Gov. Fubara

Pres. Tinubu in closed-door meeting with Fubara at Villa

For the second time in two months, Rivers Gov. Siminalayi Fubara, visited the Presidential Villa in Abuja and held a closed-door meeting with...

Rivers House of Assembly Speaker of Gov. Fubara’s faction resigns

Dr Edison Ehie, the factional Speaker of the Rivers State House of Assembly, has resigned both as speaker and member of the House....

2023 in review: How elections, subsidy removal, Port Harcourt refinery rehabilitation, others defined the year

The year 2023 in Nigeria was a mixed bag of challenges and prospects. The year was largely characterized by political tensions, national elections,...

Rivers crisis: Pres.Tinubu’s peace treaty, a shift from political instability, not death sentence – Gov. Fubara

Governor of Rivers State, Siminalayi Fubara, has aligned himself with the presidential peace treaty brokered by President Bola Tinubu in a bid to...

Wike-Fubara feud: Abuja peace accord unacceptable, storm court – Rivers stakeholders

Six days after the peace accord signed in Abuja between Rivers Gov. Siminalayi Fubara and the Federal Capital Territory Minister, Nyesom Wike, peace...

Abuja peace pact: Rivers lawmakers withdraw impeachment notice against Gov. Fubara

The 27 members of the Rivers State House of Assembly said on Wednesday that they have withdrawn the impeachment notice against Gov. Siminalayi...

Rivers crisis: Fubara was coerced into signing an unconstitutional resolution – Pa Edwin Clark

The leader of the Pan-Niger Delta Forum (PANDEF), Pa Edwin Clark, has described the resolutions reached at the meeting convened by President Bola...

Pres. Tinubu orders Rivers lawmakers to drop impeachment proceedings against Gov. Fubara

President Bola Tinubu has once again lived up to his billing by wading into the political crisis in Rivers State and calling for...

Rivers political conundrum: Lawyers, politicians, elder statesmen, others react, urge Tinubu’s intervention to avert the state going up in flames

There is no governance in Rivers State. I think it would not be out of place to say that what is happening in...

Wike-Fubara feud: Five commissioners quit Rivers Govt cabinet in 24 hours

A wave of mass resignation by commissioners has hit Rivers State as the political crisis worsens with five of them throwing in the...

Barely 24 hours after “presentation” of 2024 budget to five lawmakers, Gov. Fubara signs bill

Following a “speedy passage” of the 2024 Rivers State budget of N800 billion by a five-member legislature, Gov. Siminalayi Fubara, has signed it...

Rivers State Attorney-General, Zaccheus Adangor, quits

Amid political crisis in the state, Mr Zacchaeus Adangor, has stepped down as the Attorney-General and Commissioner of Justice of Rivers State. Adangor...

Why We Demolished Rivers Assembly Complex – Information Commissioner

The Rivers State Government has justified the demolition of the State House of Assembly Complex early Wednesday morning. The Commissioner for Information, Mr...

Rivers Gov. Fubara presents 2024 budget at Govt. House amid ongoing demolition of state assembly complex

Amid the ongoing demolition of the State House of Assembly complex by the Rivers State Government, Gov. Siminalayi Fubara on Wednesday morning presented...

Tinubu gets another warning from Clark, urges his intervention to stave off Rivers political crisis

Amid heightened political tension in Rivers State following the defection of 27 PDP lawmakers loyal to ex-Gov. Nyesom Wike to APC, elder statesman,...

Appeal Court dismisses APC’s petition against Rivers Gov. Fubara, upholds election

An Appeal Court sitting in Lagos has affirmed the election of Rivers State Governor, Siminalayi Fubara, of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP). The...