The Concerned PDP League (CPDPL), a pressure group within Nigeria’s People’s Democratic Party (PDP), has raised alarms over internal pressures on the party's acting National Chairman, Umar Damagum, to vacate his position. In a statement issued on Tuesday and made available to The Guardian, the CPDPL attributes this push to a calculated bid by certain…

The Chairman of the House of Representatives Committee on National Security and Intelligence, Hon. Ahmed Satomi, has refuted media reports claiming that the House summoned the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) Minister, Nyesom Wike. Satomi also clarified that there is no truth to the report that the House summoned the Director-General of the Department of State…

Former spokesperson of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Kola Ologbondiyan, yesterday, asked former Vice President Atiku Abubakar and Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Nyesom Wike, to allow the party to breathe.

Chief Tony Okocha, Chairman All Progressives Congress (APC) Rivers Caretaker Committee on Sunday in Abuja, said that President Bola Tinubu’s achievements were grossly underreported. He said this while speaking at the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) news forum, adding that there was need for his ministers to do more to enlighten Nigerians on the administration’s…

For a greater part of Nigeria’s 25 years of democracy, the people of Rivers State have been used to mouthing power to the people. That was partly because the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has been the dominant political party in the state.

Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Nyesom Wike, has stated that government at all levels needs to make money to provide social services to Nigerians. 

Governor Siminilayi Fubara of Rivers State A few hours after the Martin Amaewhule-led Rivers State House of Assembly declared the seats of Victor Oko-Jumbo and three others vacant, the Pro-Fubara Assembly, led by Oko-Jumbo, urged the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to conduct bye-elections to fill the seats of the 25 lawmakers loyal to the…

Former national chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Uche Secondus, has said Governor Siminalayi Fubara remains the leader of the party in Rivers State, saying two captains cannot steer a ship.

The marathon game of thrones going on Rivers State between Governor Siminalayi Fubara and Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Nyesom Wike, took a new twist yesterday as the Court of Appeal, Abuja division, affirmed Martin Amaewhule...

The Defence Headquarters (DHQ) yesterday challenged a former militant leader, Asari Dokubo, to come on the battlefield and have firsthand experience of what the military is capable of. The DHQ further warned him to desist from provoking the armed forces..

I am keenly following the development in Rivers State. My full engagement with the subject will be much later. The contest is clearly between erstwhile Governor Nyesom Wike and his successor Siminalayi Fubara, to call a spade a spade.

The Court of Appeal in Abuja has affirmed the January 22 judgement by Justice James Omotosho of the Federal High Court in Abuja nullifying the passage of Rivers State's N800 billion 2024 budget by four members of the House of Assembly. In a judgement delivered on Thursday, a three-member panel of the appellate court, led…