Tag: Gov Similanye Fubara

Akpabio predicts more PDP Governors will join APC after Umo Eno’s defection

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Senate President Godswill Akpabio has declared that more defections from the opposition Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) to the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) are imminent, named Rivers State Governor Siminalayi Fubara and Bayelsa State Governor Douye Diri as the next likely defectors. Akpabio made this revelation on Saturday during a grand reception held at the Godswill Akpabio International Stadium in Akwa Ibom State to officially welcome Governor Umo Eno into the APC. He noted that the people of Akwa Ibom were pleased with Eno’s decision and assured the gathering that…

Tinubu submits N1.481trn 2025 Rivers Budget to National Assembly

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President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has transmitted a proposed budget of N1.481 trillion for Rivers State to the National Assembly for approval. The request was read on the floor of the House of Representatives by Speaker Rt. Hon. Tajudeen Abbas during Thursday’s plenary session. President Tinubu explained that the proposal became necessary following the nullification of the 2025 Rivers State budget by the Supreme Court and the ongoing emergency rule in the state, which has rendered the State House of Assembly non-functional. In line with Section 305 of the 1999 Constitution…

Court of Appeal orders Gov Fubara to re-present 2024 budget to Martin Amaewhule led Rivers Assembly

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The Court of Appeal sitting in Abuja, on Thursday, affirmed the judgement of the Federal High Court which set aside the N800 billion budget passed by the Rivers State House of Assembly faction loyal to Governor Siminalayi Fubara.   Justice Omotosho had nullified the 2024 Rivers budget passed by pro-Fubara lawmakers and set aside the presentation and passage of the Rivers state 2024 budget.   In the judgment delivered by Justice Omotoso ordered Siminalayi Fubara, Rivers Governor, to re-present the budget to the legally constituted House of Assembly under Martin…

Monday Lines Rivers: Beyond Wike and Fubara By Lasisi Olagunju

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Chief Obafemi Awolowo’s 1947 book, ‘Path to Nigerian Freedom’, opens with three quotations. The first tells the reader: “This above all: to thine own self be true…” It is from William Shakespeare’s ‘Hamlet’. It simply says do not deceive yourself – like the one with a sore in the right leg but who nurses the healthy left. The one who deceives himself suffers deception from the gods.   The second quote, from Shakespeare’s ‘King Lear’, is a warning that “Who cover faults, at last shame them derides.” In today’s English,…

River LG elections: APP wins 22 out of 23 chairmanship seats

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The Action People’s Party (APP) has won 22 chairmanship positions out of 23 in the just-concluded local government election in Rivers State. The Chief Election Officer of the Rivers State Independent Electoral Commission, Justice Adolphus Enebeli, made this known on Saturday in Port Harcourt, the state capital. While declaring the results, Enebili said the announcement is suspended in Etche Local Government Area because the results collation is ongoing. According to him, the results for Etche LGA will be declared alongside that of the 319 councillorship seats at a later date.…

As Wike plots to “fail” Ireti Kingibe – Ikechukwu Amaechi

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THE Federal Capital Territory Minister, Nyesom Wike, is a cantankerous old fossil – irascible, quarrelsome and testy, no doubt. Whether as a local government chairman, chief of staff, minister or governor, he is bad-tempered, cranky and grouchy; a man not only at war with himself but perpetually with others. This is not the quality of a good leader even if the person is dubbed “Mr. Projects,” whether deserved or otherwise.   Leadership demands a healthy dose of humility. But as governor of Rivers State for eight years, Wike was at…