Author: Temidayo Akinsuyi

The Senate President, Godswill Akpabio and Senator Seriake Dickson were, on Thursday, locked up in a heated argument over the provision of Senate Rules in the handling of debate on the State of Emergency in Rivers State. As the Senate convened for plenary, Leader Michael Bamidele Opeyemi moved a motion for the Order Paper to be re-ordered to enable the Senate to handle the debate on the state of emergency before any other motion itemized for legislative action. As Bamidele stood to point out the relevant order, Seriake Dickson, representing Bayelsa Central Senatorial District and former governor of Bayelsa State…

Frontline journalist and public affairs analyst, Olawale Olaleye on Tuesday says it was wrong for President Bola Tinubu to suspend Rivers State Governor, Siminalayi Fubara while keeping the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Nyesom Wike in office. Reacting to the state of emergency declaration on Rivers by the president, Olaleye, a Deputy Editor with ThisDay said the president has clearly shown that he was an interested party in the crisis. He wrote “President Tinubu suspended an elected governor and his deputy but kept an appointee and critical party to the crisis in Rivers State. “What more does anyone…

Former Senate Minority Leader and the lawmaker representing Abia South District, Senator Eyinnaya Abaribe says if he were President Bola Tinubu, he would have handled the political crisis in Rivers State differently and not impose a state of emergency on the state. President Tinubu on Wednesday suspended Governor Sim Fubara, his deputy, Prof. Victoria Odu and the state house of assembly and also declared a State of Emergency in Rivers State for an initial period of six months. He also appointed Vice Admiral Ibokette Ibas (Rtd) as Sole Administrator of Rivers State. Speaking on Arise TV, Abaribe who says every president…

Rivers State governor, Siminalayi Fubara has denied claims that former president, Olusegun Obasanjo and a delegation of the Pan-Niger Delta Forum (PANDEF) paid him a solidarity visit. In a statement on Tuesday by his Chief Press Secretary, Nelson Chukwudi, the governor said the claims were sponsored by some elements to create chaos in the state. “Our attention has been drawn to a malicious post circulating on social media, claiming that a delegation of the Pan-Niger Delta Forum (PANDEF) paid a Solidarity Visit on Rivers State Governor, Sir Siminalayi Fubara, in Government House on Sunday, March 16, 2025. There is also…

Alhaji Buba Galadima, a chieftain of the New Nigeria Peoples Party (NNPP), says Rabiu Musa Kwankwaso, the party’s presidential candidate in the 2023 elections committed a mistake by declaring support for President Bola Tinubu, who was candidate of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC). In July 2022, Kwankwaso had declared that he will support Tinubu to win the 2023 Presidential Elections if he senses he cannot get it. Speaking on Arise TV, Galadima said though Kwankwaso made the statement innocently, many Nigerians, especially journalists believe that he is currently working for Tinubu. Galadima who said that statement is still ‘following’…

Rivers State government has cried out that the future of its people is bleak, following the uncooperative stance of the House of Assembly to move the state forward. State Commissioner for Information and Communications, Joe Johnson, expressed this while briefing journalists in Port Harcourt on Monday. This is even as the lawmakers have commenced an impeachment process to remove the governor, Siminalayi Fubara and his deputy, Prof. Ngozi Odu. Johnson stressed that efforts of the governor to see to the implementation of the Supreme Court judgement with the presentation of the 2025 Appropriation Bill have been frustrated with the House…

Lawyers to businessman, Chief Oba Otudeko and a former Managing Director of First Bank of Nigeria, Olabisi Onasanya, on Monday, told a Federal High Court in Lagos that they were exploring an out-of-court settlement of the fraud case brought against them by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC). The lawyers, Chief Wole Olanipekun (SAN), Mr Olumide Fusika (SAN), Mr Kehinde Ogunwumiju (SAN), and Dr Charles Adeogun-Philips (SAN), therefore urged the trial judge, Justice Chukwujekwu Aneke to adjourn the case to enable the parties conclude on the negotiations. The anti-corruption agency is accusing Otudeko, a former Chairman of First Bank…

The Rivers State House of Assembly has served a notice of alleged misconducts on Governor Siminalayi Fubara and his Deputy Prof. Ngozi Odu. The lawmakers, led by Speaker Martin Amawhule claimed the action was in line with the Nigerian Constitution. The notice reads: “In compliance with Section 188 of the Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, 1999 (as amended) and other extant laws, we the undersigned members of the Rivers State House of Assembly hereby forward to you a Notice of Gross Misconduct by the Deputy Governor of Rivers State in the performance of the functions of her office”.…

Popular TikToker, Peller has publicly apologised for referring to Nigerian Afrobeats star, Runtown as an “up-and-coming artiste.” Recall that during a recent livestream, Peller rejected a co-streamer’s suggestion of featuring Runtown in his livestream, insinuating that he was unknown and unsuccessful. His view on the Afrobeats maestro earned him heavy backlash across social media. He has now bowed to pressure and tendered a public apology, admitting that he knew who the singer was. He explained that he was “too young” to use a phone when the singer’s songs were topping charts. Speaking in during a livestream with Elizabeth Amoudu, Peller…

Former Governor of Jigawa State and chieftain of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Alhaji Sule Lamido, has fired back at former Kaduna State Governor, Malam Nasir El-Rufai, over his call for opposition politicians to join the Social Democratic Party (SDP). El-Rufai, who recently announced his defection from the All Progressives Congress (APC) to SDP, urged opposition leaders including Atiku Abubakar, Peter Obi, Rotimi Amaechi, and Rauf Aregbesola to join him in his new political movement. However, Lamido in an interview with BBC dismissed El-Rufai’s invitation, questioning his political ideology and commitment to national development. “With all due respect, how does…