Tag: Rivers State
Wike vs. Fubara: Will President Tinubu’s fourth intervention succeed?
On Monday, February 9, President Bola Tinubu reportedly met with Governor Siminalayi Fubara and Nyesom Wike, Minister of…
The Rivers State Débâcle: Why Wike-Backed Lawmakers Want Fubara Out?
Siminalayi Fubara, Governor of Rivers State, and Nyesom Wike, Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), have renewed…
JUDICIAL ROUNDUP: Courts, clemency, and controversy that shook Nigeria in 2025
Nigerian courts recorded a mix of landmark rulings and high-profile convictions in 2025. While some judgements settled long-standing…
LEGAL BRIEF: Supreme Court outlines the scope of presidential power to suspend elected officials
The supreme court has provided fresh clarification on Nigeria’s emergency governance framework following legal disputes arising from the…
Nyesom WIKE: Embattled Minister and His History of Notable Controversies
The Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, Nyesom Wike, on Tuesday, October 11, reportedly clashed with a Nigerian…
How Sole Administrator Ibas Tenure Shaped Rivers State Politics
In response to a prolonged political crisis in Rivers State, President Bola Tinubu declared a state of emergency…
Meet the Nigerian governors suspended since 1999 (when and why)
Governor Siminalayi Fubara, his deputy, and all elected members of the Rivers State House of Assembly have been…
26 things you probably don’t know about the new Rivers State sole administrator, Ibok-Ete Ekwe Ibas
Former Vice Admiral Onok Ete Ibas on Tuesday, March 18 has been appointed as sole administrator of Rivers…
PHOTOS: Meet 8 commissioners who resigned from Governor Fubara’s cabinet
Eight commissioners in Rivers State have reportedly tendered their resignation, adding a new twist to the former governor…
Rivers State: Wike, Fubara and the politics of ‘Ta lo ga ju laba’
Rivers state has started again. This time around, the riverine state is not supplying fuel to the country…
21st February: Today in Nigeria history, PDP won 169 of 360 seats in the 1999 House of Reps. election; other events
Kidnappers abducted monarch, four in Andoni, Rivers Gunmen killed four at a market in Ibadan, Oyo Boko Haram…
Rivers gets new police commissioner
Mr Friday Eboka has been appointed the new commissioner of police in Rivers. The command’s spokesman, SP Nnamdi…