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BREAKING: Fubara to resume Thursday as Tinubu suspends Rivers emergency rule

BREAKING: Fubara to resume Thursday as Tinubu suspends Rivers emergency rule

Rédaction Africa Links 24 with Ifreke Inyang
Published on 2025-09-17 15:57:10

President Bola Tinubu has suspended the emergency rule in Rivers State.

In a statement released by the Presidency on Wednesday, Tinubu asked Siminalayi Fubara, the suspended governor, to resume work on Thursday, September 18.

The President also asked the Deputy Governor, Ngozi Nma Odu, and members of the Rivers State House of Assembly to resume their duties.

Tinubu had declared a state of emergency in Rivers State six months ago.

Tinubu, while lifting the state of emergency in the oil rich state on Wednesday, said, “It therefore gives me great pleasure to declare that the emergency in Rivers State of Nigeria shall end with effect from midnight today.

“The Governor, His Excellency Siminalayi Fubara, the deputy…

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