The Igbo Progressive Women have expressed concern over Senator Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan’s actions during the Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU) meeting in New York, asserting that they have tarnished Nigeria’s global image. The group has called for an investigation into her participation in the forum. In a statement on Tuesday, Chief Mrs Grace Ohabuenyi, President of the Igbo…
The Rivers State Government has expressed shock over President Bola Tinubu’s decision to remove Governor Siminalayi Fubara while leaving Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Nyesom Wike, who has been accused of fueling the state’s political crisis. In a statement issued by the Rivers State Commissioner for Information and Communications, Warisenibo Joe Johnson, the…
Former Vice President, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar, has lambasted President Bola Tinubu for declaring a state of emergency in Rivers State following a lingering and unresolved political crisis that led to the bombing of pipeline infrastructure in Rivers. Atiku said the development reeks of political manipulation and outright bad faith. The former VP blamed the president…
Former minister of Aviation, Femi Fani-Kayode has commended President Bola Ahmed Tinubu for declaring state of emergency in River State. Tinubu’s action was triggered by the political crisis that has been rocking the state for months. Fani-Kayode in a statement on his verified Facebook handle said “When children refuse to stop fighting, father must step…
Fellow Nigerians, I feel greatly disturbed at the turn we have come to regarding the political crisis in Rivers State. Like many of you, I have watched with concern the development with the hope that the parties involved would allow good sense to prevail at the soonest, but all that hope burned out without any…
President Bola Tinubu has declared a state of emergency in Rivers State and suspended Governor Siminalayi Fubara, his deputy, Ngozi Odu, and all elected members of the state House of Assembly for six months. This is following his declaration of emergency in the oil-rich South South state. The President made the declaration in a nationwide…
