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Governor Siminalayi Fubara of Rivers State, while speaking at the crossover church service at St Paul’s Archdeaconry Parish in Opobo in Opobo/Nkoro Local Government Area of the state, reiterated that his administration’s commitment to providing quality leadership. The Informant247 reports that Governor Fubara has been having a running battle with the camp of his predecessor…
Hon. Edison Ehie, the factional Speaker of Rivers State House of Assembly and Governor Siminalayi Fubara’s loyalist, has reportedly resigned his position as the Speaker and member of the Assembly representing Ahaoda East Constituency 2. The Informant247 gathered that Ehie, in his letter of resignation dated December 29, 2023, and addressed to the Independent National…
Lucky Aiyedatiwa, the Ondo State Governor, on Friday promised to sustain the legacies of his predecessor, the late Oluwarotimi Akeredolu. Aiyedatiwa, who stated this during a candlelight procession organised by members of the Nigerian Bar Association, NBA, Ondo State chapter, in honour of the late Akeredolu, at the Government House, Akure, described him as a…
Lucky Aiyedatiwa, the Ondo State governor, on Friday, signed the 2024 Appropriation bill shortly after it was passed into law by the state House of Assembly. Tagged: “Budget of Economic Resilience”, Aiyedatiwa, while presenting a total of N384,533,000,000.00 before the parliament last week Thursday, stated that the bill would provide the financial guidepost for the…
Osun State Governor Ademola Adeleke, on Friday, signed the N273.9 billion 2024 Appropriation Bill into law, promising to ensure its full implementation. According to Olawale Rasheed, the governor’s spokesman, in a statement released, the total approved budget was N273,908,997,410. Adeleke had presented the budget to the state assembly sitting in November. However, the Osun House…
The demise of Ondo State Governor, Rotimi Akeredolu, on December 27, 2023, in Germany, where he was undergoing treatment for prostate cancer, has left a significant void in both the state and the nation. At 68, Akeredolu was not only a seasoned Senior Advocate of Nigeria but also the sixth governor of Ondo State and…
The newly-sworn Ondo State Governor, Lucky Aiyedatiwa, has announced five fresh appointments after taking the oath of office following the death of his former boss, Governor Rotimi Akeredolu. Aiyedatiwa, in a statement on Wednesday, signed by the State Deputy Chief of Staff, Olusegun Omojuwa, announced a seasoned journalist, Mr Ebenezer Adeniyan, as his Chief Press…
Following the death of the Ondo State Governor Olurotimi Akeredolu, the Special Adviser on Union Matters to the Governor, Mr Dare Aragbaiye, has resigned his position A letter signed by Aragbaiye showed that he resigned his position effective Wednesday, December 27, 2023. The letter reads, “I write to refer to the subject above and to…
Dr Abdullahi Ganduje, the National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC), has mourned the death of Ondo State Governor Rotimi Akeredolu and a former Speaker of the House of Representatives, Alhaji Ghali Umar Na’Abba, saying they will be missed in Nigeria’s political landscape. Akeredolu, a former President of the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA), was…
Austin Umahi, the younger brother of David Umahi, the Minister of Works, has formally declared his interest to contest the forthcoming bye-election in Ebonyi South Senatorial District following the resignation of Umahi from the Senate to take up the ministerial appointment. The Informant27 gathered that the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) had fixed February 3,…
Siminalayi Fubara, the Rivers State Governor, on Monday, in a statewide broadcast, pledged to fully implement the comprehensive presidential peace agreement aimed at resolving the ongoing political crisis in the state while reaffirming his belief that no price is too high for peace to prevail in the region. He said, “As a principal participant in…
The Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Nyesom Wike, on Sunday, while addressing a congregation during a thanksgiving ceremony for the immediate past Commissioner for Works in Rivers State, George Kelly Alabo, at the Kings’ Assembly in Port Harcourt, claimed that he did not invite President Bola Ahmed Tinubu to intervene in Rivers State…
Simon Lalong, a former Minister of Labour, Employment and Productivity, on Wednesday sworn in as the senator representing Plateau South senatorial district. He was sworn in by the Senate Clerk, Chinedu Akubueze, at the commencement of plenary presided over by Senate President Godswill Akpabio, following his resignation from the federal executive council, where he served…
As part of efforts to resolve the political crisis in Rivers State, members of the State Assembly loyal to the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, Nyesom Wike, have withdrawn the impeachment notice they signed against Governor Siminalayi Fubara. The Informant247 gathered that 26 lawmakers pronounced the withdrawal notice during a sitting presided over by…
The Rivers State Governor, Siminalayi Fubara, has expressed his readiness to ensure peace in the State. The governor, while speaking on the eight-point resolutions released by the stakeholders to quell the fight between the duo, Fubara, who spoke on Tuesday at the 3rd Convocation and 6th Founders Day ceremonies of the PAMO University of Medical…
In a bid to step down from the role, Simon Lalong, the Minister of Labour and Employment, Simon Lalong, on Tuesday, tendered his resignation to President Bola Ahmed Tinubu to enable him to take his seat at the Senate as Senator Representing Plateau South Senatorial District. The Informant247 gathered that Lalong’s resignation was confirmed in…
Philip Shaibu, the Deputy Governor of Edo State, on Tuesday, stated that his office had not been paid a six-month allowance owing to the tension between him and his principal, Godwin Obaseki. The deputy governor, while making this known at the opening of the Correspondents Office in Benin, said that he had been running the…
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), on Tuesday, insisted that the seat of the 25 members who defected to the All Progressives Congress (APC) remained vacant while calling on the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, to set a date to conduct fresh elections to vacancies in the Rivers State House of Assembly. In an emergency meeting…
In a bid to put an end to the political crisis in Rivers State, Governor Siminalayi Fubara, on Monday, signed an agreement with his immediate predecessor, Nyesom Wike, to allow peace to reign in the State. The Informant247 gathered that the agreement was reached after President Bola Ahmed Tinubu and other stakeholders met with the…
Babatunde Raji Fashola, the immediate past Minister of Work, has asserted that President Bola Ahmed Tinubu’s intervention is not needed in the ongoing political crises in Ondo and Rivers states, saying the constitution doesn’t give room for such. “Does the Constitution assign a role to the President in this matter?” Fashola asked while speaking at…
