RIVERS POLITICAL CRISIS: SENATE STEPS DOWN STATE OF EMERGENCY MOTION

RIVERS POLITICAL CRISIS: SENATE STEPS DOWN STATE OF EMERGENCY MOTION

The Senate has stepped down a motion seeking approval for President Bola Tinubu’s proclamation of a state of emergency in Rivers State, without offering an official explanation. The motion, which was listed as the first item on Wednesday’s Order Paper, was deferred by lawmakers, delaying discussions on the prolonged political crisis in the state. Sponsored by Senate Leader Opeyemi Bamidele, the motion expressed concern over the rising tensions […]

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ROWDY SESSION IN REPS AS LAWMAKERS SET TO DEBATE EMERGENCY RULE IN RIVERS STATE

Members of the house of representatives are locked in a heated exchange as the green chamber prepares to debate the emergency rule in Rivers state. The shouting match began as the legislators entered the chamber — way before the commencement of plenary. On Tuesday, President Bola Tinubu declared a state of emergency in Rivers following the prolonged political crisis in the south-south state. The president also suspended Siminalayi Fubara, governor of […]

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NUJ SEEKS COLLABORATION WITH BAYELSA HEAD OF SERVICE TO TRAIN JOURNALIST

Mrs. Biobelemoye Charles-Onyeama, the Head of Bayelsa State Civil Service, has stressed the need for collaboration with the Nigerian Union of Journalist, NUJ for proper information dissemination, maintaining that journalists help in portraying the state in positive form. Mrs. Charles-Onyeama, made the assertion when Comrade Tonye Yemoleigha, Chairman of the Nigerian Union of Journalist, NUJ Bayelsa State Council, led other state executives on a courtesy visit to her office. She […]

March 19, 2025 10

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TENSION AS IJAW YOUTHS PROTEST WIKE-FUBARA FEUD, BLOCK EAST-WEST ROAD

There was tension and disruption on the ever-busy East-West Road yesterday as protesting Ijaw youths blocked the highway, leaving traders, motorists, and commuters stranded for hours. The demonstrators, under the umbrella of the Ijaw Youth Council, IYC, staged a peaceful protest at the Mbiama axis of the road to express their displeasure over recent political developments in Rivers State and derogatory remarks allegedly made by Chief Nyesom Wike, the […]

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PRESIDENT TINUBU DECLARES STATE OF EMERGENCY IN RIVERS STATE, SUSPENDS GOVERNOR AND ASSEMBLY

President Bola Tinubu has declared a state of emergency in Rivers State due to a prolonged political crisis and governance paralysis. In a nationwide broadcast on Tuesday, March 18, 2025, he expressed deep concern over the situation, noting that despite interventions, no resolution was in sight. The crisis escalated when Governor Siminalayi Fubara demolished the State House of Assembly on December 13, 2023, and failed to rebuild it […]

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FARMERS PROTEST HERDSMEN’S DESTRUCTION OF CROPS IN BAYELSA

Farmers, mostly women from Okutukutu community in Yenagoa, the Bayelsa State capital, blocked the busy Melford Okilo Road for hours on Monday to protest the destruction of their crops and farmland by herdsmen. The protest forced commuters to either trek or take alternative routes to reach their destinations during the demonstration. Speaking with newsmen, Chief Bonus Wombu, the Osomoibie of Epie/Atissa Kingdoms, Mrs. Numueze Atana, the Chief Women […]

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NAPTIP URGES BAYELSANS TO REPORT ALL FORMS OF HUMAN TRAFFICKING

The National Agency for the Prohibition of Trafficking in Persons, NAPTIP, Bayelsa State Command has urged pupils in primary and secondary schools as well as teachers to report all forms of human trafficking to the Agency. NAPTIP, Bayelsa State Command said this when it visited a private school in Biogbolo in Yenagoa, to sensitize both pupils and teachers on the dangers of human trafficking. Mrs. Abieyuwa Ikhidero, the […]

March 17, 2025 10

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GUNMEN AMBUSH PIPELINE SURVELLANCE WORKERS, KILL ONE, OTHERS SEVERLY INJURED

The people of Igbomotoru Community in Southern Ijaw Local Government Area of the State have made a passionate appeal to the Federal and Bayelsa State Governments to come to their aid following the attack and killing of a worker of a popular pipeline security surveillance company who were going for a crew change and food supplies to crew members on duty post operating in their community by some suspected sea […]

March 17, 2025 19

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SENATOR LOKPOBIRI URGES NIGER DELTA OIL COMMUNITIES TO EMBRACE PEACE FOR PIA BENEFITS

Senator Heineken Lokpobiri, the Minister of State for Petroleum Resources, Oil has called on oil-producing communities in the Niger Delta to maintain peace to fully benefit from the 3 percent Host Community Development Trust Fund (HCDTF) allocated under the Petroleum Industry Act (PIA) Senator Lokpobiri made the appeal on Thursday during the KEFFESO Stakeholders Forum held at the Nigerian Content Development and Monitoring Board, NCDMB in Yenagoa, the capital […]

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