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The Rivers Elders and Leadership Forum says the impeachment notice issued against Siminalayi Fubara, governor of Rivers, and Ngozi Ordu, his deputy, lacks constitutional weight. In a statement on Friday, signed by G.T.G. Toby, former deputy governor of Rivers and acting chairman of the forum, the group described the impeachment move by the Rivers state house of assembly as “deeply …

“We were in Lagos for Christmas. Nkanu had what we first thought was just a cold, but soon turned into a very serious infection and he was admitted to Atlantis hospital. He was to travel to the US the next day, January 7th, accompanied by Travelling Doctors. A team at Johns Hopkins was waiting to receive him in Baltimore. The …

Tonye Cole, a former governorship candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Rivers, says Siminalayi Fubara, governor of the state, joined the “illegal” faction of the APC in Rivers. Speaking in a Channels Television interview, Cole said the Emeka Beke-led Rivers APC is the authentic faction of Rivers APC. In December 2025, Fubara ditched the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) …

The Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Nyesom Wike, has left his duties unattended in Abuja for at least two weeks while continuing to tour local government areas in Rivers State, Nigeria’s South-South, because of 2027 politics. Mr Wike, a former governor of Rivers State, described his ongoing tour of the state’s 23 local government areas as a “thank-you” …

A whistleblower, John Kpurhe, has accused former Attorney General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Abubakar Malami (SAN), alongside senior officials of the Federal Ministry of Justice and a private businessman, of diverting $1,034,515,050 (over $1.03 billion) belonging to the Federal Government of Nigeria through a cloned bank account linked to the Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA), SaharaReporters has learnt. …

Just when the political feud between Rivers State Governor Siminalayi Fubara and his predecessor and Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Nyesom Wike, appeared resolved, fresh sparks seem to have pulled the state back into a crisis. On Thursday, the State House of Assembly, dominated by lawmakers loyal to Wike, revived an impeachment process against Fubara, its third attempt …

There are indications that President Bola Tinubu has intervened in the ongoing feud between Rivers State Governor, Siminalayi Fubara, and the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, Nyesom Wike. Tinubu, according to a highly credible source, summoned Wike for a meeting over the Rivers crisis. The source, who is close to the President, told Saturday PUNCH that the meeting would …

Former National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Senator Abdullahi Adamu, has defected to the African Democratic Congress (ADC), a development that has stirred Nigeria’s political landscape ahead of the 2027 general elections. The high-profile defection took place in Keffi Local Government Area of Nasarawa State, where Adamu was formally received by leaders of the ADC, alongside party supporters, …

Mustapha Kwankwaso, the Kano State commissioner for youth and sport, is set to vacate his office ahead of the imminent defection of Governor Abba Yusuf from the New Nigeria People’s Party (NNPP). Mustapha is the eldest son of the former governor of Kano State, Rabiu Kwankwaso, the leader of the NNPP in the state. While Mustapha has neither tendered a …

Aminu Tambuwal, senator representing Sokoto south, will mark his 60th birthday with a colloquium. The colloquium, which will hold on Saturday, January 10 in Abuja, the nation’s capital, is themed: ‘The Future of Democracy in Nigeria’. The event will be chaired by former President Olusegun Obasanjo, with ex-President Goodluck Jonathan as the special guest of honour. Attahiru Jega, ex-chairman of …