The ongoing crisis in Nigeria’s Rivers State is expected to deepen as Federal Capital Territory Minister Nyesom Wike and his allies attempt to block federal funds to the state to starve Governor Sim ...

Nigeria's president Bola Tinubu lifted a sixth-month long emergency rule in the oil-rich Rivers State on Wednesday, as a governance and constitutional crisis had been resolved, according to the head ...

ABUJA, Nigeria — Nigeria’s president lifted emergency rule and removed the suspension of a state governor and lawmakers in oil-rich Rivers State on Wednesday after six months of emergency rule in ...

In a national broadcast on 18 March, 2025, President Bola Ahmed Tinubu, exercising the powers conferred on him by Section 305 of the 1999 Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, as amended, ...

Brent crude is currently priced around $71.45 per barrel, indicating that Nigeria could lose roughly $14m daily if the disruption persists. “Between 190,000 and 245,000 barrels of crude pass through ...

LAGOS, Sept 17 (Reuters) - Nigerian President Bola Tinubu on Wednesday lifted a six-month emergency rule in Rivers State, reinstating Governor Siminalayi Fubara and other officials, after saying that ...

The Federal Government has inaugurated the Ogbakiri Roundabout–Ogbakiri Waterfront Road in Ogbakiri, Emohua Local Government Area of Rivers State, Nigeria.Speaking at the recent inauguration, the ...

PORT HARCOURT, Nigeria, Dec 11 (Reuters) - Nigeria's oil-rich Rivers state will provide six gunboats to the navy for patrols as part of efforts to help combat oil theft, which has plagued the region, ...