Tag: Rivers State

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, ...

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

There has been political tension in Rivers following the FCT Minister, Nyesom Wike’s allegation that Governor Fubara had reneged on ...

There has been political tension in Rivers State after the relationship between Governor Fubara and Mr Wike broke down.

The APC chieftain's comments followed a recent warning by Mr Wike to the party's National Secretary, Ajibola Basiru, to steer ...

Mr Maeba says the appointments are particularly significant for Ogoniland at a time stakeholders are working to address long-standing concerns ...

There has been political tension in Rivers State due to intense exchanges between Messrs Fubara and Wike in recent times.

“Even if the governor is not in our party, you can’t refer to an elected governor as a ‘so-called governor’ ...

The relationship between Messrs Fubara and Wike appears to have broken down after the FCT minister accused the governor of ...

There has been debate about who is the leader of the APC in Rivers between Governor Fubara and Nyesom Wike ...