Politics

SHOWDOWN LOOMS IN RIVERS OVER ASSEMBLY BUDGET PRESENTATION ULTIMATUM Governor Siminalayi Fubara is set for a showdown with the Martin Amaewhule-led Rivers State House of Assembly as he rejected the 48-hour ultimatum issued by the lawmakers to present the 2025 budget. The governor also dismissed the assembly’s opposition to his directive for outgoing local government chairmen to hand over to …

ANAMBRA 2025: PDP FAILS TO ATTRACT ASPIRANTS AS FORMS REMAIN UNSOLD The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) is yet to sell any of its nomination and expression of interest forms for the upcoming Anambra governorship election, more than a week after it announced the commencement of the sale. As of press time, no aspirant has stepped forward to purchase the forms, …

IBB’S JOURNEY OF REVISIONISM, THE NZERIBE SAGA Recently Nigeria’s former unelected president, General Ibrahim Babangida tried to deny his relationship with Chief Arthur Nzeribe, an Oguta businessman and politician who obviously was his political hireling. I did not believe Babangida’s denial of their political marriage. I also believe that anyone who believes Babangida on this issue is suffering from the …

FUBARA’S ORDER ON LGS STIRS CONTROVERSY AS SACKED CHAIRMEN VACATE OFFICE A cloud of uncerntainty currently hovers around Rivers State over Governor Sim Fubara’s directive that heads of local government administrations should take over the affairs of the third tier of government in the state. This comes as the Supreme Court judgment sacked all the 23 local government chairmen elected …

YOU CAN’T DECIDE WHO RUNS LGS, WIKE’S AIDE TELLS FUBARA The Minister of Federal Capital Territory, FCT, Minister, Nyesom Wike’s Special Adviser on Public Communication, Lere Olayinka, has said Governor Sim Fubara of Rivers State can’t decide who runs the affairs of local governments in the state. Olayinka said the Nigerian Constitution and the Supreme Court judgment on local government …

FUBARA NOT AFRAID OF IMPEACHMENT PLOT – COMMISSIONER Rivers State Governor, Siminalayi Fubara, has dismissed concerns over a potential impeachment following Friday’s Supreme Court ruling, which recognized the 27 lawmakers loyal to former Governor Nyesom Wike. The apex court’s verdict significantly altered the political landscape in the state, ordering the Federal Government to withhold financial allocations to Rivers State until …

RIVERS: FUBARA’S FATE HANG IN BALANCE..The political crisis in Rivers State between Governor Siminalayi Fubara and FCT Minister Nyesom Wike has reached a decisive moment following last Friday’s Supreme Court verdicts. The ruling has significantly shifted the balance of power, stripping Fubara of crucial political influence while strengthening Wike’s loyalists. With this development, the state’s political landscape has been thrown …

RIVERS: FUBARA’S FATE HANG IN BALANCE..The political crisis in Rivers State between Governor Siminalayi Fubara and FCT Minister Nyesom Wike has reached a decisive moment following last Friday’s Supreme Court verdicts. The ruling has significantly shifted the balance of power, stripping Fubara of crucial political influence while strengthening Wike’s loyalists. With this development, the state’s political landscape has been thrown …

CRISIS LOOMS AS THREE SETS OF CHAIRMEN WARM UP TO TAKEOVER LG COUNCILS IN RIVERS Three sets of ‘chairmen’ are said to be warming up to take over power at the 23 local council headquarters in Rivers State by today, Monday, March 3, 2025. Already, heads of local government administration in the 23 LGAs have been ordered to take over …

CRISIS LOOMS AS THREE SETS OF CHAIRMEN WARM UP TO TAKEOVER LG COUNCILS IN RIVERS Three sets of ‘chairmen’ are said to be warming up to take over power at the 23 local council headquarters in Rivers State by today, Monday, March 3, 2025. Already, heads of local government administration in the 23 LGAs have been ordered to take over …