State of Emergency

In the face of the ongoing impeachment process of Governor Siminalayi Fubara of Rivers State by the Assembly Members; a foremost pro democracy and accountability group has asked the Governor to honorably resign, before it is too late.…

Section 305 of the 1999 Constitution grants the President broad discretion to take “extraordinary measures” to restore normalcy during an emergency. While the section does not explicitly detail these measures, it allows for actions such…

Amidst escalating insecurity in Nigeria, President Bola Tinubu on Wednesday declared a national security emergency and ordered the armed forces including the Police, Department of State Services (DSS) to recruit more personnel to confront…

STATEMENT BY HIS EXCELLENCY, BOLA AHMED TINUBU, PRESIDENT OF THE FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF NIGERIA, ON THE CESSATION OF THE STATE OF EMERGENCY IN RIVERS STATE My Fellow countrymen and, in particular, the good people of Rivers State. I am…

Former governor of Rivers State and Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Mr. Nyesom Wike has said that the state emergency  imposed on Rivers State by President Bola Tinubu will end on September 18, 2025. Wike gave the…

The House of Representatives has created an Ad-hoc Committee to oversight the implementation of the sate of emergency imposed on Rivers State by President Bola Tinubu. The committee according to a statement issued in Abuja on Sunday by…

Rt. Hon. Linus Okorie Dr. Onyereri’s response to my to my earlier critique of his initial piece titled “Dismantling the False Narrative of a ‘Coup’ in Rivers State,” is elegant, thoughtful, and rhetorically compelling—but…

By Rt. Hon. Dr. Jones Onyereri Let me begin by stating unequivocally: democracy is not a suicide pact. The framers of our Constitution, in their wisdom, embedded provisions like Section 305 precisely to prevent the…

Rt. Hon. Linus Okorie, FCA, FCAI When President Bola Tinubu declared a state of emergency in Rivers State, many believed it was a necessary intervention to restore order. Others, however, saw through the constitutional…

The Nigerian Bar Association (NBA) has moved its scheduled Annual General Conference (AGC) earlier slated to hold in Port Harcourt Rivers State to Enugu in protest against the imposition of State of Emergency on Rivers State by President…