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Court Nullifies Rivers 2024 Budget, orders Governor to re-present to House
A Federal High Court in Abuja has nullified and set aside the presentation and passage of the Rivers State 2024 Budget by a four-member state assembly. Justice James Omotoso, on Monday, also ordered Governor Siminalayi Fubara to represent the budget to the legally constituted House of Assembly under Speaker Martin Amaewhule. James Omotoso also held […]
JUST-IN: Rivers Assembly Clears 9 Ex-Commissioners For Fubara’s Cabinet
The Rivers State House of Assembly, on Wednesday, rescreened and cleared all nine former Commissioners for re-appointment into the cabinet of Governor Siminalayi Fubara. It was reported that Fubara had few days ago resubmitted the names of the nine nominees, who in November, 2023 resigned from his cabinet in the wake of a political crisis […]
Rivers assembly to reconfirm commissioners who resigned from Fubara’s cabinet
The Rivers House of Assembly, on Wednesday, will re-screen and re-confirm nine former commissioners who resigned from Governor Siminalayi Fubara’s cabinet. This is contained in a statement signed by the Clerk of the House, Emeka Amadi, on Monday in Port Harcourt. The clerk said the commissioners are the Attorney General and Commissioner for Justice, Zacchaeus […]
Rivers Assembly passes resolution asking Governor Fubara to re-present 2024 budget
The Rivers House of Assembly has passed a resolution urging Governor Siminialaye Fubara to re-present the state 2024 budget and the medium-term expenditure framework for consideration. This followed the adoption of a motion by the speaker, Martin Amaewhu, during the 90th plenary of the House at the legislators’ quarters, Port Harcourt, on Tuesday. Presenting the […]
JUST IN: NADECO warns Fubara over implementation of Tinubu’s 8-point resolution
A US-based pro-democracy group, the National Democratic Coalition (NADECO) USA, has sent a serious warning to Rivers state governor, Siminalayi Fubara, over the implementation of the eight-point resolution with FCT minister Nyesom Wike. Politics Nigeria reports that President Bola Tinubu had supervised the signing of a controversial eight-point resolution between Governor Fubara and Wike following […]
Rivers Governor, Fubara, Fails To Withdraw Suit Against Pro-Wike Lawmakers
The recent peace accord between Governor Siminalayi Fubara and former Rivers State governor, Nyesom Wike, seems not to be fully implemented as the governor appears hesitant to withdraw a lawsuit against the State House of Assembly. The Abuja agreement, brokered in hopes of ending the escalating political tension between the two leaders, stipulated that both […]
Fubara Approves N100,000 Christmas Bonus For Rivers Workers
Rivers State Governor Siminalayi Fubara has approved the sum of N100,000 for each civil servant in the State. The bonus will go to the millions of workers in the different Ministries, Departments, And Agencies. The State Commissioner for Information and Communication, Mr. Joe Johnson said the approval was given on Tuesday for “immediate implementation to […]
We don’t recognise 27 Rivers House members who dumped PDP — APC Assembly Forum
The All Progressives Congress, APC, States Assembly Forum, ASAF, has declared that it was yet to recognise as its members the 27 Rivers State House of Assembly members who dumped the ruling Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, to join the opposition All Progressives Congress, APC. The Forum (ASAF) is the umbrella body of APC state assemblies […]
Rivers crisis: PDP insists on fresh polls to replace 25 defectors
The National Working Committee, NWC, of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, has insisted that fresh elections be conducted to fill the 25 seats allegedly vacated by 25 of its lawmakers in the Rivers State Assembly. This was part of the decisions taken at an emergency meeting of the NWC in Abuja on Tuesday. The acting […]
Rivers crisis: Pro-Wike lawmakers reject 2024 budget
The Martins Amaehwule-led faction of the Rivers State House of Assembly has rejected the passage of the 2024 budget by the four members of the assembly led by Edison Ehie. It was reported that the four-man House of Assembly last week approved the N800 billion 2024 budget barely 24 hours after it was presented by […]