Nigeria's president Bola Tinubu lifted a sixth-month long emergency rule in the oil-rich Rivers State on Wednesday, as a governance and constitutional crisis had been resolved, according to the head ...

The Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Nyesom Wike, has asserted that the defection of 17 members of the Rivers ...

ABUJA, Nigeria — Nigeria’s president lifted emergency rule and removed the suspension of a state governor and lawmakers in oil-rich Rivers State on Wednesday after six months of emergency rule in ...

Rivers State, there is ABSOLUTELY NO LAW that allows a president to SUSPEND a governor. A governor is elected into office and may only be removed by impeachment. Also, is Rivers state at war? Is there ...

A coalition of civil society organizations (CSOs) under the Nigeria Civil Society Situation Room, Northwest Zone, has condemned the declaration of a state of emergency in Rivers State, calling it ...

He emphasised that he was appointed to maintain law and order, which would enable the State to return to what it is supposed to be. During an inspection of the project on Saturday, Ibas noted that ...

Recall that Rivers State was placed under a six-month emergency rule, declared by Mr. President, His Excellency President Bola Ahmed Tinubu, GCFR, on the 18th of March, 2025, following the intense ...

Not long after the 29 May, 2023 inauguration of Governor Siminalayi Fubara, whose access to the exalted office in Rivers State was enabled by his immediate predecessor who is the current Minister of ...

Rivers State Govnor Siminalayi Fubara say e and FCT minister Nyesom Wike don accept to 'bury di hatchet' and allow peace reign for di state as e return afta six months of suspension. Govnor Fubara ...