Tag: Rivers crisis

This is a review of major events in Nigeria’s south-south region last week.

The political crisis has battered the state legislature and disrupted governance in the oil-rich state.

The APC chairperson proffers a solution to Rivers's political crisis.

Mr Fubara said he later discovered he was ambushed by his opponents who believed they were smarter by failing to ...

The Rivers assembly split into two factions over the political crisis between the governor and his predecessor.

“Stop this drift towards national disintegration and anarchy now.”

Rivers State Government said it is filing an appeal at the Supreme Court.

“We commend Fubara for his courage and determination in standing firm and resolute in defending the interests of the people ...

Mr Fubara said he would not turn away while “ill-guided youths and sponsored thugs turn the state into a theatre ...

Council secretariats in three local government areas of Rivers were set ablaze by hoodlums on Monday.

Wike hails from the council area and is a former chairperson of the council.

The President expressed “deep concern” over reports of arson and explosions in the state.

The attacks occurred a few hours after the police announced the unsealing of the secretariats of the 23 local government ...

Mr Jonathan said the proliferation of court orders is ridiculing the judiciary and destroying democracy.

The local election is expected to alter the political dynamics in the state.

The political feud between the two former allies has split the Rivers House of Assembly into two factions, with 27 ...

The PDP governors said Mr Wike's threat to put fire in their states is “irresponsible” and “unfortunate”.

Siminalayi Fubara, who is currently doing his firs tenure as governor, is engaged in a protracted political battle with his ...

The suit was filed by a faction of the Rivers House of Assembly loyal to Nyesom Wike.

The court order came a few weeks after Governor Fubara told some National Assembly members that the PDP had failed ...

The protracted political crisis in Rivers has disrupted governance in the state.

PREMIUM TIMES, Thursday, reported how Chijioke Ihunwo, the chairperson of the caretaker committee in Obio-Akpor Local Government Area of Rivers, ...

The oil-rich state has been plagued by a political crisis because of the battle for the control of its political ...

The political battle between Governor Siminalayi Fubara and his predecessor, Nyesom Wike, has slowed down governance in the oil-rich state.

Governor Fubara of Rivers State swore in caretaker committees for the 23 local government areas of the state on Wednesday.