President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has on Tuesday appointed Vice Admiral Ibokette Ibas (Rtd) as Administrator to take charge of the affairs of the state in the interest of the good people of Rivers State.

President Bola Tinubu has declared a state of emergency in Rivers State, citing the prolonged political crisis and governance paralysis.

PRESIDENT Bola Tinubu will address the nation today in a nationwide broadcast on the situation in Rivers State.

AMIDST the heightening tension in Rivers State, President Bola Tinubu is currently meeting behind closed doors with the Service Chiefs and the Inspector-General of Police, IGP, at the Presidential Villa, Abuja.

“Fuel prices skyrocketed, leading to increased transportation costs and inflation. While proponents argue this restructuring is necessary for long-term economic stability and to free up funds for other crucial sectors, the immediate social consequences cannot be ignored”

The National Legal Adviser of the Inter-Party Advisory Council of Nigeria (IPAC), Chief Barr. Chukwudi Ezeobika, has stated that President Bola Tinubu and his party, the All Progressives Congress (APC), face an unprecedented rejection, particularly in the South East, ahead of the 2027 elections.

Former Speaker of the Kaduna State House of Assembly, Hon. Yusuf Ibrahim Zailani, has stated that it is unfair to blame President Bola Ahmed Tinubu for the challenges facing Northern Nigeria.

A former member of the Osun State House of Assembly, Olatunbosun Oyintiloye, has stated that no amount of political alliance or defection can prevent President Bola Tinubu’s re-election in 2027.

Malam Nasir El-Rufai has admitted that he and other politicians supported President Bola Tinubu for the 2023 presidential election despite their awareness of his Chicago State University academic records controversy. 

“My viewers crave peace, not promises. Tinubu says ‘rule of law,’ but Wike’s crew still blocks Fubara—where’s the balance?”

President Bola Tinubu, Friday told the Catholic Bishops Conference of Nigeria, CBCN, that he is not a religious bigot and that he has no bias towards any religion.

President Bola Tinubu has stated that Nigeria would have faced bankruptcy if not for the decisive actions taken by his administration upon assuming office.

Islamic scholars, Amir Ikhwan Awwal and Sheikh Abubakar Solaty, have called on both Muslims and Christians to use the ongoing Ramadan and Lent period to fervently pray for Nigeria’s President, Bola Tinubu, as he navigates the country through economic challenges.

FOLLOWING the remarks by the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, FCT, Mr. Nyesom Wike that if Governor Siminalayi Fubara of Rivers State is impeached, heaven would not fall, the leadership of Supreme Egbesu Assembly, SEA, an ancestral traditional institution of the Ijaw people, yesterday, threatened to “shock” President Bola Tinubu at the appropriate time, if the governor is removed.

Nearly two years after President Bola Tinubu recalled all ambassadors, their replacements are expected to be announced “very soon”.