Rivers PDP caretaker committee list fake, can’t stand

Governor Siminalayi Fubara of Rivers State on Thursday declared a purported list of the state’s Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Caretaker Committee members , circulating in the media, as fake. Mr Fubara disclosed this at the inauguration of the Port Harcourt International Automobile Spare Parts Trading and Commercial Centre project in Oyigbo Local Government Area of … Read more

What we’ll do if Wike’s ‘trouble’ continues in Rivers – PDP leaders

Members of the defunct Rivers State PDP Presidential Campaign Council in the 2023 general elections have declared support for President Bola Tinubu. The group at a press briefing in Port Harcourt, on Thursday, also declared their “total loyalty and support” for Governor Siminalayi Fubara. The group coordinated the 2023 campaign activities of former Vice President … Read more

Rivers citizens sue Tinubu over Wike-Fubara peace deal

Some Rivers State citizens have sued President Bola Tinubu for allegedly compelling Governor Siminalayi Fubara to sign a pact ending the political crisis that has engulfed the state. On Monday, Mr Tinubu convened a meeting of Rivers State stakeholders at the Presidential Villa, Abuja, where a peace agreement was brokered to end the supremacy tussle … Read more

Number of officials resigning from Fubara’s cabinet increases to nine  

More commissioners have resigned from Governor Siminalayi Fubara’s cabinet in Rivers State as the feud between him and his predecessor, Nyesom Wike, continues to take a toll on the oil-rich state. A source close to Mr Fubara’s government told PREMIUM TIMES, Thursday night, that nine cabinet members have so far resigned from the eighth-month-old government.   … Read more