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Rivers: Fubara should face the crisis – Wike replies Edwin Clark

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August 23, 2024

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The Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, FCT, Nyesom Wike has reacted to claims by elder statesman, Edwin Clark, that he is using his relationship with President Bola Tinubu to intimidate Governor Sim Fubara of Rivers State.

Wike said Fubara should stand and face the crisis because, according to him, that’s part of the criteria of being a leader.

In an open letter to the PDP national leadership, Clark had urged the party to expel Wike over the face-off with Fubara.

Clark disclosed that the minister was trying to destroy Rivers State with his issues against the governor.

Wike and Fubara have been at loggerheads over control of the political space and resources in Rivers State.

However, addressing a media briefing to mark his one year in office as FCT Minister, Wike said: “I don’t know the party Chief Clark belongs to, but in 2014 when I came out to run, he said no because its the turn of the Ijaws.

“He said nothing will make me to win but to the glory of God I won.

“I wasn’t a bad person when i championed for an Ijaw man to be governor but I have become a bad person because there are issues. There is nothing Clark has not said but I vowed never to respond.

“He spoke about southern President which I supported, he spoke about power rotation to the South; which I believed in. So, what crime have I committed?

“In leadership, everything must not be smooth; I had my own crisis when I was there. Did I blame anybody? I faced the crisis squarely. When I was there you all saw what the Federal Government did to me. Did I accuse any ethnic group? No.

“If you are in a leadership position, you should be able to stand and face the crisis, that’s what politics is all about. Sometimes it will be good and other times it won’t be rosy.”

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Some African countries developing, others in chaos – Rubio

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April 25, 2025

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U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio said countries in Africa are going in two directions, with some developing economically while others are falling into chaos.

The American diplomat, in an interview with Bari Weiss Podcast, responded to a question on the United States’ interest in foreign nations — stability or democracy.

Rubio explained that the United States now operates according to the dynamics in each region as current situations differ from what existed in previous decades.

The Secretary of State said 20 years ago, the U.S. was “a unipolar power” and was usually called in to do things because nobody else could or would.

“We don’t live in that world anymore,” he stated. “We now live in a world with a near peer adversary in China.”

“We live in a world where, while Russia’s economy is not large, they have the ability to project power and destabilize.”

Rubio said the world now witnesses a nuclear-armed North Korea, a nuclear-ambitious Iran, and a Middle East with both opportunities and real challenges.

The Secretary revealed that the U.S. national interest in the Middle East is stability, and preventing groups that would attack Americans from taking root.

In Central America, U.S. national interest is migration, drugs, with the hope that countries are prosperous so people don’t migrate and join drug cartels.

“We have to have foreign policies in different parts of the world, and we have to have the regions and the embassies run it,” Rubio noted.

The senior official added that Washington no longer applies the same standard across the board, adding: “That’s not realistic foreign policy in today’s world.”

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Rivers: Tinubu broke Nigeria’s constitution, National Assembly very weak – Amaechi

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April 25, 2025

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Former Minister of Transportation, Rotimi Amaechi, has insisted that President Bola Tinubu broke Nigeria’s constitution by removing Governor Siminalayi Fubara and declaring a state of emergency in Rivers State.

Amaechi also expressed disappointment over the ineffectiveness of the National Assembly in the matter, describing the Red Chamber as a very weak institution that aided Tinubu in instituting an illegal government.

The former Rivers State governor spoke at the 9th Edition of Akinjide Adeosun Foundation, AAF, Annual Leadership Discourse themed: “Fearless Leadership: A Panacea for Sustainable Development,” organised by AAF yesterday in Lagos.

Amaechi said: “For a governor or a president, who subscribes to such a concept, it is what he or she does that is law. It is not what is in the book that is law. There is also the non-observance of the basic principles of law.

“This is where government is not by law, but by the whims and caprices of an individual leader. Like the current pronouncement of an illegal and unconstitutional state of emergency in Rivers State aided by weak institutions like the National Assembly, which is very weak.

“What is even more alarming is that the breach in the situation is not even about law. The president didn’t break any law. He broke the constitution.

“Now, this breach of the constitution is a breach of the sacredness and sanctity of the constitution. The constitution of a country is the Bible of that country. And its sanctity must be protected.

“Can we say the same in Nigeria? Obviously, the response would be a resounding no. The president looked at the whole Nigeria and removed an elected governor in Rivers State and appointed a military man, yet the country continued. Nothing happened,” he lamented.

Ekwutosblog reports that Tinubu had a few weeks ago declared a state of emergency in Rivers State following the prolonged political crisis in the south-south state.

The president also suspended Fubara, his deputy, and the members of the state assembly.

He later nominated Ibok-Eke Ibas as the administrator of Rivers State.

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JUST IN: Nigerian born and Australian Politician Bola Oluseye Olatunbosun has been preselected under the Liberal Party of Australia to run in the Federal Elections for a seat in the Australian Parliament.

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April 25, 2025

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Nigerian born and Australian Politician Bola Oluseye Olatunbosun has been preselected under the Liberal Party of Australia to run in the Federal Elections for a seat in the Australian Parliament.

If she wins, she will be the first Nigerian to be elected to the Federal Parliament in Australia

Report shows that her husband is one of the Resident Pastors of Winners Chapel in Australia.

NIGERIANS are really doing wonders in diaspora