Tag: Rivers State
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Rivers Crisis: Wike dares Fubara’s loyalists, lands in Port Harcourt
The Minister of Federal Capital Territory, Nyesom Wike has dared people who asked him not to visit Rivers state by landing in Port Harcourt on Saturday.
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Rivers State political logjam: Rivers NASS caucus cautions Boma Goodhead, says Rep went beyond her calling
…advises her to withdraw her uncouth statement against Wike or … The Rivers State caucus in the NASS has cautioned Hon Boma Goodhead to be civil and mind her utterances on the political logjam in Rivers State. Recall Boma Goodhead the lawmaker representing Akuku/ Asari Toru Federal Constituency at the House of Representatives had threatened…
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Beyond the Rivers of trouble – By Chidi Amuta
In my adopted home state of Rivers, they do not “play” politics. They wage bitter “fights”over politics. Political outcomes are more of spoils of murky wars than victories of democratic rituals. While the contest for power and supremacy rages, instruments of violence are fair.
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Fubara promises sustained financial support to state-owned varsity
Gov. Siminalayi Fubara of Rivers has said that his administration will continue to provide necessary financial support to strengthen the capacity of the state-owned university to rank one of the best in the country. Fubara said this at the 35th convocation of the university in Port Harcourt on Saturday.
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Rivers Crisis: PDP lawmaker, Boma Goodhead, others warn Wike against trying to pocket the state
Boma Goodhead the lawmaker representing Akuku/ Asari Toru Federal Constituency at the House of Representatives, and other protesters have dared the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, Nyesom Wike to return to Rivers State.
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Rivers Crisis: Why PDP politicians in Wike’s LGA are supporting Governor Fubara
PDP members who are indigenes of the FCT Minister, Nyesom Wike’s local government, Obio/Akpor LGA, in Rivers state have declared their support for governor Sim Fubara.
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There is no crisis in Rivers state – Gov. Fubara
Governor Sim Fubara of Rivers State has reacted to insinuations that Rivers state is engulfed in crisis. Fubara who spoke at the flag-off ceremony for a 20,000-unit housing project in Ikwerre Local Government Area of the state, Fubara said the state is safe.
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Rivers APC seeks Wike’s connivance to remove Fubara as Gov
As the political crisis in Rivers State continues to spiral, the All Progressives Congress (APC) in the State has appealed to Nyesom Wike, Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) to come to the assistance of the party in the State.
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Mass resignations hits Rivers Govt as crisis spirals
The Rivers State Government has been hit by mass resignation of officials of the government as the crisis in the oil-rich Niger Delta State continue assume new dimensions.
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Rivers crisis: You cannot place something on nothing expect it to stand- Tony Okocha blasts Fubara
The Chairman of the Caretaker Committee of the All Progressives Congress, (APC), in Rivers State, Chief Tony Okocha has accused Governor Siminalayi