A factional Speaker, Hon. Victor Oko Jumbo, representing Bonny Constituency, has emerged in the Rivers State House of Assembly in a new twist to the crisis rocking the state. The emergence of a new Speaker has led to the total collapse of the peace deal brokered between the parties by President Bola Tinubu, returning all involved in the impasse to the trenches. …

The national leadership of the Peoples Democratic Party has written to the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) demanding fresh elections to replace the 27 lawmakers in the Rivers State House of Assembly who defected to the All Progressives Congress (APC) on Monday. The affected lawmakers in the 32-member parliament are said to be loyal to the Minister of the Federal …

A Rivers State High Court in Isiokpo Division in Ikwerre Local Government Area of the state has issued an interim order restraining the Rivers State House of Assembly, and the Speaker, Rt. Hon. Martin Amaewhule from carrying out any actions concerning the impeachment of Governor Siminalayi Fubara. The motion ex parte was filed by the governor through his lawyer, Damian …

Members of the Lagos State House of Assembly on Tuesday condemned the burning of the Rivers State legislative chamber by yet-to-be-identified persons. The members also condemned the alleged interference of the executive arm of government in the affairs of the state legislature, saying that the constitution guarantees the independence of the legislature. This was as the Speaker, Rt. Hon. Mudashiru …

Elder stateman, Chief Edwin Clark urged President Bola Tinubu to call to order the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Barrister Nyesom Wike in the attempts to impeach his successor, Rivers State Governor Siminalayi Fubara. This is as the state House of Assembly elected Hon. Ehie Ogerenye Edison, a member of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) representing Ahoada East …