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Rivers: Wike reclaims grassroots control, as Fubara shuns LG polls

August 31, 2025August 31, 2025 Aminu Imam

Local government elections in Rivers State yesterday highlighted the widening gulf between suspended Governor Siminalayi Fubara and his political benefactor, Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, (FCT), Nyesom Wike, as both men charted contrasting paths in the state’s tense power struggle. While Wike turned out to vote and praised the exercise as peaceful, Fubara boycotted the polls altogether, reinforcing perceptions that he is increasingly sidelined from the state’s political machinery. At his polling unit in Ward-5, Opobo/Nkoro LGA, electoral officials and materials arrived on schedule, but the governor never appeared.…

Rivers: ADC records over 800,000 members

August 12, 2025August 12, 2025 Aminu Imam

Rivers State chapter of the African Democratic Congress, (ADC), says the party is growing in strength with over 800,000 members. Speaking at a press conference in Port-Harcourt, Rivers state at the weekend, the party’s spokesman, Luckyman Egila, expressed his delight with the increasing number of its members, which includes prominent politicians, two former governors and federal lawmakers in its ranks. He described the Rivers State chapter of the ADC as the beautiful bride of the party, stating that ADC has been “receiving key politicians into its fold” ahead of the…

Tinubu brokers peace between Fubara, Wike

June 28, 2025June 28, 2025 Aminu Imam

…‘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…

Rivers: Tinubu submits ₦1.48tr Appropriation Bill to NASS, amid Assembly suspension

May 23, 2025May 23, 2025 Aminu Imam

President Bola Tinubu, yesterday, formally submitted the 2025 Appropriation Bill for Rivers State to the National Assembly, following the recent suspension of the state’s House of Assembly. The proposed budget, totaling ₦1.481 trillion, was communicated to the Senate through a letter addressed to Senate President Godswill Akpabio, in which President Tinubu called for swift legislative action on the fiscal plan. The submission comes amid political turbulence in the state and underscores the federal government’s intervention to keep governance running smoothly. The 2025 fiscal proposal prioritizes strategic sectors with the aim…

Rivers: Senate sets up Committee to oversee Sole Administrator

May 7, 2025May 7, 2025 Aminu Imam

The 10th Senate has constituted an 18-member committee tasked with overseeing the activities of the Rivers State Sole Administrator, Vice Admiral Ibok-Ete Ibas (rtd). The Senate President of the Senate, Godswill Akpabio, made this known during the resumption of plenary yesterday. According to Akpabio, the committee was created in a bid to strengthen transparency and accountability in the state’s governance. Akpabio named Senate Leader, Opeyemi Bamidele, as chairman of the committee. He also highlighted the importance of the committee’s mandate, stating that its role is critical in ensuring effective legislative…

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

February 11, 2025February 11, 2025 Aminu Imam

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…

Edwin Clark urges INEC to fill 27 vacant Rivers Assembly seats

January 25, 2025January 25, 2025 Aminu Imam

Elder statesman, Edwin Clark has written to Mahmood Yakubu, Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), demanding the immediate conduct of by-elections to fill 27 vacant seats in the Rivers State House of Assembly (RSHA). Clark argued that the vacancies, caused by the defection of lawmakers from the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) to the All Progressives Congress (APC), violate Section 109(1)(g) of Nigeria’s Constitution, which mandates the filling of vacant seats. The elder statesman emphasized that the prolonged absence of representation denies the people of Rivers State their rightful…

Rivers: S’Court fixes Feb. 10 to hear 5 cases

January 23, 2025January 23, 2025 Aminu Imam

The Supreme Court has fixed February 10, 2025 for the hearing of five separate cases instituted by the camps of the Rivers State governor, Siminalayi Fubara and the FCT Minister, Nyesom Wike, at the apex court. A 5-member panel of the apex court, led by Justice Uwani Musa Aba-Aji, yesterday ordered an adjournment in the cases to enable the parties to file and serve the necessary court documents in the separate appeals. For ease of determination, however, the court ordered the consolidation of four of the appeals, following a request…

“I won’t join issue with Wike – PDP BoT Chair, Wabara

January 22, 2025January 22, 2025 Aminu Imam

..Says he speaks like a broken water pipe without tap Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Board of Trustees, (BoT) Adolphus Wabara, has described the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, (FCT), Nyesom Wike, attack on his person as disgraceful. Wabara said this in reaction to Wike’s remark that he would have disowned Wabara if the former Senate President were his father. Recall that Wike made the statement during a media chat yesterday in Abuja, where he criticised Wabara’s leadership style as the PDP BoT Chairman. However, Wabara challenged…

Rivers: Police confirm 18 injured in gas explosion

January 7, 2025January 7, 2025 Aminu Imam

Rivers State Police Command has confirmed that 18 people sustained severe injuries in a gas explosion that occurred in the Oroazi community of Port Harcourt. According to reports, he incident happened on Sunday evening, at a gas refilling shop, causing substantial damage to nearby buildings. This latest explosion is part of a series of gas and Improvised Explosive Device (IEDs) incidents recorded in the State since 2024. The Command’s spokesperson, SP Grace Iringe-Koko, verified the incident during an interview with newsmen yesterday. According to her, the explosion was caused by…