•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...
•House of Representatives Two members of the House of Representatives, Marie Ebikake and Blessing Amadi, today were literally at each other’s throats over the declaration of emergency rule in Rivers State by President Bola Tinubu, last night. Ebikake and Amadi, who represent Brass/Nembe Federal Constituency of Bayelsa and Port Harcourt T...
•Fubara Suspended Rivers State governor, Siminalayi Fubara, has reacted to the state of emergency declared in Rivers State, saying that though there were political disagreements, good governance was ongoing, salaries were paid, projects were executed, and above all, the state remained safe, secure, and peaceful under his watch. Apparently noti...
•PDP governors The Peoples Democratic Party Governors’ Forum (PDPGF) has vowed to challenge the suspension of Rivers State governor, Siminalayi Fubara, and other elected officials of the state in court. Last night, President Bola Tinubu declared a State of Emergency in Rivers, suspending the governor, his deputy and members of the State House ...
•Peter Obi and Tinubu Presidential Candidate of the Labour Party during the 2023 presidential election Peter Obi has faulted President Tinubu’s declaration of a state of emergency in Rivers State. Obi in a post on his X (formerly Twitter) handle described the president’s decision as ‘unconstitutional and reckless’. He said: “The unilateral dec...
•Atiku and Tinubu Former Vice President Atiku Abubakar has faulted the declaration of a state of emergency in Rivers state, describing it as an assault on democracy that must be condemned in the strongest terms. The former vice president, who reacted on his verified Facebook page, noted that the declaration is a political manipulation, carried...
•Tinubu and PDP logo The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has rejected the imposition of a state of emergency in Rivers State, declaring that President Bola Tinubu does not have the constitutional power to suspend the democratically elected governor of the state, Siminalayi Fubara. In a statement last night, PDP spokesman Debo Ologunagba said Ti...
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