•Audu Ogbeh Nigeria’s former Agriculture Minister Audu Ogbeh has faulted the voice vote that members of the National Assembly used to approve the emergency rule proclamation of President Bola Tinubu in Rivers State. “Ayes and nays do not give us a clear picture of the position and the moral authority of individual senators or members […...
•Monday Okpebholo Edo State governor, Monday Okpebholo, has distanced himself from the stance of other South-South governors regarding the proposed state of emergency in Rivers State. Speaking in Benin today, Okpebholo stated that he was neither consulted nor informed about the decision to oppose President Bola Tinubu’s potential declaration o...
•Peter Obi The Labour Party (LP) presidential candidate for the 2023 election, Mr. Peter Obi, has slammed members of the National Assembly for using voice vote to approve President Bola Tinubu’s declaration of emergency rule in Rivers State. He described the legislators’ action on such a crucial national issue as a breach of the Constitution [...
•Vice Admiral Ibokette Ibas (rtd) The newly appointed Sole Administrator of Rivers State, Vice Admiral Ibot-Ete Ibas, has assumed duty. The former Naval Chief arrived at the Government House, Port Harcourt, at noon today, following a formal reception at the airport led by the Rivers State Head of Service George Nwaeke, reports Channels TV. He ...
•Nigerian Senate chamber Like the House of Representatives, the Senate has approved President Bola Tinubu’s proclamation of a state of emergency in Rivers State, invoking its constitutional powers under the amended 1999 Constitution. The approval grants President Tinubu the authority to enforce emergency measures while mandating a review of th...
•House of Representatives The House of Representatives has voted in support of the declaration of a state of emergency in Rivers State. In a move that has split Nigerians and has continued to attract severe criticism, President Bola Tinubu on Tuesday declared a state of emergency in Rivers and suspended Governor Siminalayi Fubara, his deputy [...
•Nigerian workers Nigerian workers under the aegis of the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) and the Trade Union Congress of Nigeria (TUC), have unequivocally condemned what they described as hasty and unconstitutional declaration of a state of emergency in Rivers State by President Bola Tinubu. The labour unions called for the immediate reversal o...
The Senate adjourned abruptly today till tomorrow, keeping mum on its earlier decision to consider the state of emergency declared in Rivers State by 3pm. President Bola Tinubu had proclaimed the emergency rule in Rivers last night following the escalation of the political tension in the oil-rich state, reports Nigerian Tribune. By the provisi...
•Ibas and Tinubu President Bola Tinubu has sworn- in the sole administrator of Rivers State, Vice Admiral Ibok-Étè Ibas (retd.), into office. Tinubu swore Ibas into office at about 03:00 pm today at the State House, Abuja. The brief ceremony was witnessed by the President’s Chief of Staff, Femi Gbajabiamila, the Attorney General of the [&helli...
•Tinubu and National Assembly complex, Abuja The National Consultative Front, NCFront, also known as the 3rd Force, has condemned in its entirety, the emergency rule declared by President Bola Ahmed Tinubu on Rivers State last night. The Professor Pat Utomi-led mass mobilisation political group made this known today in a statement made availab...
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