emergency rule

The Digest: Rivers State Governor Siminalayi Fubara has revealed that his administration inherited over ₦600 billion in state funds following the lifting of the presidential emergency rule. The governor made the disclosure while commissioning a road project, countering legislative criticisms...

President Bola Tinubu has reinstated Siminalayi Fubara as Governor of Rivers State following the end of a six-month state of emergency declared in March 2025. During this period, Fubara, his deputy, and members of the State Assembly were suspended, and Ibok Ete Ibas served as Sole Administrator...

The Digest: President Bola Tinubu has ended the six-month emergency rule in Rivers State, ordering Governor Siminalayi Fubara, Deputy Governor Ngozi Odu, and state assembly members to resume duties on Thursday, September 18. The decision follows a period of “total paralysis of governance”...

The Digest: Ibok-Ete Ibas, Sole Administrator of Rivers State, has defended the imposition of emergency rule in the state, calling it a "necessity forced upon us by insecurity and political impasse." Speaking at a public lecture on democracy and governance, Ibas acknowledged the hardship but...