President Tinubu Declares State of Emergency in Rivers State. Text of the Broadcast by President Bola Ahmed Tinubu, Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces, declaring State of Emergency in Rivers state on Tuesday 18 March 2025 Fellow Nigerians, I feel greatly disturbed at the turn we have come to regarding the political crisis in Rivers State. […]
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MINISTER of Transportation, Mr. Chibuike Amaechi, has said that Governor Nyesom Wike of Rivers State has failed in governing the people. Minister of Transportation, Rt. Hon. Chibuike Rotimi Amaechi said that under Wike’s watch, killings and massacre of the people persists all over the state on a daily basis. The minister stated this, weekend, at […]
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This year Alone, 50 people have been killed in Benue, 17 in Rivers, more than 100 in southern Kaduna and 14 in Borno Mosque by suicide bomber. Who do we blame. Mr. President or the governors? Simeon Nwakaudu gives his opinion. I have come to the sad conclusion that the APC Federal Government considers the […]
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Rivers State Governor , Nyesom Ezenwo Wike has declared that the government and people of the state would no longer play host to the Officer in charge of Special Anti-Robbery Squad ( SARS ), Mr Akin Fakorede as he is a threat to the security of the state . The governor who said that he […]
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Rivers State Governor Nyesom Wike yesterday defended his statement that those coming to the state for the rerun election should “write their will.” Speaking in an interview with Channels Television monitored in Port Harcourt, he told his interviewers that he made the statement which some of his critics believe is an evidence of his support […]
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Disturbed by the degree of violence that marred last Saturday’s rerun election in Rivers State, a Niger Delta based Non-Government Organization, Center for Peace and Environmental Justice (CEPEJ), has called on Governor Nysome Wike and the Minister of Transportation, Rt. Hon Rotimi Aamaechi to rein in their loyalists. The Center condemned in its entirety the […]
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The Ekiti State Governor, Ayodele Fayose, has warned President Muhammadu Buhari to eschew any plan of declaring a state of emergency in Ekiti and Rivers states. Governor Fayose stated this on Monday, March 21, while speaking with State House Correspondents, in Aso Rock, shortly after taking part in the economic retreat organized by the National […]
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It will be a show of political might and test of their strength. Amaechi who came into the state weekend said he was on ground to mobilise his All Progressive Congress, APC members for the election. On the streets of Port Harcourt, the perception has been that the election will be a clash of “federal” […]
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The Rivers government has informed parents and guardians of students currently benefiting from the state government funded scholarship program in various universities across the world, that resources are no longer available to continue with the sponsorship abroad. As a result, the Rivers government will no longer pay the tuition and allowances of the scholars and […]
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Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Ezenwo Wike has declared that his administration will support the conduct of free and fair legislative rerun elections by the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, in the state. He was, however, quick to warn that manipulators will be dealt with decisively. The governor stressed that people of the state will resist […]
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