{"id":179272,"date":"2025-09-17T20:46:17","date_gmt":"2025-09-17T19:46:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/uncategorized\/fubara-resumes-as-tinubu-lifts-rivers-emergency-rule"},"modified":"2025-09-17T22:15:23","modified_gmt":"2025-09-17T21:15:23","slug":"fubara-resumes-as-tinubu-lifts-rivers-emergency-rule","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/fubara-resumes-as-tinubu-lifts-rivers-emergency-rule","title":{"rendered":"Fubara Resumes as Tinubu Lifts Rivers Emergency Rule"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>Africa-Press &#8211; Nigeria. <\/strong><\/span>President Bola Tinubu has suspended the emergency rule in Rivers State.<\/p>\n<p>In a statement released by the Presidency on Wednesday, Tinubu asked Siminalayi Fubara, the suspended governor, to resume work on Thursday, September 18.<\/p>\n<p>The President also asked the Deputy Governor, Ngozi Nma Odu, and members of the Rivers State House of Assembly to resume their duties.<\/p>\n<p>Tinubu had declared a state of emergency in Rivers State six months ago.<\/p>\n<p>Tinubu, while lifting the state of emergency in the oil rich state on Wednesday, said, \u201cIt therefore gives me great pleasure to declare that the emergency in Rivers State of Nigeria shall end with effect from midnight today.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe Governor, His Excellency Siminalayi Fubara, the deputy governor, Her Excellency Ngozi Nma Odu, and members of the Rivers State House of Assembly and the speaker, Martins Amaewhule, will resume work in their offices from 18 September 2025.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong>For More News And Analysis About <span style=\"color: #ff6600\">Nigeria<\/span> Follow <span style=\"color: #ff6600\">Africa-Press<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Africa-Press &#8211; Nigeria. 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. 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