Tag: emergency rule
Fagbemi faults critics of S’ Court’s judgement on Rivers’ emergency rule
The Supreme Court had on Monday ruled that a sitting president has the power to declare a state of emergency…
Why I didn’t challenge my suspension in court – Fubara
President Tinubu had suspended him for six months and declared a state of emergency in Rivers during that time. After…
Emergency rule was painful but necessary, says Ibas in farewell lecture
The Sole Administrator of Rivers State, Vice-Admiral Ibok-Ete Ibas (retd), has shared important lessons learned from the six-month emergency rule…
Senate sets up 18-member committee to oversee emergency rule in Rivers
Akpabio stressed the need for having a committee like that of the House of Representatives to oversight the functions of…
Wike confesses: I want Fubara sacked, not suspended for six months
President Bola Tinubu had on 18 March declared a state of emergency in Rivers, citing the lingering political crisis in…
‘Why Tinubu declared emergency rule in Rivers’
Malam Danjuma Muhammad, TDF Chairman said this in a statement on Wednesday while defending President Tinubu’s proclamation of State of…
Rivers: Jonathan goes proverbial to ‘avoid heating up the polity’
However, the former President had previously said he will not comment on the declaration of a state of emergency in…
Emergency Rule: C’River Govt disassociates self from S/South Governors’ forum
The acting governor of the state, Dr Peter Odey, said that the government fully aligns itself with President Bola Tinubu’s…
‘Rivers safe, peaceful, secure under my watch’, Fubara faults Tinubu’s emergency rule
In a national broadcast on Tuesday, Tinubu declared a state of emergency in Rivers, following the lingering political crisis in…
Sierra Leone parliament extends emergency rule by 90 days
Sierra Leone Parliament on Friday in Freetown, ratified the extension, by 90 days, of the state of emergency which was…
Boko Haram: Reps reconvene to consider emergency rule
Ayorinde Oluokun/Abuja There was anxiety Tuesday night among members of Nigeria’s House of Representatives as the lawmakers are set to…
Nyako, Gaidam hammer Edwin Clark on emergency rule
Governors Murtala Nyako and Ibrahim Gaidam have condemned the recent call for their replacement with military administrators as part of…
Jonathan seeks extension of emergency rule in 3 states
Nigeria President Goodluck Jonathan on Wednesday asked the National Assembly to approve the extension by six months of emergency rule…
Boko Haram crisis: Nigerians seek refuge in Cameroon
The United Nations refugee agency has said that the ongoing crisis in north-eastern Nigeria is continuing to send people fleeing…
Jonah Jang backs emergency rule in Borno, others
Jonah Jang, governor of the central and volatile state of Plateau on Saturday in Jos described President Goodluck Jonathan’s declaration…
ACN Urges National Assembly To Study Emergency Order
The Action Congress of Nigeria (ACN) has urged the members of the National Assembly to carefully study the emergency rule…
Jonathan ends emergency rule in Boko Haram councils
Nigerian Government State of Emergency in Four States The Federal Government has lifted the State of Emergency imposed on 15…
Jonathan slams emergency rule in Boko Haram’s areas
Ayorinde Oluokun/Abuja After two days of feverish meetings with his security chiefs following the Christmas Day bombings of a Catholic…