Politics

Gov. Seyi Makinde of Oyo State has disapproved of President Bola Tinubu’s declaration of a state of emergency in Rivers. Makinde, in his biweekly newsletter, ‘The Business of Governance’,…

Gov. Abba Yusuf of Kano State has instructed all his political appointees to declare their assets. Yusuf gave the directive during an Iftar (Ramadan breaking of Fast) with Heads of…

Chief Tony Okocha, Chairman, All Progressives Congress (APC), Rivers, has described the emergency rule in the state as painful but critical and a timeous decision. Okocha made the remark…

The House of Representatives on Thursday unanimously approved the state of emergency declared in Rivers State by President Bola Tinubu. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the…

The suspended Senator, Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan and the Senate President, Godswill Akpabio, on Wednesday, disagreed over the Senate’s application seeking to vacate the order made by a Federal…

The 2023 Presidential candidate of the Labour Party, Peter Obi, has described the declaration of state of emergency in Rivers as undemocratic. In a reaction on his X handle on Wednesday,…

Gov. Siminilayi Fubara of Rivers State has urged the citizens in the state to remain peaceful and law-abiding in the face of the state of emergency declared in the state. Fubara made the…

The Peoples Democratic Party Governors’ Forum (PDPGF) has called on President Bola Tinubu to reverse the state of emergency declared in Rivers State. The Chairman, Gov. Bala Mohammed of…

President Bola Tinubu’s declaration of a state of emergency in Rivers State is a misguided intervention that does little to address the root causes of the crisis plaguing the state. Rather…

President Bola Tinubu has declared a state of emergency in Rivers State following the lingering political crisis in the state. The President made the declaration in a national broadcast…