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Nigeria presido lift suspension on govnor of oil-rich Rivers
Di oil-producing areas for Nigeria, including Rivers State, don dey face militant attacks wey dey target oil pipelines for many years.
Nigeria presido lift suspension on govnor of oil-rich Rivers
Presido Tinubu declare state of emergency for Rivers State for March 2025. / Reuters
18 Septemba 2025

Nigeria President Bola Tinubu don lift di emergency rule wey e put for Rivers State, and don also remove di suspension of di state governor and lawmakers.

Dis one happen on Wednesday afta six months of emergency rule wey dem declare because of political wahala and oil pipeline vandalism, according to wetin dem post for social media.

Di president tok say di emergency rule na to stop di katakata wey bin dey happen for Rivers State. "To arrest di drift toward anarchy for Rivers State," na wetin President Tinubu tok as e defend di decision to impose di emergency rule.

"Dis one na beta news for me and e show say we don achieve something wey make sense. So, I no see any reason why di state of emergency go dey last pass di six months wey I don talk from di beginning," Tinubu add.

Di wahala for Rivers State start afta political gbege between di governor, Siminalayi Fubara, and di state lawmakers. Some lawmakers bin try impeach di governor, accuse am say e present di state budget illegally and change di composition of di legislature. But Fubara don deny all di accusations.

Di oil-producing area for Nigeria, including Rivers State, don dey face militant attacks wey dey target oil pipelines for many years.

During di emergency rule period, na Nigeria retired navy chief, Vice Admiral Ibokette Ibas, dey rule di state.

Di Nigerian constitution allow emergency rule to maintain law and order for rare situations. Di last time wey dem declare emergency rule for Nigeria na under President Goodluck Jonathan for 2013, for di northeastern states of Adamawa, Borno, and Yobe during di height of Boko Haram attacks. But dat time, dem no suspend di state governors.