•Dele Momodu and Tinubu A chieftain of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Dele Momodu, has criticised President Bola Tinubu’s declaration of a state of emergency in Rivers State, describing it as “anti-democratic”. In a move that was greeted with backlash, Tinubu suspended Governor Siminalayi Fubara, his deputy Ngozi Odu, and the Rivers State...
Governors of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) have filed a lawsuit at the Supreme Court challenging President Bola Tinubu’s declaration of a state of emergency in Rivers State. The president on March 18 declared the emergency rule, citing Section 305(5) of the Nigerian Constitution, 1999 and suspended Governor Siminalayi Fubara, his deputy N...
The Peoples Redemption Party (PRP) has called on the National Assembly to review President Bola Ahmed Tinubu’s declaration of a state of emergency in Rivers State, saying that the move may amount to an impeachable offense. The party described the president’s decision as unconstitutional, noting that it undermines Nigeria’s democratic instituti...
•Abati and Tinubu Veteran journalist and former presidential media adviser, Dr. Reuben Abati, has said that President Bola Tinubu committed an impeachable offence by unilaterally declaring a state of emergency in Rivers State and assuming legislative powers. Abati made the assertion today on Arise Television, arguing that Tinubu’s decision vio...
•Tinubu, Fubara and Wike President Bola Tinubu will address Nigerians today (Tuesday) in a nationwide broadcast on the situation in Rivers State, his presidential spokesman Bayo Onanuga said. “The NTA and Federal Radio Corporation of Nigeria will transmit the broadcast at 7 pm. “All TV and radio stations are requested to link up with the [&hel...
•Fubara and Wike An 11-man Independent Judicial Accountability Panel, whose membership included three retired justices, has today, Friday, March 14, 2025, faulted the Supreme Court over its judgement on the protracted political crisis in Rivers State. The panel, headed by retired Justice Mojeed Owoade of the Court of Appeal, said in a statemen...
•Fubara, Tinubu and Wike Following the remarks by the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, FCT, Nyesom Wike that if Governor Siminalayi Fubara of Rivers State is impeached, heaven would not fall, the leadership of Supreme Egbesu Assembly, SEA, an ancestral traditional institution of the Ijaw people, yesterday, threatened to “shock” Presi...
•Police Tensions in Rivers State have escalated as a militant group, the Niger Delta Rescue Movement, threatened to attack oil installations in response to the ongoing political crisis and the alleged withholding of the state’s federal allocation. The group also issued a warning to non-indigenes in the state, urging them to leave for their saf...
•Wike, Fubara and Tinubu The smoldering political crisis in Rivers State has erupted into a defining moment for Nigeria’s judiciary, the Ijaw ethnic nation, and the global community. At its core, this turmoil-pitting Governor Siminalayi Fubara against his predecessor, Chief Nyesom Wike, now Federal Capital Territory Minister – expo...
•River State governor, Siminalayi Fubara Rivers State governor, Siminalayi Fubara, has declared that despite the unceasing antagonism against his administration, the course of governance is irreversible, and victory is assured for the state. Fubara also said the worst that can happen is removing him from office, pointing out that it will neith...
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