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Human rights lawyer Femi Falana (SAN) has criticised the Federal Capital Territory Minister, Nyesom Wike, over his recent actions concerning the demolition of houses and the provision of housing and cars to judges. Speaking on Channels Television’s Politics Today on Wednesday, Falana argued that Wike’s actions were unconstitutional and illegal. He stressed that if judges
Residents of the Ruga community in Abuja, where over 10,000 persons have been allegedly displaced in the ongoing demolition of ‘illegal’ structures by the FCT Minister, Nyesom Wike, have lamented their poor living conditions in the wake of the crisis. In a 10-minute trending video posted on X by social media activist, VeryDarkMan @Coolverydarkma late
Rivers State Governor, Siminalayi Fubara, on Wednesday said concerns over the Federal High Court decision that restricted the release of state allocations is “the least” of his problems. Governor Fubara stated during a special thanksgiving service organised by the state government to celebrate his administration’s resilience amid escalating political crises, which began with the arson
Justice Joyce Abdulmalik of the Federal High Court in Abuja on Wednesday stopped the Central Bank of Nigeria from further releasing monthly financial allocations to Rivers State Government. The presiding judge held that the presentation of the 2024 budget by Governor Siminalayi Fubara before a four -member Rivers House of Assembly was an affront to
The Niger Delta Development Force, a militia organization based in Nigeria’s Niger Delta region, has issued a stern ultimatum regarding the shutdown of oil operations if Bola Ahmed Tinubu fails to intervene in the actions of Nyesom Wike, the Federal Capital Territory Minister. The group accuses Wike of undermining the authority of Rivers State Governor
The Action People’s Party (APP) has won 22 chairmanship positions out of 23 in the just-concluded local government election in Rivers State. The Chief Electoral Officer of the Rivers State Independent Electoral Commission (RSIEC) Adolphus Enebeli declared the results on Saturday in Port Harcourt. However, the state electoral umpire suspended the declaration of results for
It’s becoming increasingly obvious that the current state of Nigeria is purely NIGERIANS VS POLITICIANS… when i said Nigerians, i meant the well-meaning Nigerians who really love their country regardless of the shenanigans going on. It was a total show of Shame in Port Harcourt few days ago as some people were seen in a
The Court of Appeal sitting in Port Harcourt has dismissed two appeals instituted by Local Government Chairmen loyal to the Minister of Federal Capital Territory, Nyesom Wike. The appeals, marked CA/PH/137M/2024 and CA/PH/145M/2024, were filed by Enyiada Cookey-Gam and six others. #Rivers : A’Court Quashes Order Barring Amaewhuele, 24 Others They were challenging
The Court of Appeal, Abuja has nullified the expulsion of Martin Amaewhule and 24 others from the Rivers State House of Assembly by the Rivers State High Court. Justice Charles Wali had in May, while ruling on a motion exparte following a prayer brought before his court by Victor Oko Jumbo, issued an ex parte
Governor of Rivers State, SIM Fubara in the wake of the tumultuous crisis in Rivers state do to Local council tenure elongation Brouhaha. You’d recall that Fubara, earlier today had gone ahead to inaugurate the caretaker committee chairmen for 23 LGAs in Rivers stamping his ground on no violation of the constitution. However, a short video