House Of Assembly

Drama As Cross Rivers Lawmakers Fight Dirty, Impeach Speaker Elvert Ayambem The Cross Rivers State House of Assembly has impeached its Speaker, Elvert Ayambem. The controversial impeachment took place on Wednesday, May 22, following allegations of misappropriation of funds and administrative high-handedness. 17 members of the House removed the speaker, and after impeaching him, the mace was forcefully taken away. More details later…

Fubara Relocates Rivers Assembly Sitting To Government House The Rivers state governor, Sim Fubara has ordered the immediate relocation of the house of assembly sitting to Rivers government house. According to an executive order contained in a memo, the governor noted that the relocation was necessary due to the fire incident that happened at the House of assembly chambers earlier. His Excellency, Sir Siminalayi Fubara, the Governor of Rivers State, has issued an executive order to temporarily relocate the sitting of the State House of Assembly to the Auditorium of the Administrative section of Government House, Port Harcourt. This decision…

Police Take Over Rivers House Of Assembly Quarters About 30 armed policemen have taken over all the entrances to the House of Assembly quarters located along the Aba Road, Port Harcourt, Rivers state. It was gathered that both the first and second gates to the lawmakers’ estate were safeguarded by the police with about 30 patrol vans used to block the entrances. The development came shortly after the Martins Amaewhule-led House of Assembly claimed that the governor was planning to demolish the quarters following his recent surprise visit to the facility. But the governor, Siminalayi Fubara, had explained that his…