Tag: Fubara

After Rivers defeat, Yoruba Council urges immediate sack of Wike

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…Cites 3 reasons  The Yoruba Council Worldwide (YCW) has called for the immediate removal of the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Nyesom Wike, accusing him of contributing to political unrest in Rivers State.  Speaking on Sunday, the council’s president, Hassan Oladotun, cited specific reasons for the call for Wike’s removal from office, citing his role in the political unrest in the State. He maintained that Wike’s continued presence in President Bola Tinubu’s cabinet is a “distraction” and poses a threat to democracy and peace in the Niger-Delta region. …

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Rivers Crisis: “Go to court” – Tinubu advises aggrieved parties

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Tinubu on Rivers crisis

…Directs police to restore law, order President Bola Tinubu has called on Governor Siminalayi Fubara, political leaders and their supporters in Rivers State to exercise restraint and uphold the rule of law. The President was reacting to the recent tensions following last Saturday’s local government council election and subsequent reports of arson and explosions in the State. He urged all political actors to de-escalate the situation and discourage their supporters from engaging in violence or destructive actions. President Tinubu directed the Police to restore and maintain peace, law, and order…

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Rivers: “We’ll not provide security during LG elections” – Police

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Police on LG polls

…”Other agencies’ll do the job” – Fubara The Police have directed their operatives not to provide for Rivers local governments election scheduled to hold today, Saturday. The Rivers Police Command’s spokesperson,  SP Grace Iringe-Koko, who announced this to newsmen yesterday in Port Harcourt, the State capital, said the decision to shun the poll was in line with the judgment of the Federal High Court barring the Police from providing security for the election, Iringe-Koko confirmed that the Command had begun withdrawing its officers from election duties. “The court order bars the…

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Rivers: “My only offence is refusing to share States’ money to individuals” – Gov. Fubara

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Fubara

Rivers State governor, Sir Siminalayi Fubara, has declared that the only offence he committed against those fighting his administration in the state was his refusal to share State-owned resources to individuals. Fubara made the declaration in Port Harcourt on Moday, while speaking at the official commissioning of the headquarters of a political pressure group, the Simplicity Movement (SM). SM, which has presence in the 23 local government areas of the state, was founded by the governorship candidate of the National Rescue Movement (NRM) in the 2023 general election in the…

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Rivers: “I’m far bigger than all of you put together”– Wike to Fubara-backing PDP Govs.

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Wike 2 PDP Govs

Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, (FCT), Nyesom Wike, has hit back at Peoples Democratic Party, (PDP), governors who are supporting Rivers State governor, Siminalayi Fubara. Wike was reported as saying the governors must be sick if they do not recognise that he (Wike) is bigger than all of them put together. “Don’t ever think they are fighting me; they are not fighting me. I’m too big”, Wike said while addressing the crowd at the event. If you don’t recognise someone who is bigger than you, then you are sick.…

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Rivers: Court declines to order by-election to replace 27 pro-Wike lawmakers in H’Assembly

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Rivers Court declines

The Federal High Court in Abuja has dismissed a defection suit instituted against the 27 members of the Rivers State House of Assembly loyal to the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Nyesom Wike. The suit seeking to replace the 27 lawmakers on account of their alleged defection from the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) to the All Progressives Congress (APC) was yesterday thrown out on various grounds. Among others, Justice Peter Lifu who delivered the judgment held that the suit instituted by the Action People’s Party APP was statute…

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Rivers: Gov. Fubara directs all 23 LGA chairmen to contest under APP

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Fubara Rivers

Rivers Governor, Siminalayi Fubara, has directed all 23 local government chairmen in the state to contest the forthcoming local government elections under the banner of the All People’s Party, (APP). The decision comes in the wake of Governor Fubara losing control of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) structure in Rivers State to former governor and current Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Nyesom Wike. The local government elections are scheduled for October 5, 2024. Wike has maintained significant control over the PDP structure in the state, causing friction between…

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Rivers: ?Fubara wins, as Appeal Court strikes out suit seeking tenure extension for pro-Wike LG Chairmen

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Rivers A'Court strikes out suit

The Port Harcourt Division of the Court of Appeal, yesterday, dismissed two appeals filed by former elected local government chairmen in Rivers State, loyal to the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) Nyesom Wike, seeking the elongation of their tenure in office. This is as two factions of the Rivers State House of Assembly loyal to Governor Siminalayi Fubara and Minister Wike held separate sittings at different locations in Port Harcourt, with pro-Wike lawmakers giving a seven-day ultimatum to the governor to represent the State’s 2024 Budget proposal for…

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Rivers, Kano crises: SDP National Chairman cautions Tinubu, Judiciary against anarchy

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Kano emirs palace

The National of the Social Democratic Party, (SDP), Shehu Musa Gabam, has urged President Bola Ahmed Tinubu and the Judiciary to be extremely careful not to ignite any form of anarchy in the country, saying that “all is not well” Speaking with newsmen in Abuja at the weekend on the state of the nation, Gabam, who said that President Tinubu should allow the opposition to prevail in his interest, expressed deep concern over conflicting orders coming from the nation’s Judiciary in recent times, citing crises in Rivers and Kano States…

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Rivers crisis: State Electoral Commission announces plan to conduct LG’s election

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Siminalayi Fubara

The Rivers State Independent Electoral Commission, (RSIEC), has disclosed that it would conduct local government election soon. The Chairman of the Electoral Commission, Justice Adolphus Enebeli, made the disclosure yesterday. Recall that the State Governor, Siminalayi Fubara, on Wednesday swore in caretaker committee chairmen in the 23 local government areas after the expiration of the tenure of local government chairmen who are loyal to Nyesom Wike, Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, (FCT). During the swearing-in, Fubara had said their tenure would be short because the local government election would…

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