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Rivers APC Speaks As 27 Pro-Wike Lawmakers Dumped PDP The All Progressives Congress in Rivers State has said it is open to receive more defectors from the Peoples Democratic Party in the state, describing the defection of the 27 members of the State House of Assembly as a welcome development. Spokesperson for the State APC Caretaker Committee, Chibuike Ikenga, stated this while speaking to our correspondent in Port Harcourt on Monday. He said with the number of lawmakers now in the APC and others to follow, the state can be effectively governed. Ikenga stated, “In an earlier interview, I did…

Rivers State: 27 Law Makers Loyal To Wike Defect From PDP To APC Twenty-seven lawmakers from the Rivers State House of Assembly, under the leadership of Martin Amaewhule, loyal to FCT Minister Nyesom Wike, have officially switched their allegiance from the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) to the ruling All Progressive Congress (APC). The lawmakers who instigated the impeachment proceedings against Governor Siminalayi Fubara have cited internal divisions within the PDP as the primary motive behind their decision to defect to the APC. Furthermore, on Monday, December 11, the Rivers State legislators collectively passed a resolution denouncing the withholding of funds…

A’Ibom Councils Hanging Precariously In The Balance As Senate Moves Against Unelected LGs All the 31 Local Governments in Akwa Ibom State, are currently at the risk of being cut-off from receiving their monthly allocations from next year if the Tinubu administration implements the resolution of the Red Chamber of the National Assembly concerning unelected local government councils. The Senate which is under the watch of a homeboy, Godswill Akpabio, wants Abuja to withhold statutory allocations to local government councils that are not democratically elected. The three-year tenure of the local government administration in the state has expired. As at…

Edo 2024: PDP Will Decide Who Will Fly The Party Flag For The Election, Says ObasekiGov. Godwin Obaseki of Edo State on Thursday, said that members of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) would determine who would be the flag bearer in the forthcoming governorship elections in the state. Obaseki stated this in Bauchi when he and former Gov. Udom Emmanuel of Akwa Ibom state paid a congratulatory visit to Gov. Bala Mohammed over his victory at the Court of Appeal. Speaking on the relationship between him and his Deputy, Philip Shuaibu, Obaseki said “the relationship as you know is cordial.…

The Battle Of Control Between Wike And Fubara Still On Despite President Bola Tinubu’s call for truce, AMAECHI OKONKWO, reports that the camps of the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Mr Nyesom Wike and that of Governor Siminalayi Fubara are still stoking the fire over the soul of Rivers State The raging political conflict between Chief Nyesom Wike, Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) and Governor Siminalayi Fubara, Governor of Rivers State blew open in the early hours of October 23, with the State Assembly Complex providing the main battle ground. The Assembly was blown up in…