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Nov

01

2023

Court orders Assembly and CJ to maintain status quo, stops Fubara’s impeachment.

News2023, Court, Nigeria, Nyesom Wike, Politics, Rivers State, Siminalayi Fubara

An interim injunction prohibiting the Rivers State House of Assembly and Speaker Martins Amaewhule from taking any further action on the impeachment of Governor Siminalayi Fubara has been issued by a Rivers State High Court located in the Isiokpo Division of the Ikwerre Local Government Area. The Chief Judge of the State, Justice Simeon Chibuzor-Amadi, the Deputy Speaker, and the Clerk of the House are also in a constrained state. The governor filed a lawsuit, and Justice Ben Whyte, the presiding judge, issued the order in response. Governor Siminalayi Fubara In the interim, while the Motion on Notice is being…

Nov

01

2023

By Amos Oge Kalu

Why Imo Police detained the President of the NLC

Metro, Opinion, PoliticsImo State, Metro, Next Level, Nigeria, NLC, Police, Politics, Security

Reports that Imo State Police Command agents detained Joe Ajaero, the president of the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC), have been refuted. The NLC President was taken away by command officers on Wednesday morning during a protest in the state capital of Owerri, according to OHAFIATV News. The NLC President was in Owerri to organize Imo workers for a massive protest rally in the state over claims that the state government was violating and abusing workers' rights and privileges. In response to the news of Ajaero's detention, ASP Okoye, the state police public relations officer, stated that the NLC President had…

Oct

31

2023

By Amos Oge Kalu

Fubara: Timi Frank urges Tinubu to sack Wike as minister

Opinion, Politics2023, Next Level, Nigeria, Nyesom Wike, Politics, Timi Frank

Press Release31/10/2023 Former Deputy National Publicity Secretary of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Comrade Timi Frank, on Tuesday, called on President Bola Ahmed Tinubu, to urgently sack the Minister of Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Nyesom Wike, for masterminding a plot to impeach the Governor of Rivers State, Siminilaye Fubara. Frank in a statement in Abuja, condemned the action of the police in tear-gassing and pouring water on Governor Fubara who is supposed to be the Chief Security of the state. Wike He also called on the Inspector General of Police, Kayode Egbetokun, to urgently remove the Commissioner of Police in…

Oct

31

2023

By Amos Oge Kalu

Nov. 11 election: Governor Uzodimma plans to rent all hotels in Owerri

Entertainment, Metro, Politics2023, Hope Uzodinma, Imo State, Politics

The administration of Governor Hope Uzodimma of Imo State has requested that all hotel owners and managers in the city of Owerri reserve their rooms exclusively for government use ahead of the upcoming gubernatorial election. According to the memo issued by Barr. Jerry Egbule Egemba, Commissioner for State Ministry of Tourism, the government was planning to rent and occupy all the hotel rooms, no matter their size or classification, in the state from Saturday, November 4, to Saturday, November 11, 2023, thus shutting out election observers and other political parties. The commissioner instructed hotel owners to send information regarding their…

Oct

30

2023

By Amos Oge Kalu

Rivers: Edwin Clark alleges that Wike wants to oust Fubara, install Speaker as Gov.

Opinion, Politics2023, Nyesom Wike, Politics, Rivers State, Siminalayi Fubara

Chief Edwin Clark, the head of the Pan Niger Delta Forum (PANDEF), has claimed that the attempt to remove Governor Sim Fubara of Rivers State is being orchestrated by Nyesom Wike, the minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT). Wike - Fubara - Clerk According to Clark, Wike wants the Speaker of the House of Assembly to take Fubara's post after his impeachment. Edison Ehie, the majority leader and a staunch supporter of Fubara, was ousted by the Rivers State House of Assembly. Ehie was dismissed for reportedly impeding a Monday attempt to file for the governor's impeachment.Clark, nevertheless, cautioned…