Nigeria, July 19 -- The Federal High Court in Abuja has dismissed a request to restrain the National Assembly from approving the Rivers State 2025 budget under the current sole administrator, Ibok-Ete Ibas, a retired vice admiral.

Judge James Omotosho, in a ruling on Friday, held that the court could not grant the prayer because the action the plaintiffs sought to stop had already been completed.

President Bola Tinubu, on 18 March, declared an emergency rule in Rivers State under which he suspended Governor Siminalayi Fubara and other elected officials for six months and appointed Mr Ibas as the sole administrator of the state for the period.

The Senate, which took over the legislative functions of the Rivers State House of Assembly fo...