APC chair, Yilwatda The National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Prof. Nentawe Yilwatda, has dismissed claims that former Rivers State governor Nyesom Wike is central to the political crisis rocking the state. Yilwatda said the dispute currently unfolding in Rivers State has nothing to do with Wike and should not be linked to…
President Bola Tinubu has again intervened to halt the escalating feud between Rivers State Governor, Siminalayi Fubara, and his predecessor and estranged godfather, Nyesom Wike. The peace deal came after months of failed settlements that had pushed the state to the brink of governorship impeachment, legislative paralysis, and prolonged instability. The president had previously intervened…
The All Progressives Congress (APC) has opened discussions with the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, Nyesom Wike, in a bid to resolve the political standoff rocking Rivers State. The crisis centres on Governor Siminalayi Fubara and members of the Rivers State House of Assembly. The dispute has continued for months and has deepened political…
Civil society organisations, media professionals, and leaders of the All Progressives Congress (APC) on Friday, staged a protest at the APC Secretariat, Abuja, demanding urgent National Assembly intervention in Rivers State’s escalating political crisis. They urged lawmakers to invoke Section 11(4) of the Constitution to assume the Rivers State House of Assembly’s functions, citing the…
The Chief Judge of Rivers State, Justice Simeon Amadi, has declined a request by the Rivers State House of Assembly to constitute a judicial panel to investigate Governor Siminalayi Fubara and his deputy, Ngozi Odu, over allegations of gross misconduct. Justice Amadi based his decision on existing court orders that barred him from taking any…
Rivers State Governor, Siminalayi Fubara, on Sunday made his first public appearance after returning from an overseas trip reportedly connected to consultations with President Bola Tinubu, amid renewed impeachment moves against him by the state legislature. Fubara attended a special church service at St Cyprian’s Anglican Church in Port Harcourt, Rivers State, to mark the…
Rivers Elders and Leadership Forum has condemned the impeachment notice recently issued against Governor Siminalayi Fubara and his deputy, Prof. Ngozi Ordu, by members of the Rivers State House of Assembly. This position was contained in a statement issued on Friday and signed by a former Deputy Governor of Rivers State and Acting Chairman of…
The leadership of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Rivers state has rejected the impeachment proceedings against Governor Siminalayi Fubara and his deputy, Professor Ngozi Odu by the state House Assembly. The party spoke against the backdrop of the commencement of a fresh move by the lawmakers to impeach the governor. However, the move was…
The festering crisis between Rivers State Governor Siminalayi Fubara and Federal Capital Territory (FCT) Minister, Nysom Wike, has taken a new twist as the state’s House of Assembly, made up of Wike’s loyalists, has begun impeachment proceedings against the governor and his deputy, Ngozi Odu. They are accusing them of gross misconduct, reports Channels TV….
The All Progressives Congress has stated that the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, Nyesom Wike, will operate under the leadership of Rivers State Governor, Siminalayi Fubara, if he decides to join the party. The party made it clear that political structure and hierarchy will be respected, regardless of Wike’s status at the federal level….
