Tag: emergency rule

Reports suggested that Governor Siminalayi Fubara accepted “difficult agreements” to be reinstated as governor during a fresh truce by President ...

 A faction of the APC in Rivers has asked Governor Fubara to join the party as he returned to office.

Governor Fubara expressed appreciation to President Bola Tinubu for what he described as a “fatherly intervention” which restored democratic governance ...

“The costliest peace is cheaper than the cheapest war,” the governor said.

The first plenary of the Rivers assembly in six months was presided over by Martins Amaewhule, speaker of the house, ...

Observers note that while President Tinubu’s intervention averted a deeper crisis, questions remain over whether the underlying tensions that led ...

Originally scheduled for Port Harcourt, Rivers State, the NBA moved the conference to Enugu State in protest against the emergency ...

State Overseer of the conference, Alexander Nyoonkyegh, said on Saturday in Makurdi that Governor Hyacinth Alia was their brother in ...

President Tinubu declared a state of emergency in Rivers State on 18 March to halt the escalating political crisis and ...

The panel said it accepted an apology from the sole administrator for not honouring its earlier summons.

Some worry that Rivers is a test case for 2027, with potential ramifications for other states that may not align ...

The group urged the President to restore Mr Fubara’s full authority, stressing that the governor was performing effectively despite the ...

The group said President Tinubu is not empowered by section 305 or any other part of the constitution, to unilaterally ...

The lawmakers denied receiving a bribe of $5,000 each to approve the emergency rule, insisting they were driven by patriotism ...

Mr Akpabio admitted that some senators visited his Abuja guest house for an Iftar meal, but that no money was ...

"Today's decision exemplifies what our nation can achieve when unity of purpose and patriotism guide the action of leaders. We ...

The senator walked out of the chamber shortly before the state of emergency in Rivers State was approved by the ...

The Senate also resolved that a committee of eminent Nigerians be set up to reconcile the warring groups within the ...

Wike, Tinubu and Fubara Popular media has framed Fubara as the victim of a grasping, unforgiving godfather, which suits his ...

President Tinubu said his request was in compliance with the provisions of Section 305 (2) of the constitution.

Section 305 of the Nigerian constitution interprets a state of emergency as a situation of “national danger, disaster or terrorist ...

The APC's allegations are nothing more than desperate propaganda. At no point did former Governor Matawalle express a willingness to ...

Lawmakers say the president has rights to deploy the military without a state of emergency.

“The situation in the Northeast region of the country had remained the same even after two of such extensions”.

The Yobe State government asked the presidency to call Mr. Clark to order. The Yobe State government on Thursday lampooned a ...