Emergency Rule, Political Aftershocks: Inside South-South’s 2025 Power Reset
By NJORIGE LYNUS THE South-South in 2025 became Nigeria’s most volatile political theatre, with Rivers State serving as ground zero. President Bola Tinubu’s declaration of emergency rule — suspending Governor Siminalayi Fubara, his deputy, and the entire Rivers House of Assembly — was the boldest constitutional intervention in the region since 1999. The appointment of […]
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