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News Nigeria » Rivers: Nigeria lifts emergency rule in Rivers State after 6 months of political crisis

News channel or source: https://www.newsday.com/news/nation/nigeria-rivers-state-emergency-rule-president-o75318
Published on: Tuesday 16 September 2025

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 ...

News Nigeria » Rivers: Nigeria's major river water levels under control before coming floods

News channel or source: https://www.msn.com/en-xl/news/other/nigeria-s-major-river-water-levels-under-control-before-coming-floods/ar-AA1G3Kfe
Published on: Tuesday 03 June 2025

08 Oct 2024 (NAMPA) The water levels in the River Niger, one of Nigeria's two major rivers, are being put under control as part of measures to prevent imminent flooding in the most populous African ...

News Nigeria » Rivers: Oil-producing Rivers, Abia, Imo rank worst in subnational transparency, accountability index

News channel or source: https://www.msn.com/en-xl/africa/nigeria/oil-producing-rivers-abia-imo-rank-worst-in-subnational-transparency-accountability-index/ar-AA20GVdO
Published on: Saturday 11 April 2026

Paradigm Leadership Support Initiative has ranked some southern states low when it comes to transparency at the subnational level, including oil producing state.

News Nigeria » Rivers: How Tompolo helped Tinubu fix Nigeria’s Rivers State crisis

News channel or source: https://www.theafricareport.com/385551/from-fugitive-to-fixer-how-tompolo-helped-defuse-nigerias-rivers-state-crisis/
Published on: Thursday 05 June 2025

When the political feud between Rivers State Governor Siminalayi Fubara and his estranged godfather, Nyesom Wike, escalated in March, the intervention of Niger Delta militants sparked fears of a ...

News Nigeria » Rivers: Rivers: We need urgent intervention to save Nigeria's democracy - Group writes UN

News channel or source: https://www.pulse.ng/story/rivers-we-need-urgent-intervention-to-save-nigerias-democracy-group-writes-un-2025042016122792451
Published on: Sunday 20 April 2025

The group lamented that a major state in Nigeria has been handed over to the military in broad daylight, calling on the UN to intervene to save the day urgently. In a letter addressed to the United ...

News Nigeria » Rivers: Nigeria lifts emergency rule in Rivers State after 6 months of political crisis

News channel or source: https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/nigeria-lifts-emergency-rule-rivers-191839222.html
Published on: Wednesday 17 September 2025

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. FILE - Nigeria's President Bola Ahmed Tinubu speaks at the opening ceremony of the Forum on China-Africa Cooperation (FOCAC) at ...