Tag: Rivers crisis

Governor Fubara said the state government wants to know how the outgone council officials were spending funds in the past ...

The governor on Wednesday (today) appointed caretaker committees to run the local councils.

A police officer is among those killed, the police said.

The 23 outgone council chairpersons – all of them loyal to Nyesom Wike – had vowed to continue in office ...

A council official said Governor Fubara cannot replace them with caretaker committees.

Rivers State has been enmeshed in a political crisis since October last year after some lawmakers backed by Nyesom Wike ...

Solomon Bob alleged that Mr Fubara has committed impeachable constitutional breaches and must not be protected.

"I am not distracted. If I were, you wouldn’t see this level of performance here. I am focused on my ...

Mr Fubara said contractors were coming for payments running into billions of naira for projects commissioned by his predecessor.

Rivers State has been thrown into a protracted political crisis since last year after lawmakers loyal to Nyesom Wike, who ...

The political crisis in Rivers State has continued to deteriorate despite a controversial peace deal brokered by President Bola Tinubu.

The factional speaker emerged a day after Governor Fubara declared that Rivers State has no House of Assembly.

"I am the one that is badly hit, even when I have all the government instruments to shake up the ...

Mr Ehie has obtained a court injunction, restraining the police from arresting him.

The latest directive came two days after the lawmakers stripped the governor of power to appoint a caretaker committee for ...

The Rivers House of Assembly, which is loyal to Mr Wike, recently stripped Governor Fubara of powers to appoint officials ...

The chairperson said the FCT Minister, Nyesom Wike, called him to order after he hurled insults at the governor.

Coming days after a controversial peace deal brokered by President Bola Tinubu, it appears the Rivers political crisis is far ...

It is not clear if the commissioners will retain their previous portfolio.

The Rivers governor and his predecessor, Nyesom Wike, have been engaged in a fierce power tussle that has disrupted governance ...

A lawyer to one of the claimants expressed disappointment with the judge’s decision.

The chairperson’s comment indicates that the political crisis in Rivers State may be far from over.

The political battle between Wike and Governor Fubara has disrupted governance in Rivers State.

The commissioners had resigned to spite Mr Fubara in the heat of the power tussle between the governor and his ...

If Governor Fubara complies with the lawmakers' demand, it will be the second time in less than one month that ...