Politics

President Bola Tinubu has sworn in retired vice admiral Ibok-Ete Ibas, as the sole administrator of Rivers state. The ceremony took place on Wednesday at the Presidential Villa in Abuja. This event comes a day after Tinubu suspended Siminalayi Fubara, governor of Rivers, Ngozi Odu, his deputy, and all state lawmakers for six months. The president nominated Ibas as administrator and charged him with the management of the state without […]

The Senate has stepped down a motion seeking approval for President Bola Tinubu’s proclamation of a state of emergency in Rivers State, without offering an official explanation.   The motion, which was listed as the first item on Wednesday’s Order Paper, was deferred by lawmakers, delaying discussions on the prolonged political crisis in the state.   Sponsored by Senate Leader Opeyemi Bamidele, the motion expressed concern over the rising tensions […]

Members of the house of representatives are locked in a heated exchange as the green chamber prepares to debate the emergency rule in Rivers state.   The shouting match began as the legislators entered the chamber — way before the commencement of plenary. On Tuesday, President Bola Tinubu declared a state of emergency in Rivers following the prolonged political crisis in the south-south state. The president also suspended Siminalayi Fubara, governor of […]

There was tension and disruption on the ever-busy East-West Road yesterday as protesting Ijaw youths blocked the highway, leaving traders, motorists, and commuters stranded for hours.   The demonstrators, under the umbrella of the Ijaw Youth Council, IYC, staged a peaceful protest at the Mbiama axis of the road to express their displeasure over recent political developments in Rivers State and derogatory remarks allegedly made by Chief Nyesom Wike, the […]

President Bola Tinubu has declared a state of emergency in Rivers State due to a prolonged political crisis and governance paralysis.   In a nationwide broadcast on Tuesday, March 18, 2025, he expressed deep concern over the situation, noting that despite interventions, no resolution was in sight.   The crisis escalated when Governor Siminalayi Fubara demolished the State House of Assembly on December 13, 2023, and failed to rebuild it […]

Senator Heineken Lokpobiri, the Minister of State for Petroleum Resources, Oil has called on oil-producing communities in the Niger Delta to maintain peace to fully benefit from the 3 percent Host Community Development Trust Fund (HCDTF) allocated under the Petroleum Industry Act (PIA)   Senator Lokpobiri made the appeal on Thursday during the KEFFESO Stakeholders Forum held at the Nigerian Content Development and Monitoring Board, NCDMB in Yenagoa, the capital […]

Mallam Nasir El-Rufai, the immediate-past Governor of Kaduna State, has resigned from the ruling All Progressives Congress and defected to the Social Democratic Party (SDP). In a statement he issued on Monday, El-Rufai expressed his disappointment with the APC’s leadership style, accusing the leadership of the party of straying from the progressive ideals of its founding members. He disclosed that he had expressed concerns both privately and publicly over the […]