•Tinubu and Fubara Declaration of emergency rule by President Bola Ahmed Tinubu saved Rivers State from “looming anarchy”, suspended Governor Siminalayi Fubara said yesterday. He said the president’s swift intervention shielded the state from the consequences of the festering political crisis, reports The Nation. Calling on his supporters, Riv...
•Suspended Governor of Rivers State, Siminalayi Fubara The Governor of Rivers State, Siminalayi Fubara, has said he is not desperate to return to office. Fubara stated this at the service of songs held in honour of the late elder statesman, Edwin Clark, in Port Harcourt, the state capital, organised by the Rivers Elders Forum yesterday, [&hell...
•Tinubu and Fubara Since March 18, 2025 when President Bola Ahmed Tinubu declared a state of emergency, there has been relative peace in Rivers State. The eventual suspension of Governor, Siminalayi Fubara, his deputy, Prof Ngozi Ordu, and the entire Legislative Arm of government is the biggest setback that may likely affect the economy and [&...
•Tinubu and Ibas Former Labour Leaders in Rivers State have described the imposition of emergency rule in the state as nothing short of a civilian coup, condemning it as a dangerous assault on democracy and the Nigerian constitution. They described the situation as “the brazen and fragrant desecration of democracy” following President Bola Ahm...
•Tinubu, Fubara and Wike Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Nyesom Wike, says he is not happy with the Presidential Proclamation of a State of Emergency in Rivers State. The minister stated this during a media parley in Abuja today. Last month, President Bola Tinubu declared a state of emergency in Rivers, citing persistent [&hel...
•Tinubu and Ibas A Federal High Court in Abuja has ordered the service of the process challenging the declaration of a state of emergency in Rivers State on President Bola Tinubu, Sole Administrator Ibok-Ete Ibas, and suspended Governor Siminalayi Fubara. Justice James Omotosho today also ordered the service of the court papers on the Attorney...
A Chief Magistrate in the Rivers judiciary, Ejike King George, has voluntarily resigned from service, citing unease with the recent appointment of what he described as a “quasi-military administration” to oversee the state’s affairs. In a letter dated April 11, 2025, and addressed to the Honourable Chief Judge of Rivers State through the Secre...
•Rivers women rally Hundreds of women in Rivers State marched today in Port Harcourt in support of the state’s declaration of a state of emergency. The women, all dressed in white, gathered at the Garrison Bus Stop in the city centre at 8 a.m. to begin the rally, reports The PUNCH. As of the time […]
•Nigerian lawyers Nigerian lawyers under the aegis of The Nigerian Bar Association (NBA) have relocated its 2025 Annual General Conference from Port Harcourt to Enugu, following President Bola Tinubu’s recent declaration of emergency rule in Rivers State. The association stated that although the initial announcement of Port Harcourt as the hos...
•Nigerian soldiers A former Assistant Director of the Department of State Services (DSS), Dennis Amachree, says the troops deployed to enforce emergency rule in oil-rich Rivers State should be moved to fight bloodthirsty non-state actors in insurgent-ridden Borno State in North-East Nigeria. “There is no serious problem going on in Rivers Stat...
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