Rivers State

Wike led a delegation comprising members of the Rivers State House of Assembly, including the Speaker, Martin Amaewhule, and chairmen of the 23 local government councils, to the meeting with Fubara and his supporters at the governor's private residence in Port Harcourt.

The command also ordered a full investigation into the circumstances surrounding the controversial renovation after a video and reports of the incident circulated widely on social media.

The explosion occurred at about 5 p.m. along Old Bori Road, sending flames through nearby residential and business premises and triggering panic among residents.

Rivers State Governor, Siminalayi Fubara has hailed Inspector-General of Police, Olatunji  Disu, for his professional and balanced handling of security affairs during the height of the political crisis in the State, urging him to sustain the same impartial approach as Nigeria moves towards the 2027 general elections.

The lists published on the INEC website on Saturday omitted the names of governorship candidates of the Peoples Democratic Party for Ogun and Gombe states, Ladi Adebutu and Isa Ali Pantami, respectively. Among the 13 candidates in Ogun and 16 in Gombe, none of them are from the PDP.

The Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Nyesom Wike, has disclosed how the late National Vice-Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), South South, Chief Daniel Orbih, resisted intense political pressure and financial inducements to support his emergence as Governor of Rivers State in 2015.

Efforts to consolidate the political reconciliation in Rivers State received another boost on Tuesday as Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Nyesom Wike, APC governorship candidate Kingsley Chinda and their supporters met Governor Siminalayi Fubara and members of his political camp in Port Harcourt.

The Houses of Assembly in Osun, Edo, Oyo and Rivers have endorsed the proposed constitutional amendment seeking to establish state police across Nigeria, a major policing reform currently before state legislatures.

The case centres on whether Chinda validly defected from the PDP to the APC in accordance with the provisions of the 1999 Constitution, as amended, before taking part in the APC governorship screening and primary that produced him as the party’s candidate.

The Oyo State House of Assembly has backed the constitutional amendment bill seeking to establish State Police Services, becoming the latest state legislature to advance the proposal aimed at changing Nigeria’s policing structure.