Rivers Assembly
3 Feb
The Federal High Court, Abuja, yesterday, dismissed a preliminary objection challenging the competence of the terrorism-related charge instituted by the Inspector-General of Police (IGP) against suspects behind the arson attack on the Rivers State House of Assembly in October 2023.
22 Jan
The Federal High Court sitting in Abuja has voided and set aside the presentation and passage of Rivers State 2024 Budget by a group of unlawful four-member legislators in the state. The court in a judgment delivered on Monday by Justice James Omotoso ordered the governor of the State Siminalayi Fubara to represent the budget…
19 Dec
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has urged the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to conduct a fresh election to replace 25 former members of the Rivers State House of Assembly whose seats were declared vacant. Umar Iliya Damagum PDP’s acting National Chairman said this after the National Working Committee (NWC) of the PDP had an…
18 Dec
The Federal High Court in Abuja has barred the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) from conducting by-elections to replace 27 members of the Rivers State House of Assembly whose seats were declared vacant. The ruling, issued by Justice Donatus Okorowo on Friday, comes amid a heated battle for control of the state's political structure between…
13 Dec
Two of the 27 Rivers House Of Assembly lawmakers that decamped to the All Progressives Congress (APC) on Monday have reneged from the defection while a good number of others are relentlessly lobbying to also return, The Guardian gathered. The two lawmakers who have so far returned and apologised to Governor Siminalayi Fubara, are Tonye Adoki,…
13 Dec
Rivers State Governor, Siminalayi Fubara, has attended the ongoing plenary of the Rivers State House of Assembly to present the 2024 appropriation bill of the state. The governor arrived at the plenary of the assembly under the speakership of Edison Ehie, around 9:00 am. He was accompanied by the Secretary to the State Government, Tammy…
13 Dec
The chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Rivers, Emeka Beke, on Wednesday said he is not aware that 27 lawmakers have defected from the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) to his party. Multiple reports on Monday said 27 members of the Rivers State House of Assembly left the PDP for the APC, bringing another…
12 Dec
A High Court Sitting in Port Harcourt, has validated Edison Ehie as the authentic Speaker of the Rivers State House of Assembly. Ehie was impeached in October during the political crisis to remove Governor Siminalayi Fubara was removed. He is a strong supporter of Fubara and was said to have frustrated an attempt to impeach…
11 Dec
About 27 lawmakers in the Rivers State House of Assembly members have defected from the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) to the All Progressives Congress (APC). One of the lawmakers Enemi George to Channels Television on Monday. The 27 lawmakers, led by Martin Amaewhule, reportedly made their decision during a morning sitting of the House. Details…
29 Nov
Federal High Court sitting in Port Harcourt has adjourned hearing to December 5 on a matter brought before it by a lawmaker, Edison Ehie, seeking to restrain Martin Amaewhule from presiding over the activities of the Rivers State House of Assembly.
22 Nov
A Federal High Court sitting in Port Harcourt on Tuesday ordered the two factions in the Rivers House of Assembly to suspend further sitting and maintain status quo, pending the dispensation of the matter. A factional speaker of the assembly, Edison Ehie in Suit No: FHC/PH/CS/240/2023, approached the court, presided over by Justice Phoebe Ayua.…
21 Nov
The factional Speaker of Rivers House of Assembly, Mr Edison Ehie (PDP-Ahoada 11) has urged the Inspector General of Police to address the alleged misconduct of some officers deployed to Rivers. Ehie made the appeal on Monday while addressing newsmen on an alleged invasion of his Port Harcourt residence. According to him, some men in…
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