Suspended governor of Rivers State governor, Sir Similanayi Fubara, has left Government House, Port Harcourt. Sources told Daily Trust that the governor moved out on Wednesday morning. This is just as the new Sole Administrator of the State , Admiral Ekwe Ibas (rtd) is warming up to resume duty. Daily Trust reporter who visited Government House on Wednesday morning observed that the place was calm. At least three armoured personnel carrier were stationed at the main entrance of the Government House. A security source said there was change of guard at the seat of power as all the security details…
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By Shadrach Okon The Executive Governor of Rivers State Sir Siminalayi Fubara, has responded to the recent development in Rivers State where President Bola Tinubu declared a state of emergency in the state last Tuesday evening due to the lingering impasse between the governor and the leadership of the State House of Assembly. Speaking in a press release addressed to the people of Rivers State, Governor Fubara recalled that upon assumption of office, he was guided by constitution in discharging his duties as the governor of Rivers State. “I address you today with a deep sense of responsibility and calm,…
Senator Aniekan Bassey of the Akwa Ibom North-East Senatorial District has urged the Senate to investigate the alleged illegal annexation of Nigerian Mangrove Islands situated at Efiat in Mbo Local Government Area of Akwa Ibom State by the Republic of Cameroon. The Senator made this known at Tuesday plenary through a motion brought under Order 41 and 51 of the Senate Standing Orders 2023 as amended. Describing the encroachment as an act of economic sabotage and a violation of Nigeria’s territorial integrity, Senator Bassey highlighted the urgency of the matter, stressing that the annexed territory was never part of the lands ceded…
By Shadrach Okon The 2023 presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) , Atiku Abubakar has accused President Bola Tinubu of working behind to instigate the ongoing crisis in Rivers State. Atiku made the accusation shortly after President Bola Tinubu declared a state of emergency in Rivers State on Tuesday evening of 18th March. According to him, “The declaration of a state of emergency in Rivers State reeks of political manipulation and outright bad faith. Anyone paying attention to the unfolding crisis knows that Bola Tinubu has been a vested partisan actor in the political turmoil engulfing Rivers. His…
President Bola Tinubu has declared a state of emergency in Rivers State following the protracted political crisis in the state. Tinubu made the proclamation during a nationwide broadcast on Tuesday, suspending Governor Siminalayi Fubara; his deputy Ngozi Odu; and all the members of the House of Assembly for six months. The president nominated Vice Admiral Ibokette Ibas (rtd) as a military administrator to take charge of the affairs of the state for the first six months. The president relied on Section 305 of the 1999 Constitution to make the proclamation. The section interprets a state of emergency as a situation…
Chairman of the Pan Niger Delta Forum (PANDEF), Godknows Igali, has said former first lady, Patience Jonathan, pleaded with late elder statesman, Edwin Clark, to support Nyesom Wike to become governor of Rivers state. Igali spoke during a programme on AIT. According to him, the former first lady rolled on the floor to persuade her husband, former President Goodluck Jonathan, and Clark. Wike, now the minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), was elected Rivers state governor in 2015. He was re-elected in 2019 and held this position till May 2023. On Wednesday, during a media chat, Wike accused the…
An explosion has rocked a major oil pipeline, the Trans-Niger Pipeline (TNP), at Bodo, Gokana local government area of Rivers State. Although the incident occurred on Monday night, the affected section of the major pipeline was on fire on Tuesday morning. Thick black smoke was seen billowing into the atmosphere, with a raging fire spreading fast into the mangrove from a video that emerged on Tuesday morning. Authorities were yet to determine whether the incident resulted from human interference, especially amid recent threats by militant groups to attack oil installations in response to the federal government’s withholding of Rivers State’s…
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), yesterday, arraigned a Nigerian, two Chinese and their company at a Federal High Court Lagos, over alleged N3.4 billion fraud and conspiracy to destabilise Nigeria’s economic structure. The defendants are Huang Haoyu, Friday Audu, An Hongxu and a company, Gentting International Ltd. They are standing trial before Justice Daniel Osiagor on a 12-count charge of cybercrime. They each, however, pleaded not guilty to the charge. The prosecutor, Mrs Bilikisu Buhari, told the court that the defendants committed the offence sometime in 2024 in Lagos. They were alleged to have conspired to commit the…
2- Brigade, Nigerian Army in the Abak Local Government Area of Akwa Ibom State has announced plans to hold this year’s first quarter range classification exercise. The exercise will begin from Wednesday, March 19 to Friday, 28, 2025, according to a statement by the Acting Assistant Director of Army Public Relations, Lieutenant Adebowale Adejimi, on Monday. Adejimi appealed to residents within the range area to stay off designated areas and not to panic at the sound of gunshots, adding that adequate preparations have been made for their safety. “Headquarters 2 Brigade, 2 Brigade Garrison, and other Sub-units are scheduled to…
Akwa Ibom State Polytechnic, Ikot Osurua, Ikot Ekpene Local Government Area was last Monday thrown into crisis as thousands of students went to the streets of Ikot Ekpene to protest the high level of insecurity and police brutality in the school and it’s sorrounding communities, declaring that students were no longer saved to conduct their academic activities without fear of intimidation and threat to life. The protesters led by the student union president, Geoffrey George, converged at the institution’s main gate around 8:15am chanting solidarity songs and displaying placards of various inscriptions Some of the placards read “End Police brutality…