The Rivers House of Assembly has resolved to probe the state’s finances during the six-month rule of Ibok-Ete Ibas as the sole administrator. This is as

The Rivers State House of Assembly will resume its legislative sitting from 10 am, Thursday. According to Vanguard, the assembly, led my its Speakers, Hon. Martin Amaewhule, will resume sitting at the Assembly Residential Complex on Aba-Port Harcourt expressway. It was gathered that the 27 lawmakers had arrived the state some days before the expiration of […]

Human rights lawyer, Maduabuchi Idam, has opined that with the suspension and reinstatement of Rivers State Governor, Sim Fubara, without contesting it legally, he has become a puppet to the powers that be. Naija News recalls the President had on Wednesday ended the emergency rule in Rivers and reinstated Fubara as Governor of the oil-rich state. […]

Tinubu lifts Rivers’ six-month emergency, orders governor, deputy & lawmakers to resume Sept 18, citing restored peace and readiness for democratic governance.

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 of state.

Former Vice President Atiku Abubakar has faulted President Bola Tinubu over the lifting of the suspension placed on Rivers State Governor Siminalayi Fubara and members of the State House of Assembly. Naija News reports that Atiku, in a post on his Twitter page on Thursday morning, said the decision should not be celebrated because the […]

On March 18, 2025, Tinubu declared a state of emergency in Rivers State, during which Fubara, the deputy governor, and all members of the state House of Assembly were suspended.

The African Democratic Congress (ADC) has condemned the cavalier manner by which President Bola Ahmed Tinubu had suspended and subsequently reinstated the elected Governor of Rivers State, Siminalayi Fubara. In a statement signed by Bolaji Abdullahi, the party’s National Publicity Secretary, the ADC described the action as “whimsically autocratic.” The party said it was dismayed by […]

The Rivers House of Assembly has resolved to probe the state’s finances during the six-month emergency rule of the Sole Administrator, Ibok-Ete Ibas. Naija News reports that the House passed the resolution during its first plenary session on Thursday, after President Bola Tinubu reinstated the lawmakers, Governor Siminalayi Fubara and his deputy. The lawmakers also […]

The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), has accused President Bola Tinubu of failing to understand the constitutional division of powers between him and state governors. The PDP on Wednesday, through its Deputy National Youth Leader, Timothy Osadolor, accused President Tinubu of exceeding his constitutional powers in suspending Governor Siminilayi Fubara during the period of Emergency Rule in […]

The Rivers house of assembly is set to resume sitting after President Bola Tinubu announced an end to the emergency rule and reinstated Governor Siminalayi Fubara.

A Senior Advocate of Nigeria (SAN), Ebun-Olu Adegboruwa, has urged President Bola Tinubu and the National Assembly (NASS) to present Nigerians with a full report of the activities of retired Admiral Ibok-Ete Ibas, who governed Rivers State as administrator during the six-month state of emergency. Speaking on Channels Television’s The Morning Brief on Thursday, Adegboruwa […]