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Nobel Laureate, Prof Wole Soyinka, has criticised the emergency rule slammed on Rivers State by President Bola Ahmed Tinubu last Tuesday as excessive, and a rape on the spirit of federalism. He spoke at different interviews with Channels Television, and The Africa Report. Apart from declaring the emergency rule, the President also suspended Governor Siminalayi […]

Ex-President Goodluck Ebele Jonathan has criticised the emergency rule imposed on Rivers State by President Bola Ahmed Tinubu as power abuse by all the dramatis personae cutting across the executive, legislature and judiciary. He spoke on Saturday in Abuja at the annual colloquium of the Haske Satumari Foundation, with the theme: “Promoting social change and […]

Fubara attends the Salvation Ministries in GRA, Port Harcourt, on March 23, 2025. Credit: Channels TV Suspended Rivers State Governor, Siminalayi Fubara, has made his first public appearance after his suspension from office. He was seen attending a church service on Sunday at the headquarters of Salvation Ministries in GRA, Port Harcourt. Photo: X @phspecials […]

There is confusion in the Peoples Democratic Party as the National Working Committee insists that Sunday Ude-Okoye is the National Secretary of the party despite the Supreme Court judgment on Friday which appears to have reinstated a factional leader, Senator Samuel Anyanwu, as secretary. The PDP has experienced internal struggles both before and after the […]

The Senator representing the Federal Capital Territory, Ireti Kingibe, has condemned the National Assembly’s use of voice vote in approving the declaration of emergency rule in Rivers State. President Bola Tinubu declared a state of emergency in Rivers and suspended Governor Siminalayi Fubara, his deputy, Ngozi Odu, and all members of the state assembly over […]

To curb the probable further spread of the dispute between the Ifon and Ilobu communities, Osun State Governor Ademola Adeleke has imposed a daily curfew from dusk to dawn on the two communities. It will be in force until lasting peace is restored. This was contained in a statement by the Commissioner for Information and […]

The 2023 presidential candidates, Atiku Abubakar of the Peoples Democratic Party and Peter Obi of the Labour Party, along with former Kaduna State Governor Nasir El-Rufai, have announced the formation of a coalition of opposition leaders to challenge President Bola Tinubu in 2027. The former Vice President confirmed this while responding to a question on […]

– Suspended governor blames Wike, S’South govs oppose Tinubu, Ibas warns pipeline vandals The National Assembly, on Thursday, endorsed the state of emergency imposed on Rivers State by President Bola Tinubu on Tuesday. The resolution was taken at separate plenary sessions of the two chambers where they deliberated on the suspension of Governor Siminalayi Fubara, […]

The FCT Director of Lands, Chijioke Nwanwkoeze, has explained the Peoples Democratic Party has failed to pay the ground rent for its national secretariat for 28 years, amounting to N7.6m. He stated that on Wednesday in Abuja while addressing pressmen on the controversies surrounding the revocation of the land title of the PDP national secretariat. […]

The Peoples Democratic Party has berated President Bola Tinubu and insisted that Sim Fubara remains the Governor of Rivers State despite the declaration of a state of emergency. PDP National Publicity Secretary, Debo Ologunagba, speaking at a press conference in Abuja on Wednesday, stated that the Nigerian Constitution does not grant President Tinubu the authority […]