Nigeria, Jan. 25 -- When the Rivers State House of Assembly abruptly shut down the plenary on 5 December 2025 and pushed sittings into the New Year, it did not feel like a routine adjournment. It felt like a warning. Weeks later, that warning matured into an impeachment notice-another one-forcing a single, uncomfortable question into public debate: is Governor Siminalayi Fubara calm because he is in control, calculated because he is buying time, or careless because he has misread the moment?

Governor Fubara appears to have chosen restraint over retaliation, silence over spectacle. While supporters call it statesmanship, critics see miscalculation, prompting PREMIUM TIMES to interrogate whether Mr Fubara's attitude has steadied the polity...