Troubling is the increasing reliance on courts to resolve electoral disputes, often months after the people have cast their votes. This has made the judiciary a de facto final arbiter of elections — a role that should belong to the electorate

Just three hours after President Bola Ahmed Tinubu declared a state of emergency in Rivers State, a new video has surfaced suggesting another pipeline explosion, this time in the Gbarain Kingdom of Bayelsa State.

President Bola Ahmed Tinubu, Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, declared a state of emergency in Rivers State on Tuesday, 18th March 2025.

Another explosion has reportedly struck a pipeline manifold in the Omwawriwa axis of Ogba-Egbema-Ndoni Local Government Area (ONELGA) in Rivers State.