Tag: Rivers State

The police confirmed the burning of the ADC Secretariat but denied knowledge of an attack on Mr Amaechi's convoy.

A voter casting her vote during the FCT elections ...the APC must moderate its chest-beating. APC Chairman, Professor Nentawe Yiltwada; ...

According to a statement signed by the university’s acting spokesperson, Habib Yakoob, the affected students were found culpable of offences ...

Out of 71,914 registered voters, only 7,834 accredited voters cast their ballots in the Rivers bye-election.

PREMIUM TIMES gathered that there was tension at the market on Saturday when a northerner allegedly stabbed a male trader ...

The 21 February bye-election is expected to fill the two vacant seats and slightly reshape the balance within the troubled ...

On Tuesday, Mr Wike confirmed that there was a truce between the governor and the lawmakers after President Tinubu, for ...

While the recent presidential intervention signalled a possible thaw, uncertainty persists over whether the fragile truce will hold.

President Tinubu’s latest move may only delay, not resolve, the Rivers crisis unless two core issues are amicably settled — ...

The police say the suspects were intercepted while trying to dispose of the corpse.

The former presidential candidate urged members of the National Assembly to reconsider the amendment and include mandatory electronic transmission of ...

“Since this spill started, we can no longer farm or fish,” a resident of the Ogoni community said.

Mr Wike explained that he has the capacity to handle both tasks effectively and efficiently, with more emphasis on service ...

Messrs Wike and Fubara had been in a prolonged battle over the control of political structures in the oil-rich state, ...

Minister of Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Nyesom Wike and Governor Siminalayi Fubara of Rivers State Confused. Undecided. Disordered. Manipulated. These ...

Mr Ibiyeomie said the prolonged Rivers State political crisis as a spiritual affliction rooted in decades of elite succession battles, ...

FCT Minister Nyesom Wike and his successor, Governor Siminalayi Fubara. My thinking, however, is that this stand-off can be resolved ...

The police authorities in Rivers State have confirmed the incident.

The committee assured that it would make every effort to bring the escalating political crisis in Rivers State to an ...

The two lawmakers are appealing to their colleagues to exercise restraint and give room for dialogue.

Last Thursday's impeachment proceeding was the third attempt by the Rivers assembly to impeach Mr Fubara since he became the ...

As of Friday, PREMIUM TIMES counted at least 20 LGAs the minister has already visited across Rivers State between December ...

FCT MInister Nyesom Wike and his Rivers State successor, Governor Siminalayi Fubara. Rivers State is not witnessing the death throes ...

Ultimately, the question confronting the APC is larger than Rivers State. It tests whether party rules will prevail over personal ...

PREMIUM TIMES earlier reported that the assembly, on Thursday, began impeachment proceedings against Governor Fubara and his Deputy, Mrs Odu, ...