Tag: Rivers House of Assembly
Rivers Assembly crisis worsens as Oko-Jumbo emerges factional Speaker
Oko-Jumbo was one of the four lawmakers of Rivers Assembly loyal to Governor Siminalayi Fubara after the House was factionalized…
Rivers crisis: Fubara spits fire, declares House of Assembly Assembly ‘dead’
Fubara opened what may be a new flank in the political crisis rocking the state he received a delegation from…
Court vacates warrant of arrest on Rivers CoS Edison Ehie, 5 others
Justice Emeka Nwite vacated the warrant while delivering his ruling in an application seeking to vacate the warrant of arrest…
Rivers Assembly overrides Fubara, passes LG Amendment Bill into law
In a press statement, Martin Wachukwu, the media aide to Martin Amaewhule recalled that on the 13th of March, 2024…
‘Shut up, you lack legitimacy,’ PDP blasts Rivers Assembly lawmakers
The PDP spokesperson claimed that the Founding fathers of the State would be crying that a group of young people…
Who are the real enemies of Rivers?
It is unfortunate that since the brokered peace by Mr. President, the Assembly has jettisoned every sense of reasoning and…
Defection: CSOs suit against Rivers lawmakers, Fubara, others stalled
The CSOs among other prayers are asking the Court for the judicial interpretation of the action of the lawmakers who…
Labour Party asks court to sack Rivers Assembly Speaker, 26 other lawmakers
Seeking alignment with the Supreme Court decision in Abegunde v Ondo State House of Assembly (2015), the Labour Party asserted…
Fubara’s Chief of Staff, Edison Ehie, battles murder, arson charges
…Court orders arrest of Ehie for murder, arson By Okafor Ofiebor/Port Harcourt A Rivers State High Court and Federal High…
BREAKING: Rivers Assembly writes Fubara, accuses him of gross misconduct
The Rivers House of Assembly cited relevant sections of the Constitution to back the accusation against Fubara in the letter.
Rivers Assembly accuses Fubara of misconduct over appointments
Citing sections of relevant laws, the Rivers Assembly lawmakers, pointed out that Fubara in the exercise of his powers to…
Rivers Assembly overrides Fubara to pass four bills into law
The lawmakers took the action after the Speaker, Martin Amaewhule read four letters addressed to him by the governor on…
Rivers Assembly set to screen pro-Wike ex-commissioners for reappointment
The Commissioners, most of who also served in the cabinet of Fubara, had given various December several reasons varying from…
Rivers Assembly writes Fubara to re-present 2024 Budget
Governor Fubara had presented the 2024 proposal to the Edison Ehie-led Lawmakers on December 13, 2023, and was passed. The…
Demand by Rivers Assembly on Fubara to re-present 2024 budget stirs legal controversy
Odey argued in the eyes of the law, only three Lawmakers who are loyal to Governor Fubara are constitutionally recognized…