A member of the Rivers Elders Council, Anabs Sara-Igbe, has called on President Bola Tinubu to suspend one of his cabinet members, the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, FCT, Nyesom Wike.Sara-Igbe made the call when he appeared on Channels Television’s Politics Today… Rivers crisis: Sara-Igbe questions Tinubu’s decision on Wike …C0NTINUE READING HERE >>>>
Maybe we are forgetting that President Bola Ahmed Tinubu, and BAT for short, is a fine democrat. He is also a man of enormous means who knows how to use what he has to get what he wants. Part of the credentials that qualified him for previous and current roles is fighting so hard to… … Read more
The federal government led by President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has been dragged before the Community Court of Justice of the Economic Community of West African States, ECOWAS Court, in Abuja, over the declaration of a state of emergency and the suspension of democratically elected… Rivers: Tinubu dragged to ECOWAS court over emergency rule …C0NTINUE READING … Read more
Amidst controversies trailing the emergency proclamation in Rivers State, the National Democratic Coalition, NADECA, hailed the policy, insisting that the National Assembly acted in good faith with the Presidential action. The coalition of over 100 pro-democracy groups in… Coalition backs Tinubu’s declaration of emergency rule in Rivers State …C0NTINUE READING HERE >>>>
A constitutional lawyer and Senior Advocate of Nigeria, SAN, Roy Nweze has backed the recent emergency rule declared by President Bola Tinubu in Rivers State. Nweze said Tinubu’s decision was to restore normalcy in the oil-rich state, and to protect lives and property of… Constitutional lawyer backs Tinubu’s Emergency rule, Fubara removal …C0NTINUE READING HERE … Read more
The All Progressives Congress (APC) says President Bola Tinubu declared a state of emergency in Rivers to restore constitutional governance and protect lives and property. Felix Morka, APC National Publicity Secretary, gave the explanation in a statement on Thursday in Abuja. He praised… APC explains Tinubu’s emergency declaration in Rivers …C0NTINUE READING HERE >>>>
President Bola Ahmed Tinubu’s proclamation of emergency rule in Rivers State on Tuesday surprised me for reasons different from those for which he has been severely criticised. The mildest criticism is that Tinubu’s failure to call the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory,… Rivers State Emergency Rule: A different view – By Azu Ishiekwene …C0NTINUE … Read more
…yet failed to declare such rule in some northern states who live under perpetual tension … totally rejects the emergency rule The PANDEF has queried President Bola Tinubu’s declaration of a State of Emergency in Rivers State using the incident of pipeline explosion as an alibi to… PANDEF queries TInubu, says you used pipeline …C0NTINUE … Read more
Suddenly, the crisis in the Nigerian Senate has been replaced in the headlines by the state of emergency declared in Rivers State by President Tinubu and the resurgence of bombings in the creeks. Senator Godswill Akpabio is perhaps the happiest politician in the country today because of… Wike, Natasha and the explosions in the creeks … Read more
President Bola Tinubu on Thursday lauded the National Assembly for ratifying the State of Emergency proclamation in Rivers State. In a statement by his spokesman, Mr Bayo Onanuga, the President described the decision as a crucial step in restoring stability. He highlighted that the… Tinubu lauds NASS for ratifying Rivers state of emergency …C0NTINUE READING … Read more