President Bola Tinubu on Thursday met with Governor Siminalayi Fubara, FCT Minister Nyesom Wike, Speaker of the Rivers State House of Assembly Martins Amaewhule and members of the assembly. Channels TV gathered that, at the meeting, the President reconciled the parties whose dispute led to the declaration of a state of emergency in the state on March 18. The meeting …

The Senate on Thursday disclosed that about 85 per cent of the N1.48 trillion 2025 budget submitted by the Sole Administrator of Rivers State, Vice Admiral Ibok-Ete Ibas (retd.), was originally drafted by suspended Governor Siminalayi Fubara. Chairman of the Senate Ad-Hoc Committee on Emergency Governance in Rivers State, Senator Opeyemi Bamidele, revealed this during a budget defence session with …

The suspended Rivers State Governor, Siminalayi Fubara has honoured the Boys Brigade Metropolitan Battalion Council Nigeria with his presence at their special 2025 Thanksgiving Service. The governor who returned to Port Harcourt on Saturday evening after a two-week vacation in the United Kingdom is making his first public appearance. The Service was presided over by the Diocesan Bishop, Rt. Rev. …

In a bid to push for reconciliation, the suspended Governor of Rivers State, Sim Fubara met with the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, FCT, Nyesom Wike. DAILY POST reliably gathered that the meeting held at Wike’s residence in Abuja. Fubara was led by Governor Dapo Abiodun of Ogun State, Ebonyi State governor, Francis Nwifuru and Olusegun Osoba, a former …

President Bola Tinubu met with suspended Rivers State Governor, Siminalayi Fubara, in London. The meeting, confirmed by The Africa Report, was held at the insistence of Governor Fubara, who assumed office in May 2023. As of the time of this report, the details of the  could not be confirmed, as presidential aides contacted said they were not part of the …

Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Nyesom Wike, has expressed dissatisfaction with the presidential declaration of a state of emergency in Rivers State. Wike made this known during a media parley in Abuja on Friday, noting that the emergency rule was not part of his desired outcome in the ongoing political crisis. ‘I am not happy with the state …

The Sole Administrator of Rivers State, Vice Admiral Ibok-Etteh Ibas (Rtd.), has strongly denied reports circulating on social media claiming that he summoned the suspended Governor of Rivers State, Sir Siminalayi Fubara, and his deputy, Prof. Ngozi Nma Odu, for a meeting on Friday, 18 April, 2025. Describing the claims as false and misleading, Ibas warned the public against the …

The Rivers State House of Assembly has issued a notice accusing the state governor, Siminalayi Fubara, and his deputy, Ngozi Odu, of alleged misconduct. Twenty-six members of the assembly made the misconduct allegation against Fubara in a notice sent to the Speaker, Martin Amaewhule, on Monday. According to the lawmakers, their action follows ‘Section 188 of the Constitution of the …

The Minister of Federal Capital Territory, Nyesom WIke, has said that the Rivers State Governor, Sim Fubara, surrounded himself with those who wanted to be governor of the state. Wike made the revelation while speaking at a grand reception in his honour by the Kalabari people of the state on Saturday. According to him, the people advising Fubara do not …

Opinions have been divided in the South-South geopolitical zone since Tuesday when President Bola Tinubu commanded the leaders of the Pan Niger Delta Forum (PANDEF), who visited him in Abuja, to return and tell the Governor of Rivers State, Sir Siminalayi Fubara, to tow the path of peace in the political crisis between him and the Federal Capital Minister (FCT), …