Tag: Fubara

Tinubu brokers peace between Fubara, Wike

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Tinubu brokers peace

…‘Ex-Gov. to finish term, drop 2027 bid’ – Sources President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has reportedly reached a discreet political settlement that allows Rivers State Governor Siminalayi Fubara to complete his current tenure on the condition that he forfeits any ambition to contest the 2027 governorship election. According to published details, the deal was finalised during a closed-door meeting in Abuja, attended by key political figures including Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Nyesom Wike. As part of the arrangement, Wike is said to have secured full authority to nominate…

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Tinubu meets suspended Rivers Gov. Fubara in Lagos

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Tinubu meets Fubara

President Bola Ahmed Tinubu yesterday held a closed-door meeting with suspended Rivers State governor, Siminalayi Fubara, at his private residence in Lagos. The meeting marks the first official engagement between the embattled governor and the president since Fubara was suspended from office following the declaration of Emergency Rule in Rivers State on March 18, 2025. During the declaration, President Tinubu dissolved the elected government of Rivers State, removing Governor Fubara, his deputy, and the entire state House of Assembly, citing escalating insecurity and governance breakdown. A former Chief of Naval…

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Rivers: S’Court dismisses Fubara’s appeal against Amaewhule-led Assembly

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S’Court dismisses Fubara

An appeal filed by Rivers State governor, Siminalayi Fubara, challenging the leadership of the Rivers State House of Assembly has been dismissed by the Supreme Court in Abuja. Fubara was also ordered to pay ₦2m to the Assembly and the Speaker of the Rivers State House of Assembly, Martin Amaewhule, by a five-member panel led by Justice Uwani Abba-Aji on Monday. The case was dismissed after Fubara’s lawyer, Yusuf Ali, withdrew the suit. Recall that on October 10, 2024, the Court of Appeal, Abuja Division, admonished Fubara for failing to…

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Wike counters Fubara’s ‘red biro’ threat, says he’s been using it for 14yrs

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Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Nyesom Wike, has responded to Rivers State governor Siminalaya Fubara’s recent boast about using his ‘red biro’ to crush his enemies.  Wike, through his media aide, Lere Olayinka, downplayed Fubara’s threats, reminding him that while Fubara may have been using the red biro for two years, Wike has been wielding it for 14 years. Recall that Fubara, during the crossover service into 2025 at St. Paul’s Anglican Church in Opobo Town, vowed to continue using the red biro against his adversaries, saying: “The…

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“Fubara stopped Wike from turning Rivers into his fiefdom” – Ex-gov. Odili

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A former Governor of Rivers State, Peter Odili, has hailed the incumbent Governor Siminalayi Fubara for showing bravery and resilience in his management of the State affairs despite the war waged against him by political opponents. Odili said Fubara’s doggedness and gallantry stopped the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, (FCT), Nyesom Wike, from making the state his private estate. According to the ex-governor, Fubara summoned an unusual strength to upend the quest by Wike to capture Rivers State through vicious, but needless, political war. Odili, who spoke at a…

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A’Court vacates order stopping allocations to Rivers State

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A' Court vacates order

The Court of Appeal sitting in Abuja, on Monday, vacated the judgement that barred the Central Bank of Nigeria, (CBN), from releasing monthly statutory allocations to Rivers State. A 3-member panel of Justices of the appellate court, in a split decision of two-to-one, held that the Federal High Court in Abuja lacked the requisite jurisdiction to entertain the lawsuit that led to the restraining order. It held that the fact that federal agencies were joined as parties in the matter was not sufficient to confer the court with unfettered jurisdiction…

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Rivers LG election: Wike reportedly dissolves Appeal Court panel over ruling

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Wike dissolves A'Court panel

Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) Abuja, Nyesom Wike, has reportedly ordered the secret dissolution of the Special Court of Appeal in the FCT that gave a favourable ruling on the Rivers State Local Government elections. The panel was quietly disbanded after it upheld the Rivers State local government elections conducted by the administration of the State governor, Siminalayi Fubara. The move, reportedly carried out discreetly, stems from Wikes ongoing political feud with Fubara. The dissolved panel, led by Justice Onyekachi Otisi, had ruled that the Federal High Court…

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Rivers: Gov. Fubara, accuses lawyers, judges of serving paymasters in justice delivery

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Gov Fubara accuses

Rivers State Governor Siminalayi Fubara has accused lawyers and judges of distorting the law to appease paymasters. Speaking at the 2024/2025 Legal Year opening and re-dedication service in Port Harcourt, on Thursday, Fubara stressed that judges must defend truth, not special interests. Some of you claim expertise, yet distort the law to appease paymasters, Fubara said. State governance issues fall within the state high courts jurisdiction, regardless of INEC or police involvement. Doing right earns divine judgment. It doesnt matter whether you joined INEC or the police. It is a…

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“Wike-Fubara crisis can plunge Nigeria into disintegration, anarchy” – Ijaw National Congress

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INC on Fubara Wike

The Ijaw National Congress (INC), has appealed to President Bola Tinubu to rein-in FCT minister Nyesom Wike over the crisis in Rivers State. Its president, Benjamin Okaba appealed to President Tinubu at a news conference in Abuja, yesterday. Recall that the FCT Minister and the Rivers State governor, Siminialayi Fubara are at loggerheads over the control of political machinery in the oil-rich State. Okaba said INC was concerned that the political crisis could affect other parts of the country if left unchecked. He said, Mr. President, sir, as the father…

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Rivers elders criticise Tinubu over political crisis

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Rivers elders criticise

The Rivers Elders and Leadership Forum has declared its support for Governor Siminalayi Fubara amidst the escalating political tensions in the State. Rufus Ada-George, the forums chairperson, announced the forums position during a news conference on Thursday in Port Harcourt, the State capital. Ada-George praised Fubara for demonstrating courage and maintaining a peaceful stance despite unwarranted provocations by certain politicians in Rivers. We commend Fubara for his courage and determination in standing firm and resolute in defending the interests of the people of Rivers State. The governor, his team, and…

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