Peoples Democratic Party Governors have filed a lawsuit at the Supreme Court challenging President Bola Tinubu’s declaration of a state of emergency in Rivers State. Tinubu had on March 18 slammed emergency rule on the state, suspended Governor Siminalayi Fubara, his deputy Ngozi Odu, and all members of the state House of Assembly for six […]
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An aide to former Vice President Atiku Abubakar, Demola Olarewaju, has said former President Olusegun Obasanjo got away with removing several governors because democracy was still nascent, and the news cycle and analysis at the time were much slower compared to now. He said this while criticising President Bola Tinubu’s declaration of a state of […]
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Muslim students of Adeleke University, Ede, Osun State have described as “fake news” a statement credited to MURIC, alleging the suspension of a Muslim student over the Jumat Friday prayer. They debunked the allegation in two separate letters to the management through the university’s chapter of the Muslim Students Society of Nigeria (MSSN). The society’s […]
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The Olufon of Ifon in Osun State, Oba Peter Oluwole Ipadeola, Akinyooye III, has waved the olive branch, calling on his subjects, the Ilobu, and Erin-Osun communities to stop hostilities and embrace peace. Both Ifon and Ilobu communities are locked up in a violent boundary dispute that spread on Saturday to the neighbouring Erin-Osun community. […]
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Peoples Democratic Party’s Board of Trustees Chairman, Senator Adolphus Wabara, has condemned President Bola Ahmed Tinubu’s declaration of a state of emergency in Rivers State as undemocratic and unconstitutional. In a statement issued on Sunday, he decried the suspension of the elected governor, deputy governor, and State House of Assembly members, replacing them with a […]
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The Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project has taken President Bola Tinubu to court over what it calls the “unlawful suspension” of the Rivers State Governor, his deputy, and House of Assembly members. The six-month suspension was announced while the president proclaimed a state of emergency in the state. SERAP argued that the decision violates constitutional […]
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The Presidency has described as personal the criticisms by former President Goodluck Ebele Jonathan, and Nobel laureate Prof Wole Soyinka, of the emergency rule imposed last Tuesday on Rivers State by President Bola Ahmed Tinubu. In its reaction to their intervention through the Senior Special Assistant to the President on Media and Publicity, Temitope Ajayi, […]
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Nobel Laureate, Prof Wole Soyinka, has criticised the emergency rule slammed on Rivers State by President Bola Ahmed Tinubu last Tuesday as excessive, and a rape on the spirit of federalism. He spoke at different interviews with Channels Television, and The Africa Report. Apart from declaring the emergency rule, the President also suspended Governor Siminalayi […]
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Ex-President Goodluck Ebele Jonathan has criticised the emergency rule imposed on Rivers State by President Bola Ahmed Tinubu as power abuse by all the dramatis personae cutting across the executive, legislature and judiciary. He spoke on Saturday in Abuja at the annual colloquium of the Haske Satumari Foundation, with the theme: “Promoting social change and […]
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Fubara attends the Salvation Ministries in GRA, Port Harcourt, on March 23, 2025. Credit: Channels TV Suspended Rivers State Governor, Siminalayi Fubara, has made his first public appearance after his suspension from office. He was seen attending a church service on Sunday at the headquarters of Salvation Ministries in GRA, Port Harcourt. Photo: X @phspecials […]
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