The oil-rich Rivers State has recorded a more than 100 per cent jump in Internally Generated Revenue (IGR), Governor Siminalayi Fubara has said. Governor Fubara said this on Friday at a meeting with members of the House of Representatives Committee on Public Account in Port Harcourt,” Boniface Onyedi, senior special assistant to Mr Fubara, told … Read more
The immediate past governor of Rivers State, Nyesom Wike, said his relationship with one of his predecessors, Peter Odili, whom he referred to as his political father has soured. Mr Wike, now FCT minister, disclosed this while speaking with reporters in Abuja on Tuesday, Channels television reported. “As it is today, politically, we don’t have … Read more
Tinubu’s Requests: Again, lawmakers sacrificing due diligence for speed There is an emerging trend in the National Assembly. It has been noticed that once a bill or request emanates from the president, the lawmakers pass or approve it at the speed of light.During the past week, the lawmakers approved four requests from the president. The … Read more
Rivers State Governor, Siminalayi Fubara says that no sacrifice is too big to make for the peace of the state even if it means relinquishing his office as governor of the oil-rich state. “If leaving this position is what I need or what is needed to bring more peace to the state, I can even … Read more
A former National Legal Adviser of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Mark Jacob, has given the “reason” Nyesom Wike supported President Bola Tinubu in the 2023 general election. Mr Wike, a former governor of Rivers State, is a member of the PDP. But the former governor supported Mr Tinubu, the All Progressives Congress candidate in … Read more
The University of Abuja final year student, Halima Sagir Mahmud, who was declared missing by her family, has been found. According to her elder sister, Amina, the 21-year-old Halima, who is an Electrical Engineering Student at the university, was dumped along the AYA axis of Abuja by her abductors on Wednesday at about 7:34 p.m. … Read more
The Federal Capital Territory (FCT) Minister, Nyesom Wike, has restated his promise that President Bola Tinubu will inaugurate the Abuja Metro Light Rail project in May 2024. He also said the train design was subpar but could no longer be changed. Mr Wike said this while inspecting the project on Thursday in Abuja. He called … Read more
Rivers State Governor, Siminalayi Fubara has urged the people of the state not to be frightened by the political crisis in the state, saying that his opponents will not get what they want from him. Mr Fubara and his predecessor, Nyesom Wike, who is the FCT minister, have been engaged in a power tussle, a … Read more
Despite the criticism that has trailed it, Rivers State Governor, Siminalayi Fubara, has vowed to implement “both the spirit and letters” of the peace deal he entered with his predecessor, Nyesom Wike, at the Presidential Villa last week. The governor stated this on Monday in a Christmas broadcast, his first since assuming office in May. … Read more
The Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, Nyesom Wike, has berated some elders of Rivers State for rejecting the outcome of President Bola Tinubu’s intervention in the raging rift between him and Governor Siminalayi Fubara. Mr Wike, a former Rivers State governor and his successor, Mr Fubara, have been fighting over the control of political … Read more
