Emergency Rule: Who Won And Lost Rivers Game Of Thrones?
Today marks the end of the emergency rule in Rivers State, following the end of the six-month emergency rule imposed on the state by Bola Tinubu. Tinubu, on Wednesday, announced an end to the emergency rule he declared in Rivers State on March 18, 2025. In a statement on the cessation of the emergency rule,…
Emergency Rule Suspension: Tinubu Did Rivers People No Favour – Briggs
An environmental and human rights activist, Ann-Kio Briggs, says Bola Tinubu has not done any favour to the people of Rivers State with the suspension of the emergency rule. Briggs made the assertion on Thursday in Port Harcourt, saying President Tinubu unjustly declared the emergency rule in the state. “But let’s not mistake one aspect…
NECO Releases 2025 SSCE Results, Records 61% Drop In Exam Malpractice
The National Examinations Council (NECO) has released the 2025 Senior School Certificate Examination (SSCE) Internal results, with 60.26 per cent of the candidates obtaining five credits and above, including in Mathematics and English. Announcing the release at the Council’s headquarters in Minna, Niger State, on Wednesday, the Registrar and Chief Executive, Dantani Wushishi, said a…
RECAP: UEFA Champions League Results — Collated
The results are from the champions league game played on wednesday. UEFA Champions League results on Wednesday: League phase, matchday one In Piraeus, Greece Olympiakos (GRE) 0 Pafos (CYP) 0 In Prague Slavia Prague (CZE) 2 (Mbodji 23, 74) Bodo/Glimt (NOR) 2 (Bassi 78, Brunstad Fet 90) In Amsterdam Ajax (NED) 0 Inter Milan (ITA)…
Man City ‘Apparently’ Not Champions League Contenders — Guardiola
Pep Guardiola acknowledged that Manchester City are not considered among the favourites to win the Champions League ahead of their opening game against Napoli on Thursday. City have regularly reached the sharp end of Europe’s top club competition in recent years, winning the trophy for the first time in 2023. They suffered a painful early…
Fact-Finding Committee Report Reveals 12,000 Deaths In Plateau Attacks
The Plateau State Government has received the report of a high-powered fact-finding committee on recent attacks across the state, uncovering disturbing details of violence that has spanned more than two decades. Presenting the report in Jos, Chairman of the committee, Major General Rogers Nicholas (rtd.), disclosed that over 420 communities in Plateau State were attacked…
Fubara’s Return: Damage Already Done – CUPP
The Coalition of United Political Parties, CUPP, has said it welcomes the termination of the state of emergency in Rivers State but strongly condemns its declaration as an egregious act of federal overreach and a direct assault on Nigeria’s democratic principles. According to CUPP, the suspension of the elected governor, deputy governor, and the Rivers…
Fubara Will Have ‘Zero’ Powers Upon Resumption As Rivers Gov, Tonye Cole Laments
A chieftain of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Tonye Cole, has said that Siminalayi Fubara, who was suspended as Governor of Rivers State by Bola Tinubu, will have ‘zero’ powers when his suspension is eventually lifted. Cole, who spoke on Channels Television’s The Morning Brief on Wednesday, said Fubara would find himself in a difficult…
BREAKING: Tinubu Ends State Of Emergency In Rivers
Bola Tinubu has announced the end of the six-month state of emergency imposed on Rivers State, declaring that Governor Siminalayi Fubara, his deputy, Ngozi Nma Odu, and members of the State House of Assembly will return to office from Thursday, September 18, 2025. Tinubu in a statement released on Wednesday by the Presidency, said the…
Suspect In Kirk Killing To Be Charged In US Court
The suspect in the murder of prominent US conservative political activist Charlie Kirk is to be charged in a Utah court on Tuesday, authorities said. Kirk, a close ally of President Donald Trump, was shot dead last week during a speaking event on a Utah university campus. He was the founder of the influential conservative…