State of Emergency in Rivers - Nigeria News Source

March 27, 2025

PDP governors drag Tinubu, NASS to Supreme Court over Fubara’s suspension

Seven state governors elected on the platform of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) have filed a suit before the Supreme Court of Nigeria challenging the suspension of the Rivers...

Tinubu’s leadership is failing—And Nigeria is barreling toward disaster

March 27, 2025

Rivers: The day after

In 1983, the ABC, an American broadcast company, envisioned exploring the effects of nuclear war on the United States. The product was a television movie called “The Day After”....

March 26, 2025

Rivers: A state of troubled waters

Events in recent times have further shown that all is not well with Nigeria’s structure and governance approach with a special reference to the happenings in Rivers State, where...

March 25, 2025

Jonathan’s indirect rebuke and the rise of Yahoo leadership

Former President Goodluck Jonathan recently stirred the national conscience with a subtle yet piercing critique of Nigeria’s current leadership. Though he mentioned no names, his pointed remark about the...

March 23, 2025

That Rivers may heal

The ongoing political quagmire in Rivers State has elicited a wide range of reactions from various quarters. Loyalists, aggrieved individuals with personal grievances, opportunists masking self-interest as intervention, as...

The Freudian slip that exposed the seat: Wike, Tinubu, and Rivers State

March 23, 2025

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...

March 20, 2025

Tinubu’s Bold Power Play: A state of emergency in Rivers ignites national fury

In a move that has sent shockwaves through Nigeria’s political landscape, President Bola Ahmed Tinubu’s sudden declaration of a state of emergency in Rivers State and the suspension of...

March 20, 2025

State of Emergency in Rivers: Cracking a nut with a sledgehammer

There is no denying the fact that the declaration of a state of emergency in Rivers State is an ill-advised and disproportionate measure that threatens to escalate an already...

March 19, 2025

Back to Ground Zero: Who advised Tinubu to do this?

I have just picked up my phone after breaking my fast to find multiple missed calls and countless messages about an alarming development: President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has reportedly...

March 19, 2025

Emergency Rule: Remain peaceful and law-abiding, Fubara tells Rivers people

The now suspended governor of Rivers State, Siminalayi Fubara, has urged the people of the state to remain peaceful and law-abiding in the face of the state of emergency...

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