Rivers crisis

Attack on Abel Damina, NJC’s panel on conflicting court orders on Rivers crisis, other top stories from South-south

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Attack on Abel Damina, NJC’s panel on conflicting court orders on Rivers crisis, other top stories from South-south

False sexual allegations as weapon of vitimisation On Monday, we published an investigative report on the travail of Inih Ebong, a former lecturer at the University of Uyo, who was fired by the university over false sexual harassment allegations. Despite several legal victories against the institution, the university has refused to reinstate the lecturer and … Read more

Wike blames Fubara for attacks on council secretariats in Rivers

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Wike blames Fubara for attacks on council secretariats in Rivers

The FCT minister, Nyesom Wike said Rivers State Governor Siminalayi Fubara is the architect of violence that rocked the state on Monday, a day after new chairpersons of local government areas in the state were inaugurated. Some hoodlums, who were dissatisfied with the conduct of the election, set ablaze Ikwerre, Emohua, and Eleme local government … Read more

Chairperson in Rivers orders Wike’s name removed from council building named after minister

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Chairperson in Rivers orders Wike’s name removed from council building named after minister

Chijioke Ihunwo, the newly inaugurated chairperson of Obio/Akpor Local Government Area of Rivers State has ordered that the FCT Minister, Nyesom Wike’s name be blotted out of a building in the council secretariat. Mr Ihunwo, who visited the council secretariat on Monday, ordered that the administrative block hitherto named after Mr Wike be renamed “Obi … Read more

Hoodlums set two council secretariats ablaze in Rivers

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Hoodlums set two council secretariats ablaze in Rivers

The local council secretariats in Ikwerre and Eleme in Rivers State have been set ablaze on Monday morning by hoodlums, a few hours after the police announced the unsealing of the secretariats of the 23 local government areas of the state. The attacks on the secretariats of the two local government areas occurred almost simultaneously … Read more

Court refuses to stop Fubara from spending Rivers funds

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Court refuses to stop Fubara from spending Rivers funds

A Federal High Court, Abuja, has refused to shut down all expenditures of Governor Siminalayi Fubara of Rivers State pending the hearing and determination of the substantive suit filed by the Martin Amaewhule-led Rivers Assembly. The faction of the assembly is loyal to Mr Fubara’s predecessor, Nyesom Wike, the FCT minister. The two estranged allies … Read more

Why failed bomber targeted Port Harcourt hotel – Fubara

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Why failed bomber targeted Port Harcourt hotel – Fubara

Governor Siminalayi Fubara of Rivers State said the failed bomber in Rivers attempted to detonate an explosive device at the Hotel Presidential, Port Harcourt, in order to strengthen the calls for a declaration of a state of emergency in the state. The Chairperson of the All Progressives Congress in Rivers, Tony Okocha, last week, called … Read more

Wike’s allies hold protest march after police ask NULGE to suspend protest

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Wike’s allies hold protest march after police ask NULGE to suspend protest

The police in Rivers State on Monday allowed former chairpersons of Rivers local councils to hold protest marches in some parts of Rivers, the same day the police had advised the Nigeria Union of Local Government Employees (NULGE) in the state to suspend its planned protest. Most of the former chairpersons of the local councils … Read more

Wike’s allies suffer setback at appeal court over control of Rivers assembly

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Wike’s allies hold protest march after police ask NULGE to suspend protest

The pro-Wike lawmakers’ attempt to regain control of the Rivers House of Assembly suffered a setback at the Court of Appeal, Port Harcourt on Friday. A three-man panel of the Court of Appeal, led by Hamma Barka, rejected the lawmakers’ request to vacate a Rivers State High Court order empowering Governor Siminalayi Fubara-backed lawmakers to … Read more