Nigeria’s First lady’s Mother Dies in Road Crash

Tears flowed freely in Okrika, her ancestral home and Port Harcourt the Rivers State Capital on Monday when news of the death of Nigeria’s first lady’s mother filtered into town.

Mama Iwari Oba died in a road crash along Elele road in Rivers State. She was reportedly travelling from Bayelsa State to Port Harcourt.Her corpse has since been deposited at the Kpaima Mortuary in Port Harcourt.

We condole with Madam Patience Jonathan. May her soul rest in peace

Port Harcourt on edge as Anti- Amaechi protesters take to the streets

The political crisis rocking Rivers State,south/south Nigeria, took a turn for the worse on Wednesday, with thousands of youths under the auspices of the Rivers Peoples Assembly, a mass civil society movement,took to the streets of Port Harcourt ,the state capital demanding the resignation of Governor Chibuike Amaechi.

Security was unusualy tight around the Government House in the old GRA area of Port Harcourt as Anti-Terror Squad of the Nigeria Police with several Armoured Personnel Carriers deployed to ensure that the anti-Amaechi protesters do not cause a breach of the peace or attempt to enter the Government House.

The protesters ,most of whom are wearing T-shirts with anti-Amaechi slogans also carried banners and placards calling on the Economic and Financial Crime Commission (EFCC) to probe all financial dealings in the state under Amaechi’s watch.

Rivers State: Court Orders Police To Vacate Obio/Akpor LG Secretariat

A Federal High Court sitting in Port Harcourt has this morning ordered the Nigeria police to vacate the Obior/Akpor Local government council secretariat in Rivers State, South-South Nigeria.

The Police had, last week, sealed off the council secretariat citing plans by some hoodlums to storm the place following the suspension of the council chairman, Prince Timothy Nsirim, the vice chairman and 17councilors by the Rivers state house of assembly.

The Caretaker Committee of the council went to the court to seek for an order that will allow them access to the secretariat.The Speaker of the Rivers Assembly had accused the Federal Government of a ploy to declare a State of Emergency in Rivers, starting from the Obior/Akpor council.

The Assembly, loyal to the Rivers State Governor, Chibuike Amaechi, suspended the council chairman and appointed a caretaker committee; while the state Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Chairman, loyal to the presidency, condemned the suspension and instead suspended the state lawmakers from the party.

Rivers PDP Gives Amaechi 48hours To Explain His Plane Controversy, Suspends 27 Assembly Members

The crisis rocking the Rivers State chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has taken a new twist as the party on Monday, suspended 27 members of the Rivers State House of Assembly.

The party’s leadership also announced that it has given the state Governor; Rotimi Amaechi, 48 hours to “explain to Rivers people why the jet bought with the state government money is bearing a bank’s name on the documents.”

The Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA) on Sunday  grounded the plane of River State governor for the expiration of its operating license while the Federal Airport Authority of Nigeria (FAAN) claimed that the plane belongs to the Bank of Salt Lake City,USA and was brought into the country on chatter by Carverton Helicopters.

The new chairman of the party in the state, Felix Obuah told journalists in Port Harcourt, the state capital, that the suspension of the lawmakers was over their refusal to obey an order by the party to reinstate the suspended Chairman of Obio Akpor Local Government Area.

He noted that the suspension of the lawmakers, who are members of the party, is part of resolutions reached at the end of an emergency meeting of the party on Monday.

I have been following this "Amaechi's" case with close interest- cannot wait to see more of the drama.