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Nigeria: 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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Nigeria: New Administrator Takes Charge Of River State Amid State Of Emergency

Mr Tinubu, on Tuesday, declared a state of emergency in Rivers State and also suspended Governor Siminalayi Fubara, his Deputy, Ngozi Odu and all elected lawmakers in the state.

18 days ago·South Africa

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Daily Post Nigeria

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Rivers: No law allows president to suspend governor

Nigerian rapper and lawyer Folarin Falana, popularly known as Falz, has reacted to the State of Emergency declared in Rivers State by President Bola Ahmed Tinubu in light of the ongoing political crisis in the state. DAILY POST reported that in a nationwide broadcast on Tuesday, President Tinubu suspended Governor Siminalayi Fubara and his deputy, Ngozi Odu, as well as all elected members of the House of Assembly of Rivers State and nominated Vi…

19 days ago·Nigeria

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Premium Times Nigeria

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Tinubu declares state of emergency in Rivers, suspends Fubara, deputy

Messrs Wike and Fubara have been locked in a protracted fight over the control of the political structures in Rivers State, which initially split the assembly into two factions. The post Tinubu declares state of emergency in Rivers, suspends Fubara, deputy appeared first on Premium Times Nigeria.

20 days ago·Abuja, Nigeria

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National Daily Newspaper

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…

15 days ago

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Thegeniusmedia

BREAKING: Tinubu Led Government Releases Rivers’ LGs Allocations After Fubara's Suspension

The Genius Media BREAKING: Tinubu Led Government Releases Rivers’ LGs Allocations After Fubara’s Suspension BREAKING: Tinubu Led Government Releases Rivers’ LGs Allocations After Fubara’s Suspension The Genius Media Nigeria reports that The Sole Administrator of Rivers State, Vice-Admiral Ibok-Ete Ibas (retd.) has comfirmed the release of Local Government allocations, initially withheld by the Federal Government. Ibas stated that necessary s…

16 days ago

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thetrentonline.com

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 …

18 days ago

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