Category: Politics


  • President Bola Tinubu, on Thursday, said that democracy must be progressive and inclusive with a primary focus on tackling poverty through the provision of job opportunities for youths and quality education for all Nigerian children. Tinubu expressed support for the establishment of the National Institute of Progressive Studies while receiving members of the National Working…

  • They protected this crook because he was doing their bidding, today, he’s left to become the fall guy, Tunde Sabiu opened an airline, he owns the biggest oil haulage ship based in the Niger Delta region, the @officialEFCC even told @officialabat last week Wednesday that former AGF Abubakar Malami stole so much that even a…

  • President Bola Tinubu is currently meeting with Siminalayi Fubara, governor of Rivers, Peter Odili, former governor of the state, and other stakeholders at the presidential Villa, Abuja. The meeting follows the face-off between the governor and his predecessor, Nyesom Wike, minister of the federal capital territory (FCT). Vice-President Kashim Shettima and Ngozi Odu, Rivers deputy…

  • The list of commissioners, special advisers and other key aides as well as their portfolios was handed over to the Rivers State Governor, Siminalayi Fubara, by his predecessor, Nyesom Wike, Saturday PUNCH gathered. A close aide of the governor, who disclosed this exclusively to Saturday PUNCH, said Fubara had no input into the appointments as…

  •   A former Niger Delta militant leader, Asari Dokubo has alleged that the President Bola Tinubu-led federal government is the worst ever.   Asari, in a viral video clip on Wednesday, said that some Niger Delta people, particularly the Ijaw ethnic group, are already angry with the present government.   The former militant, who was…

  • His Excellency, Sir Siminalayi Fubara, GSSRS Governor of Rivers State Government House, Port Harcourt Through: Secretary to State Government Point Block State Secretariat Complex Port Harcourt NOTICE OF RESIGNATION AS HONOURABLE ATTORNEY-GENERAL AND COMMISSIONER FOR JUSTICE, RIVERS STATE 1. The above subject refers. 2. I hereby give Your Excellency Notice of my resignation as the…

  • Despite the atmosphere of political chaos, Rivers State Executive Council has deliberated and approved an estimated budget of N800 billion for the 2024 fiscal year. At the meeting, which was presided over by Governor Siminalayi Fubara on Monday at the Executive Chamber of Government House in Port Harcourt, the Council also approved that the budget…

  • ABULE ADO ESTATE DEMOLITION, SENATORS IFEANYI UBAH, AND UCHE EKWUNIFE MEET GOVERNOR SANWO-OLU, CALL FOR A PEACEFUL RESOLUTION. Following the recent demolition of some houses in Abule Ado area of Lagos State by the Federal Housing Authority (FHA), the Senator representing Anambra South Senatorial District, Dr Patrick Ifeanyi Ubah, CON and the Director-General of South-East…

  • The Acting Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Umar Damagum, has said the National Working Committee under his leadership will not suspend or dismiss any ‘disloyal’ member. This is coming on the heels of the recent admonition by some stakeholders within the PDP, asking Damagum to sanction former Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Wike, and…

  • Legal luminary, Chief Wole Olanipekun (SAN) has said that majority of Nigerians currently live in poverty, stressing that over 70 per cent of the citizens were living below the poverty level. Olanipekun spoke in Ikere Ekiti, his country home. The legal icon pointed out that there was tension, unrest, anxiety, pressure, confusion, hatred, anguish, pain,…