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The Rivers Elders and Leaders Forum (RELF), has said the resolutions reached after President Tinubu’s meeting with Governor Sim Fubara and Nyesom Wike,  are one sided in favor of Wike and that the resolutions cannot override existing orders of the court on the issue.   In a communique signed by …

Nigerians have taken to social media to react to reports of the Rivers state governor, Sim Fubara, signing a peace deal with his predecessor/godfather, Nyesom Wike.  Both men have been at loggerheads over the governing of the state and this has led to crisis in the state. Last night, both …

Former Minister of Work, Babatunde Fashola, has said that calls for President Bola Tinubu to intervene in the ongoing political crisis in Rivers and Ondo states isn’t needed as the constitution does not allow such.    Speaking at the Nigerian Air Force Officers Mess Honourary Members Forum 2023 Annual Lecture …

The Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, Nyesom Wike, has said he wants peace in Rivers state but warned politicians not to pull the ladder they used in ascending to their enviable positions. Wike and his political godson, the Rivers State Governor, Siminalayi Fubara, have been at loggerheads lately. Their …

Four more commissioners have resigned from Governor Siminalayi Fubara’s cabinet amid a rift with his predecessor and current minister of FCT, Nyesom Wike.    The commissioners who resigned are the Commissioner for Works, Dr George-Kelly Alabo; the Commissioner for Ministry of Social Welfare and Rehabilitation, Mrs Inime Chinwenwo-Aguma; the Commissioner …

Four soldiers and two drivers have been killed by gunmen who abducted two Korean expatriates after ambushing a convoy of an engineering company at the Ahoada/Abua axis of the East-West road in Rivers state.  The Nation reported that the incident occurred at about 9.30am while the company was conveying its workers …

The political crisis in Rivers state has taken a different direction as the High Court Sitting in Port Harcourt affirmed Edison Ehie as the authentic Speaker of the Rivers State House of Assembly.   Edison Ehie is one of the 4 lawmakers in the camp of Governor Siminalayi Fubara. He …

The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has called on the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to immediately commence the process of conducting fresh elections into the 27 State Constituencies in Rivers State which have become vacant by reason of the defection of the 27 former State lawmakers in the Rivers State …

Suspected cultists have killed three persons in Egbeh community in Ubie kingdom, Ahoada West Local Government Area of Rivers State.    It was gathered that the cultists said to be loyal to one General ‘Danger’, invaded the community on Monday, December 4, 2023, and abducted the three victims, including a …

Some young virgins were initiated into womanhood during the famous Iria ceremony in Ogu town in Ogu-Bolo Local Government Area of Rivers State.     The ceremony was held on Saturday, December 2, 2023.      The Iria ceremony of the Wakirike people is an event held to officially welcome …