Three days into the ongoing National Sports Festival (NSF) in Abeokuta, Bayelsa is leading the medals table with 12 gold, six silver and three bronze medals. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the official medals’ table released by the technical team of the NSF tagged ‘Gateway Games...
Rivers
The Senate has set up an 18-member committee to oversee the implementation of emergency rule in Rivers, following the suspension of democratic government in the state. President of the Senate, Godswill Akpabio, made the announcement at the resumption of sitting on Tuesday after the Easter recess. Akpabio stressed the...
There are indications that President Bola Tinubu met with suspended Rivers State Governor, Siminalayi Fubara, in London during a working visit. Although the Presidency remained tight-lipped about the meeting, a source close to the matter confirmed that it was a face-to-face encounter. This meeting would be the first since...
A Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) chieftain, Daboikiabo Warmate, has said that the Chukwuemeka Aaron-led executives remained leaders of the party in Rivers. Warmate, in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Abuja, said according to the provisions of the party’s constitution, there is no any PDP...
The National Assembly has fired back at Pastor Tunde Bakare over his criticism of the legislature, describing it as biased. Bakare, the serving overseer of The Citadel Global Community Church, had on Sunday condemned the senate’s suspension of Senator Natasha-Akpoti Uduaghan; the National Assembly’s ratification of the emergency rule...
The Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Nyesom Wike, has backed President Bola Tinubu’s declaration of a state of emergency in Rivers, saying he wanted the removal of Governor Siminalayi Fubara of the oil-rich state. In a move that has continued to divide opinions, Tinubu suspended Fubara, his...
The NEW Associates, a grassroots support group for President Bola Tinubu in Bayelsa on Friday dismissed reports that one of its Ward Coordinators clashed with the Chief Whip of the Bayelsa State House of Assembly, Hon. Gabriel Ogbara. The lead convener, Mr George Turnah, and the Co-convener and secretary,...
The House of Representatives on Tuesday inaugurated a 21-member ad-hoc committee to oversee the caretaker government in Rivers during the state of emergency. Speaker of the House, Rep. Tajudeen Abbas, said that the inauguration of the committee was in line with Section 11(4) of the 1999 Constitution (as amended)....