Kingsley Chinda, a core ally of the FCT Minister and Former Governor of Rivers State, Nyesom Wike, has emerged as the governorship candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in the State ahead of the 2027 election. Chinda, a member of the House of Representatives, who represents Obio/Akpor Federal Constituency was the sole aspirant in …
Abdullahi Sule, Governor of Nasarawa, says Governors elected on the platform of the All Progressives Congress (APC) are not worried about the impeachment process initiated against Siminalayi Fubara, Governor of Rivers state. Sule spoke on Thursday during an appearance on Politics Today, a programme aired on Channels Television. Asked whether APC governors were anxious about …
The All Progressives Congress (APC) in Rivers State has called on the party’s National Publicity Secretary, Felix Morka, to resign from his position with immediate effect. The party said the demand followed Morka’s recent interview on national television, during which he made comments critical of the Rivers APC’s position on what it described as legislative …
The Rivers State House of Assembly on Friday said it would proceed with the impeachment of Governor Siminalayi Fubara, despite claims by the state government that no impeachment notice has been formally served on the governor. The lawmakers made the declaration during an ongoing press conference in Port Harcourt, reaffirming their resolve amid the deepening …
The Rivers State House of Assembly on Thursday failed to resume plenary one week after adjourning its last sitting, heightening uncertainty surrounding the impeachment process initiated against Governor Siminalayi Fubara. The Assembly, led by Speaker Martin Amaewhule, during its first sitting of the year held last Thursday, commenced impeachment proceedings against the governor and his …
A chieftain of the African Democratic Congress (ADC), Comrade Austin Okai, has warned that the ongoing political crisis between Minister of the Federal Capital Territory Nyesom Wike and Rivers State Governor Siminalayi Fubara could ultimately consume the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC). The political tension in Rivers resurfaced after Wike vowed to work against Fubara’s …
Governor Fubara says legislators insist on Wike-approved meetings Rivers State Governor, Siminalayi Fubara, on Wednesday said he had endured “too much suffering” in the state’s prolonged political crisis because he chose not to publicly narrate his own side of the story. Speaking at the commissioning of the extended and dualised Ahoada–Omoku Road in Rivers West …
Rivers State will, on Thursday, September 18, return to democratic rule, six months after President Bola Tinubu suspended Governor Siminalayi Fubara, his deputy Ngozi Odu, and the state legislature under a state of emergency. The end of emergency rule comes with heightened political manoeuvring as the Rivers State chapter of the All Progressives Congress (APC) …
