A fresh revelation has emerged over what truly transpired in Aso Rock Villa during the peace meeting brokered by President Bola Tinubu between the Rivers State’s Governor, Siminilayi Fubara, and the FCT Minister, Nyesom Wike. Making the revelation was a former Commissioner for Water Resources in Rivers State, Chief David Briggs, who was at […]
A few days after the crisis resolution in Rivers State, a similar scenario is playing out in Benue State as members of the All Progressives Congress (APC) National Assembly caucus accused Governor Hyacinth Alia of displaying dictatorial tendencies and poor leadership. Senator Titus Zam, the caucus chairman, addressed a news conference on Thursday, December […]
Former governor of Edo State, Adams Oshiomhole, has opened a can of worm on how his All Progressives Congress (APC) National Working Committee (NWC)-led leadership spent billions of Naira to secure victory in some states during the 2019 general elections. He said the party’s NWC under him spent N1.6 billion to prosecute and win […]
Senator Adams Oshiomhole, former national chairman of the APC, has revealed some of the events that led to his removal from office. The former chairman, spoke at the launch of a book “APC and Transition Politics”, authored by Salihu Lukman, a former national vice chairman (North-west) of the party, at the Shehu Yar’Adua Center […]
The Rivers Elders and Leaders Forum (RELF) has said that the resolutions and subsequent directives issued after Monday’s peace parley on the political crisis in Rivers State at the instance of President Bola Tinubu, cannot override subsisting orders of the Court on the issues. RELF disclosed this in a communique issued in Port Harcourt […]
Members of the Rivers State House of Assembly have withdrawn the impeachment notice that was previously sent to Governor Siminalayi Fubara. The lawmakers officially began their sessions in the state capital of Port Harcourt on Wednesday. The lawmakers gathered solely to focus on the withdrawal of the impeachment notice against Fubara during their deliberations. […]
Governor Siminalayi Fubara of Rivers State has said there is no price too great for him to pay for peace to reign in the state. Fubara made this known while addressing a special convocation ceremony at the Pamo University of Medical Sciences, where he promised to abide by the truce brokered by President […]
The Deputy Governor of Edo State, Philip Shaibu, has said that his office has not been paid a six-month allowance owing to the tension between him and his principal, Godwin Obaseki. The deputy governor, who stated this at the opening of the Correspondents Office in Benin on Tuesday, said that he had been running […]
A former Minister of Works and Housing, Mr Babatunde Fashola (SAN), has said that the intervention of President Bola Tinubu is not needed in the ongoing political crisis in Ondo and Rivers states. Fashola argued that despite calls to amend the Constitution at different times, it is high time Nigerians amended ‘our ways’. He […]
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) says re-run and bye-elections may be held across the country next February. This is according to the Chairman of the electoral body Mahmood Yakubu who spoke at a meeting with political parties. “With regard to the bye-elections, you may recall that in my recent address at the swearing-in […]
