Ijaw people
6 Jun 2024
A sociopolitical group, Ijaw Unity Vanguard (IUV), has said that Ijaw people of Rivers State will never abandon one of their own and governor of the state, Siminalayi Fubara, for whatever reason. The group declared that abandoning Fubara was unthinkable for the Ijaw people, having waited for 24 years to have a Rivers State governor…
10 May 2024
Timi Frank, former Deputy National Publicity Secretary of the All Progressives Congress (APC), has warned that any attempt to illegally impeach the Governor of Rivers State, Sim Fubara, could have dire consequences for the administration of President Bola Tinubu. Frank's warning follows reports that the Rivers State chapter of the APC has ordered its members…
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