Nigeria's president declares emergency in oil-rich state
Nigeria is facing an escalating political crisis after President Bola Tinubu declared a state of emergency in the oil-rich ...
Business Day1h
Doherty writes NASS, says Rivers’ emergency rule “extreme, uncalled for”
Accordingly, this element of the President’s declaration must be unequivocally rejected by the National Assembly as, in my ...
Daily Post Nigeria on MSN4h
Rivers: Nigerian lawmakers under pressure to rectify Tinubu’s state of emergency declaration
There are indications that Nigerian lawmakers at the National Assembly are under pressure to rectify President Bola Ahmed ...
Nigerian leader suspends the governor of an oil-rich state in rare emergency rule
Nigeria’s leader declared an emergency in oil-rich Rivers state and suspended its governor and lawmakers over a political ...
Vanguard2h
Emergency rule: Violation must be rejected by national assembly – says Ejiofor
A lawyer and Human rights activist, Barrister Ifeanyi Ejiofor, on Thursday described the declaration of a state of Emergency ...
AllAfrica2h
Nigeria: Why State of Emergency in Rivers Is Unconstitutional, Impracticable - PDP
The PDP argued that no provision of the constitution empowered the president to dismantle a sub-national government or suspend a democratically-elected governor under any situation whatsoever.
Vanguard6h
Emergency rule in Rivers: FG, Govs disagree
I think the President has acted timeously. He has given the opportunity to all the parties involved, to make amends. Before ...
Business Day6h
NLC, TUC seek reversal of state of emergency in Rivers
The NLC and the TUC have called on President Bola Tinubu to immediately reverse the State of Emergency imposed on Rivers ...