Tag: Rivers State
Ogoni group moves to recall lawmakers over failed Fubara impeachment
PORT HARCOURT- Ogoni Development Drive (ODD) says it has begun the process to recall four Ogoni lawmakers from Rivers House of Assembly over their...
Rivers elders express confidence in Wike’s capacity to deliver
ABUJA- The Coalition of River Leaders of Thoughts has expressed confidence on the ability and capacity of the Minister of Federal Capital Territory, Mr...
How to stop judicial coups against democracy in Nigeria, By Farooq...
The Civil Society Legislative Advocacy Centre (CISLAC), one of Nigeria’s most prominent pro-democracy NGOs, invited me to make a virtual presentation from my base...
I don’t like ingrates, I can’t stand them- Wike on Rivers crisis
ABUJA- The Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, FCT, Nyesom Wike has opened up on the rift between him and the Rivers State Governor,...
Rivers state PDP chairman, Akawor resigns
RIVERS- The Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, in Rivers State, Desmond Akawor has resigned.Akawor's resignation followed his appointment as Federal Commissioner representing...
APC dissolves Rivers EXCO to hand over party structure to Wike
•FCT Minister Nyesom WikeABUJA (Sundiata Post) - In an apparent move to hand over the Rivers State party structure to FCT Minister, Nyesom Wike,...
Concerning courts of electoral kleptocracy, By Chidi Anselm Odinkalu
In 1968, Stanislav Andrzejewski, the former Polish soldier and prisoner-of-war, who later founded the Sociology Department at the University of Reading in England,...
Gunmen killed 4 NSCDC officials in Rivers
Abuja (Sundiata Post) - No fewer than four officers of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) have been reportedly shot dead by...
I’m in Abuja as FCT governor but interested in Rivers political...
ABUJA- FCT minister Nyesom Wike says despite his political appointment in Abuja by the APC government, he is keenly interested in the political structure...
Court halts Fubara’s impeachment, adjourns hearing to Nov. 14
RIVERS- A Rivers State High Court of Isiokpo Division on Wednesday issued an interim injunction, restraining the state House of Assembly and the Speaker,...
Wike warns against tampering with political structure in Rivers
ABUJA- The Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Mr Nyesom Wike, has warned against any attempt to tamper with the political structure in...
Despite Tinubu’s intervention, Wike vows to fight Fubara ‘even if heaven...
ABUJA- FCT minister Nyesom Wike has vowed to fight to a standstill to maintain his political structure and relevance in Rivers, even if the...
Wike agrees plotting removal of Rivers Gov. Fubara
By Chijioke KingsleyAbuja (Sundiata Post) - The Minister of the Federal Capital Territory and the immediate past Governor of Rivers State, Nyesom Wike has...
PDP charges all actors in Rivers crisis to sheathe their swords
ABUJA- The National Working Committee (NWC) of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has called on all actors in the Rivers crisis to sheathe their...
Rivers Crisis: Govt urges public to shun unconfirmed reports on sack...
PORT HARCOURT- The Rivers Government has urged the public to jettison some unconfirmed reports making rounds on various media platform concerning the sack of some...
Impeachment: Tell us Gov Fubara’s crimes – BBNaija’s Tacha challenges Rivers...
RIVERS- Former Big Brother Naija housemate, Natacha Akide, aka Tacha, has reacted to the alleged plot by members of the Rivers State House of...
BREAKING: Fubara, Wike, at Aso Villa amid Rivers Gov impeachment plot
By Chijioke KingsleyAbuja (Sundiata Post) - The Governor of Rivers State, Siminalayi Fubara; and the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Nyesom Wike,...
We will act decisively – Ijaw National Congress sends warning to...
RIVERS- The Ijaw National Congress, INC, has berated Nyesom Wike, Minister of Federal Capital Territory FCT Abuja, over what it described as his alleged...
Plot to impeach Gov. Fubara attack on democracy– youth group
AWKA- The Coalition of Nigerian Youth Leaders (CONYL), a pressure group, has warned against the plot to impeach Rivers Gov. Siminalaye Fubara, describing the...
Elderstatesman, Edwin Clark warns against planned impeaching of Rivers Gov. Fubara
PORT HARCOURT- Chief Edwin Clark, South-South National Leader and elder statesman on Monday warned of dire consequences should Rivers Gov. Siminalaye Fubara be impeached...