nigeria (CJN), Justice Kudirat Kekere-Ekun on Monday held a meeting with the panel in her office and gave a […]
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 ReadingA High Court of Rivers State, sitting in Port Harcourt had declared that there’s no going back on Rivers Local Government election scheduled to hold Saturday, October 5. Justice I. P. C. Igwe made the declaration while ruling on the suit between: Action Peoples Party (APP) and Rivers State Independent Electoral Commission (RSIEC), Rivers State […]
Continue ReadingRivers State House of Assembly has declared the seats of the 27 members who recently defected from the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) to the All Progressives Congress (APC) vacant. The 27 lawmakers loyal to the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, Nyesom Wike, defected from the party recently amid moves to impeach the state governor, […]
Continue ReadingA High Court sitting in Port Harcourt, Rivers State, Nigeria, presided over by Justice M.W Danagogo, on Tuesday, ordered a factional Speaker of the state House of Assembly, Edison Ehie, to preside over the activities of the legislative arm of the state pending the determination of a motion before it. The court also stopped lawmakers […]
Continue ReadingAbout 26 members of the Rivers State House of Assembly have reportedly suspended the Speaker of the House, Rt. Hon. Martins Amaehwule Also, the House elected and inaugurated the leader of the House, Edison Ehie, as its new Speaker. The number of pro-Fubara lawmakers reportedly increased to 26 after some realigned from the earlier 24 […]
Continue ReadingReport by Premium Times says results uploaded on the INEC Results Viewing Portal (IReV) indicate that the candidate of the Labour Party (LP), Peter Obi, won the 25 February presidential election in Obio/Akpor Local Government Area of Rivers State, South-south Nigeria. According to the report, Obi’s votes in the area implies he, and not Bola Tinubu […]
Continue ReadingAt least 17 people were killed in various acts of electoral violence in Lagos, Rivers, Delta, Cross River, Niger, Akwa Ibom, Osun, and Benue states as violence, apathy, and disenfranchisement of voters marred Saturday’s governorship and state House of Assembly elections. Explaining the low turnout of the voters, the presidential candidate of the Labour Party […]
Continue ReadingPresidential candidate of the Labour Party (LP) in the February 25 elections, Peter Obi, has claimed that the Governor of Rivers State, Nyesom Wike, came out against him during the February 25 elections. Obi said people who voted for him did not do so on the basis of ethnicity, saying the electorate knew what he […]
Continue ReadingOne of the Civil Society Organizations (CSO), Yiaga Africa, has said that the results of the presidential election from Imo and Rivers are inconsistent with its projections for the states. In a statement on Wednesday, the organisation said the results announced by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) were manipulated. “The state-level presidential results for […]
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