US EditionNigeria: New Administrator Takes Charge Of River State Amid State Of Emergency
- President Bola Ahmed Tinubu declared a State of Emergency in Rivers State and suspended Governor Siminalayi Fubara, Deputy Governor Ngozi Odu, and all elected assembly members for six months.
- Folarin Falana, known as Falz, criticized the President's actions, stating that there is no legal basis for suspending a governor and questioning the necessity of the emergency declaration.
- Vice Admiral Ibokette Ibas has been appointed as the sole administrator to manage the state's affairs during this period.
- Ibas arrived in Rivers State and held a closed-door meeting with senior security officers and state officials.
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Rivers: No law allows president to suspend governor
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Tinubu declares state of emergency in Rivers, suspends Fubara, deputy
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In Rivers State, a republic of anomaly renews its methods
In Nigeria, history tends to repeat itself with unerring accuracy and in tiresome syntax. When he wrote his Report on the Amalgamation of Northern and Southern Nigeria and Administration in 1919, Frederick Lugard described Nigeria as an “anomaly…. of a country with aggregate revenue practically equal to its needs, but divided into two by an arbitrary line of latitude.” While one portion was fiscally viable, he suggested, the other “was dependent…
BREAKING: Tinubu Led Government Releases Rivers’ LGs Allocations After Fubara's Suspension
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PDP Rejects Tinubu’s Move, Calls Emergency Declaration an Attack on Democracy
ABUJA, Nigeria — The Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, has rejected President Bola Tinubu’s declaration of a state of emergency in Rivers State, describing the move as unconstitutional and an assault on democracy. In a statement issued on Wednesday, March 19, 2025, the opposition party condemned the suspension of Governor Siminalayi Fubara, his deputy, and members of the state House of Assembly, stating that the President lacks the power to depose …
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