Two members of the House of Representatives, Marie Ebikake and Blessing Amadi, on Wednesday engaged in a heated argument over the declaration of emergency rule in Rivers State by President Bola Tinubu, on Tuesday. Ebikake and Amadi, who represent Brass/Nembe Federal Constituency of Bayelsa and Port Harcourt Two Federal Constituency of Rivers State respectively, started…
A bipartisan group, named Osun Leaders of Thought has praised President Bola Ahmed Tinubu for demonstrating statesmanship and commitment to rule of law by rejecting pressure on him to declare a state of emergency in Osun state. Rising from its emergency leadership meeting today at Osogbo, the group composed of top leaders from the Peoples…
…President Bola Ahmed Tinubu is a Democrat, wise enough not to be rail roaded into such The Osun state Government is miffed and constrained to react to a statement credited to the APC National scribe, Senator Ajibola Basiru in which he urges the President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, Bola Ahmed Tinubu to extend…
Rivers State Governor, Siminalayi Fubara and his family were reportedly held hostage on Tuesday night at the Government House in Port Harcourt by heavily armed soldiers. The development followed President Bola Tinubu’s declaration of a state of emergency in Rivers State under Section 180 of the Nigerian Constitution. Tinubu justified the move by citing the…
Police detectives in Ondo State, have arrested seven suspected kidnappers including a 19-year Umar Isyaku, in possession of N3.5 million believed to be ransom paid by families of their victims. Briefing newsmen in Akure, the state Commissioner of Police, Wilfred Afolabi, said the 19-year-old lsyaku was arrested alongside one Ridwan Salisu,45, at Ipele in connection…
Hours after President Bola Tinubu declared a state of emergency in Rivers State, soldiers have taken over the state Government House. An Armoured Personnel Carrier has also been stationed at the entrance of the Government House along Azikiwe Road in Port Harcourt. It is not clear if Governor Siminalayi Fubara was still in his official…
Fellow Nigerians, I feel greatly disturbed at the turn we have come to regarding the political crisis in Rivers State. Like many of you, I have watched with concern the development with the hope that the parties involved would allow good sense to prevail at the soonest, but all that hope burned out without any…
By Dr. Farah Dagogo The Declaration of a State of Emergency in Rivers State by President Bola Ahmed Tinubu raises serious constitutional questions under the 1999 Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria (as amended) Since President Tinubu admits that the Governor and Deputy Governor did not request the proclamation (as required under Section 305(5),…
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has rejected the State of Emergency imposed on Rivers State by President Bola Tinubu. In a statement released by the National Publicity Secretary of the PDP, Debo Ologunagba, the party argued that the President exercised powers he didn’t possess by removing an elected governor and imposing a state of emergency on…
President Bola Tinubu on Tuesday, declared State of Emergency in Rivers amid protracted political crisis. In the nationwide broadcast in which he made the declaration, Tinubu said, “No good and responsible President will standby and allow the grave situation to continue without taking remedial steps prescribed by the Constitution to address the situation in the…
