Tag: #Riversstate

Jun

27

2025

Breaking: Wike reconciles with Fubara, says we’re political family

POLITICS#BolaAhmedTinubu, #GovernorSiminalayiFubara, #NyesomWike, #Riversstate

Breaking: Wike reconciles with Fubara, says we're political family By Charity Uwakwe Minister of the Federal Capital Territory and former Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Wike has declared an end to the protracted political rift that had existed between him and his successor, Governor Siminalayi Fubara. Addressing the media on Thursday night, June, 26, 2025, Wike said the crack in his relationship with his political son had been resolved following a peace meeting brokered by President Bola Tinubu in Abuja. Shortly after a behind-the-scene meeting at the Presidential Villa, Abuja, Wike told journalists that both camps had reached a final agreement…

See why Fubara can’t go to supreme court over suspension

POLITICS#Riversstate, #SiminalayiFubara, #StateOfEmergency

See why Fubara can't go to supreme court over suspension There are speculations by some legal practioners that the embattled Governor might not scale through should he approach the apex Court of Nigeria. This is following the recent suspension of the Governor of Rivers State, Siminalayi Fubara and the subsequent appointment of a retired Vice-Admiral Ibok-Ete Ibas as the state’s administrator, It could be recalled that the supreme court ruling in 2006 effectively bars Siminalayi Fubara, the suspended governor of Rivers state, from approaching the court to seek an enforcement of his rights. However, he can initiate an action at…

Fubara gives fresh directives to newly inaugurated CTC chairmen, as police seal secretariats

NEWS#Riversstate, #SiminalayiFubara

“Operate from new offices” – Fubara directs CTC chairmen as police seal secretariats In response to the recent sealing of the 23 local government councils by the police, Rivers State Governor, Siminalayi Fubara, has directed the councils to operate from alternative secretariats. The move comes after the police barred the newly inaugurated caretaker chairmen from accessing their offices, citing the need to prevent further bloodshed and maintain order. The tensions in Rivers State escalated following a clash on Tuesday between supporters of Governor Fubara and those of his predecessor, Nyesom Wike, who is currently the Federal Capital Territory Minister. Gov.…