RIVERS ASSEMBLY BACKS EMERGENCY RULE, PLEDGES SUPPORT TO ADMINISTRATOR The Rivers State House of Assembly has endorsed President Bola Tinubu’s declaration of a state of emergency in the state. This was contained in a statement issued on Tuesday, by the Speaker of the House, Martin Amaewhule. Amaewhule said the Assembly would abide by the president’s decision, even though it was …

​TIMELINE OF WIKE-FUBARA FLIGHTS IN RIVERS POLITICAL CRISIS SINCE 2023 The crisis within Rivers State traced back to October 2023 following the political fallout between Governor Fubara and his predecessor, now FCT Minister, Nyesom Wike. The bombing of a section of the Rivers House of Assembly Complex on 29 October 2023 heightened tension. Wike and Fubara have been locked in …

​TIMELINE OF WIKE-FUBARA FLIGHTS IN RIVERS POLITICAL CRISIS SINCE 2023 The crisis within Rivers State traced back to October 2023 following the political fallout between Governor Fubara and his predecessor, now FCT Minister, Nyesom Wike. The bombing of a section of the Rivers House of Assembly Complex on 29 October 2023 heightened tension. Wike and Fubara have been locked in …

STATE OF EMERGENCY IN RIVERS: TINUBU BLAMES FUBARA, SILENT ON WIKE’S ROLE “Some militants had threatened fire and brimstone against their perceived enemy of the governor who has up till now NOT disowned them,” the president said of Mr Fubara. President Bola Tinubu on Tuesday declared a state of emergency in Rivers State following protracted political crises caused by a …

STATE OF EMERGENCY IN RIVERS: TINUBU BLAMES FUBARA, SILENT ON WIKE’S ROLE “Some militants had threatened fire and brimstone against their perceived enemy of the governor who has up till now NOT disowned them,” the president said of Mr Fubara. President Bola Tinubu on Tuesday declared a state of emergency in Rivers State following protracted political crises caused by a …

RIVERS PDP ACCUSES WIKE OF ANTI-PARTY, THREATENS TO EXPEL HIM The Rivers State chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has accused the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Nyesom Wike, of engaging in anti-party activities and threatened disciplinary action, including possible expulsion from the party. The acting Chairman of the Rivers State chapter of the PDP, Robinson Ewor, …

STATE OF EMERGENCY: OPPOSITION FIGURES, LAWYER TAKE STAND AS TENSION ENVELOPES RIVERS The declaration of the State of Emergency in Rivers State by President Bola Tinubu has triggered palpable tension in the state. President Tinubu on Tuesday during a nationwide broadcast, declared a State of Emergency in Rivers, suspending Governor Siminalayi Fubara, his deputy Ngozi Odu, and all the members …

NATIONAL ASSEMBLY WAS DULY CONSULTED BY TINUBU BEFORE EMERGENCY RULE – HOUSE SPOKESPERSON Spokesperson of the House of Representatives, Hon. Akin Rotimi, in reaction to President Bola Tinubu’s declaration on Rivers crisis, has said that the National Assembly was duly consulted by the President. According to a statement in Abuja on Tuesday, Rotimi said that the leadership of the National …

FUBARA BREAKS SILENCE ON STATE OF EMERGENCY, CALLS FOR CALM AMID SUSPENSION Governor Siminilayi Fubara has called on the people of Rivers State to remain peaceful and law-abiding following President Bola Tinubu’s declaration of a state of emergency in the state, ThisDay Nigeria reports According to a statement released on Tuesday, Fubara reiterate his commitment to constitutional governance and the …

PDP REJECTS EMERGENCY RULE IN RIVERS, INSISTS TINUBU HAS NO POWERS TO SUSPEND GOV FUBARA The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and indeed, Nigerians listened with dismay the national broadcast by President Bola Ahmed Tinubu in which the President, in utter violation of the 1999 Constitution pronounced an imposition of a state of emergency in Rivers State The PDP said it …

PDP REJECTS EMERGENCY RULE IN RIVERS, INSISTS TINUBU HAS NO POWERS TO SUSPEND GOV FUBARA The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and indeed, Nigerians listened with dismay the national broadcast by President Bola Ahmed Tinubu in which the President, in utter violation of the 1999 Constitution pronounced an imposition of a state of emergency in Rivers State The PDP said it …

PDP REJECTS EMERGENCY RULE IN RIVERS, INSISTS TINUBU HAS NO POWERS TO SUSPEND GOV FUBARA The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and indeed, Nigerians listened with dismay the national broadcast by President Bola Ahmed Tinubu in which the President, in utter violation of the 1999 Constitution pronounced an imposition of a state of emergency in Rivers State The PDP said it …

FUBARA’S REMOVAL UNCONSTITUTIONAL – NBA The Nigerian Bar Association (NBA) has criticised President Bola Tinubu’s declaration of a state of emergency and removal of Governor Siminalayi Fubara of Rivers State. In a statement on Tuesday, NBA President, Mazi Afam Osigwe (SAN) said the President does not have the constitutional power to remove an elected governor under a state of emergency. …

TINUBU TO GEJ: EMERGENCY RULE – DON’T TINKER WITH GOVERNORS MANDATES (MAY 2013) President Jonathan had declared a State of Emergency in Borno, Yobe & Adamawa States due to rising insecurity caused by the Boko Haram menace. Unlike Obasanjo, GEJ chose to leave elected representatives in office Leader of the Action Congress of Nigeria, Bola Ahmed Tinubu, has described the …

EMERGENCY RULE: WHEREABOUTS OF FUBARA UNKNOWN AS MILITARY MOVES TRUCKS INTO GOVERNMENT HOUSE The whereabouts of Governor Siminalayi Fubara was unknown on Tuesday night when the military moved trucks into Rivers Government House in Port Harcourt. The trucks were placed within and outside the Government House on the first night of the State of emergency declared by President Bola Tinubu. …