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By Godwin Chukwumaechi, Port Harcourt Governor of Rivers State, Sir Siminalayi Fubara, has announced strict restriction of vehicular movement for residents from midnight on Friday, October 4 to 5pm on Saturday October 5, so as to ensure a smooth conduct of the local government elections in the state. The governor …

… Says ‘You Can Not Win Election in Ahoada’ By Mandy Tina Dr. Reason Onya, former Commissioner of Urban Development and Physical Planning Rivers State, has condemned the allegations made by Hope Ikiriko, the immediate past chairman of the Ahoada West Local Government Area, against the state governor, Sir Siminalayi …

The leadership of David Theophilus Briggs (DTB) and AKULGA Patriotic Front (APF) in ward 14, Obonoma in Akuku-Toru Local Government Area has congratulated Chief (Hon) David Theophilus Briggs, and Barr. Emmanuel Frank Fubara on their appointments as chairman of the Rivers State Universal Basic Education Board (RSUBEB) and Commissioner for …

By Godwin Chukwumaechi, Port Harcourt Following the crisis that erupted across the 23 local government areas of Rivers State on Tuesday over control of the councils, the All Progressives Congress (APC) has called on President Bola Tinubu to declare a state of emergency in the state. The call was made …

By Ehichioya Ezomon  It’s certainly hitting the bull’s eye by declaring in the sixth installment of this header on Monday, June 10, 2024 – and indeed, as shown in the threads so far – that the Rivers “problem” between Governor Siminalayi Fubara and ex-Governor Nyesom Wike “is like the unending …

By Ehichioya Ezomon Rounding off the fifth installment of this series on Monday, June 3, I stated that, “barring any ‘political earthquake’ this week (last week) in the Rivers crisis, the remaining measures Fubara could deploy to arrest Wike’s alleged hegemonic hold on Rivers State will be interrogated in the …

By Godwin Chukwumaechi, Port Harcourt An entrepreneur and real estate investor, My-Ace China has expressed enthusiasm with what he described as the commitment of the Rivers State Governor, Siminalayi Fubara, to reinvent the wheels of investment in the state. China, who is also known as Mayor of Housing, advised the …

By Godwin Chukwumaechi, Port Harcourt Thousands of Ijaw people from Rivers State, the ethnic group of Governor Siminalayi Fubara, under the umbrella of Rivers Ijaw Peoples’ Congress (RIPC) at the weekend, declared that they will remain eternally grateful to the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Chief Nyesom Wike, …

By Ehichioya Ezomon  Has the political heat in Rivers State simmered in the past week to suggest perhaps – just perhaps – that conventional wisdom has taken hold of the dramatis personae in the crisis to pull back from the precipice they’ve pushed the state to in the last eight …

By Ehichioya Ezomon Seeming to belie the header for this article that’s run three installments, a couple of weeks has witnessed the return of former Governor and Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Chief Nyesom Wike – from his semblance of a sabbatical leave – to rejoin Governor Siminalayi …