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Rivers State, members of the State Assembly loyal to the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, Nyesom Wike, have withdrawn the impeachment notice they signed against Governor Siminalayi Fubara.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…
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…
Following the political crisis rocking Rivers State, President Bola Ahmed Tinubu is in a closed-door meeting with Governor Siminalayi Fubara, a former governor of the state, Peter Odili, and other stakeholders at the Presidential Villa, Abuja. The Informant247 gathered that the Monday meeting is coming after a strained relationship between Fubara and his predecessor, Nyesom…
The operatives of the Akwa Ibom State Police Command have arrested a lawyer, Ekere Sunday Ebong, accused of assaulting his wife, identified as Kufre. The Informant247 gathered the 55-year-old lawyer was arrested following a viral video where he was seen assaulting his wife and causing her bodily injury. In the video, which showed that the…
Nyesom Wike, the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), has warned politicians in the State against pulling down the ladder they use to climb to the top. Wike, while reacting to the political crisis in Rivers State, stated this at his residence in Port Harcourt while receiving the traditional ruler of Ogbaland. According to…
Godwin Obaseki, the Edo State Governor, on Thursday, stated that he will support whoever emerges as the candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party for the State Governorship Elections slated for September 21, 2024. Obaseki, while disclosing this in Abuja during the PDP National Working Committee meeting with the party’s Edo State stakeholders, said there is…
Following the approval of the N800bn 2024 appropriation bill by Edison Ehie-led five-man Rivers Assembly members, governor Siminalayi Fubara on Thursday signed into law the ‘Budget of Renewed Hope’. The Informant247 gathered that the governor signed the bill into law barely 24 hours after presenting the budget estimates to the state House of Assembly amid…
The Rivers State Governor Siminalayi Fubara has sent his congratulatory message to his predecessor, Nyesom Wike, on his 56th birthday. Fubara, via his X (formerly Twitter) handle, shared a flier featuring Wike in traditional attire. The flier reads, “I congratulate my Oga, His Excellency, Chief (Dr.) Barr. Nyesom Ezenwo Wike, CON, GSSRS, Life Bencher, immediate…
The Rivers State Governor Siminalayi Fubara, on Wednesday, in a dramatic twist of events, presented the 2024 Budget to a five-person state Assembly. The Informant247 gathered that the Speaker of the Assembly, Edison Ehie, also declared the seats of the 27 lawmakers who defected from the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) to the All Progressives Congress…
No fewer than four soldiers attached to 5 Battalion of the Nigerian Army in Port Harcourt, who were on a routine escort duty for an oil company at Enweh West manifold, Ahoada East Local Government Area of Rivers State, have been repeatedly killed by unknown gunmen. According to Major Danjuma Jonah, the Deputy Director, 6…
The Federal High Court Sitting in Port Harcourt, Rivers State, on Tuesday, declared Edison Ehie as the authentic Speaker of the state’s House of Assembly. It would be recalled that Edison Ehie, who is one of the four lawmakers backing the state governor, Siminalayi Fubara, in the ongoing face-off between him and his immediate predecessor,…
Godwin Obaseki, the Edo State Governor, has paid the December salaries and pensions for government workers and pensioners in the state. In a statement by the Special Adviser to the Governor on Media Projects, Crusoe Osagie said workers and pensioners received their salaries and pensions in the early hours of Monday, December 11, 2023, in…
Following the defection of 27 out of 32 Rivers Assembly lawmakers from the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) to All Progressives Congress (APC), Governor Siminalayi Fubara is currently meeting with the members of the state executive council at the Government House in Port Harcourt, the state capital. The Informant247 reports that the lawmakers’ defection was a…
Suspected gunmen on Sunday night abducted Etiyin Maurice Edet, the traditional ruler of Akpabuyo Local Government Area of Cross River, at his residence in the council area. The Informant247 gathered that an aide to the traditional ruler was shot dead in the process of the kidnapping. The spokesperson of the state Police Command, SP Irene…
The Rivers State political crisis on Monday took a new twist as 27 out of 32 members of the State Assembly defected from the ruling Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the state to the All Progressives Congress (APC). The Informant247 gathered that the lawmakers announced their defection in a group photograph where they are seen…
Siminalayi Fubara, the Rivers State Governor, on Thursday, stated that no level of sabotage deliberately staged in some quarters will make his administration abandon the mandate given to him to serve, protect, and advance the fortunes of the state. Fubara, who made this known while declaring open the 115 and 116 combined Quarterly General Meeting…
The Benin Electricity Distribution Company has disclosed that Warri and Effurun in Warri South and Uvwie Local Government Areas of Delta State will witness eight blackout days from Monday, December 4 to Monday, December 11, 2023. BEDC, Warri Region, in a statement issued and available to journalists in Warri on Sunday night, said the planned…
