The political crisis in Rivers State appears unabating as three commissioners resigned from Governor Siminalayi Fubara’s cabinet on Thursday. First to quit the administration was the state Attorney-General and Commissioner for Justice, Prof. Zacchaeus Adangor. Then came the Commissioner for Works, George-Kelly Alabo; his Social Welfare and Rehabilitation counterpart, Inime Aguma; and that of Finance, Isaac Kamalu. Adangor’s resignation, dated …

Two elephants are rumbling on the streets (not in the forests) of Rivers State and the people (not the grass, as they say), are suffering. The elephants are the governor, Siminalayi Fubara, and his immediate predecessor, who is now Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Nyesom Wike. Wike is the godfather and Fubara is (was?) the godson. Wike installed …