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Wike-Fubara Crisis - Tinubu, A Partisan Actor In Rivers' Turmoil - Atiku https://osazuwaakonedo.news/wike-fubara-crisis-tinubu-a-partisan-actor-in-rivers-turmoil-atiku/19/03/2025/ #Breaking News #Atiku #Fubara #Ibas #Obi #Rivers #Tinubu #Wike ©March 19th, 2025 ®March 19, 2025 6:22 am Former Vice President of Nigeria, Atiku Abubakar and former Governor of Anambra State, Peter Obi, both of whom were co contestants as presidential candidates in the last presidential election in Nigeria have reacted to the state of emergency and suspension of elected government in Rivers State by President Bola Ahmed Tinubu, with Atiku accusing and describing President Bola Ahmed Tinubu as a vested partisan actor in the political turmoil engulfing Rivers State. #OsazuwaAkonedo Wike-Fubara Crisis - Tinubu Declares Emergency, Suspends Govt In Rivers https://osazuwaakonedo.news/wike-fubara-crisis-tinubu-declares-emergency-suspends-govt-in-rivers/18/03/2025/ #Breaking News #Fubara #Ijaw #Rivers #Tinubu #Wike ©March 18th, 2025 ®March 18, 2025 10:05 pm Nigeria President, Bola Ahmed Tinubu in a nationwide broadcast on Tuesday evening, for the first time more than a decade in the history of the West Africa country, declared a state of emergency in Rivers State and suspended for initial six months, the Governor, Siminalayi Fubara and his Deputy, Ngozi Odu, all elected members of the State House of Assembly, and appointed retired Vice Admiral Ibokette Ibas as Administrator to work with the existing laws of Rivers State with the members of the state Judiciary following the apparent personal political crisis between the Rivers State Governor, Siminalayi Fubara and his former boss and the immediate past Governor of the state, Nyesom Wike who is currently the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, FCT that was seen a few days ago in a viral video apparently making carless statements as a government official – statements capable of instigating a particular ethnic group against the government wherein the FCT Minister has said thus, that, Ijaw people are minority group in the South South and if their son, Fubara is impeached, nothing would happened, after the statements, Wike refused to apologize to the Ijaw people despite public outcry and condemnations, days after as confirmed by President Bola Ahmed Tinubu, some militants started destroying crude oil pipelines in Rivers State as media reports trends and indicated that Pro-Wike lawmakers may have concluded plans to impeach Governor Siminalayi Fubara. #OsazuwaAkonedo EFCC Arrests Suspended Edo PSR Coordinator Ebo Stone Over Naira Abuse https://osazuwaakonedo.news/efcc-arrests-suspended-edo-psr-coordinator-ebo-stone-over-naira-abuse/17/03/2025/ #EFCC #Ebo #edo #Naira #PSR ©March 17th, 2025 ®March 17, 2025 10:11 pm Following widely media reported case of alleged abuse of the naira, the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC has arrested and detained Kelly Okungbowa aka Ebo Stone, the Coordinator of the Edo State Public Safety Response Team, the government agency that was suspended a few days ago by the State Governor, Monday Okpebholo over extortion, harassment and unruly behaviour, days after a baby girl was killed when an official of the PSR allegedly dragged steering wheel with the bus driver of a moving vehicle. #OsazuwaAkonedo