Governor Siminalayi Fubara of Rivers State has appointed caretaker committees for the 23 local government areas of Rivers State as he continues his battle with his predecessor, Nyesom Wike, for the control of the political structure in the oil-rich state. The appointment came a day after the governor asked administrative heads to temporarily take charge of council areas from the …

Rivers State Governor, Sir Siminalayi Fubara has cancelled the 10,000 jobs in the state civil service approved by his predecessor, Barrister Nyesom Wike, saying a fresh recruitment process would be carried out. In May last year, Wike approved the immediate employment of a significant number of youths to fill existing vacancies in the state’s workforce, effective immediately. However, during an …

Have you noticed that in the last two weeks, Governor Siminalayi Fubara of Rivers State seems to have acquired an inexplicably large dose of boldness and courage? Conversely, you must have equally observed that, in the last couple of days, Minister of Federal Capital Territory, the very loquacious Nyesom Wike has taken an uncharacteristically large overdose of meekness and humility. …

Rivers State Governor, Sir Siminalayi Fubara has vowed to set up a judicial panel of inquiry to probe the past administration. Barrister Nyesom Wike, who is now Minister of Federal Capital Territory, was succeeded by his “godson” on 29 May 2023. While swearing-in Mr. Dagogo Israel Iboroma as the Attorney-General and Commissioner for Justice of the state at Government House …

In his bestselling thriller, The Devils Alternative, novelist Fredrick Forsyth wrote: “Whichever option I choose, men are going to die”. And further suggested that “events shape men, but they do not remove the alternate to choose”. This matter of choice, with its options, appears to be an albatross on the East-West Road in Rivers State, over the years. Before the …

Senator Magnus Abe, who represented Rivers South East district in the seventh session of the Senate, has explained why the state governor, Sir Siminalayi Fubara, cannot be described as the state’s leader. Abe made this disclosure while speaking on the feud between Fubara and the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Barrister Nyesom Wike, on TV Continental’s programme, Politics …

Rivers State Governor, Sir Siminalayi Fubara has sounded a note of warning to the local council chairmen in the state, declaring that those disrespecting him as governor of the state have already dug their pit and will soon fall into it. Fubara made the declaration on Thursday while speaking At the commissioning of the Comprehensive Primary Health Centre in Ndoni, …

Nyesom Ezenwo Wike, Minister for the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), is an extremely lucky man. The fact that he has remained a permanent fixture at various levels on the nation’s political canvas has been very well established. From the nondescript corners of a local government chairman and chief of staff to his predecessor, Rotimi Amaechi in Government House, Port Harcourt, …

Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Barrister Nyesom Wike has criticised some leaders of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Rivers State for declaring support for his successor, Governor Siminalayi Fubara. During an interactive session with some media executives in Abuja on Tuesday, Wike said that the PDP in the state are “political buccaneers”. Last week, former PDP National …

The Rivers chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has warned the 27 lawmakers of the state House of Assembly threatening to impeach Governor Siminilayi Fubara that they lack the legitimacy to execute their threat. At the weekend, the lawmakers said they would not hesitate to commence a fresh impeachment proceeding against the governor if he continued to allegedly violate the …