Nigeria, March 9 -- Governor Siminalayi Fubara of Rivers State has taken another step towards implementing the recent Supreme Court judgement on the Rivers political crises by inviting the Rivers House of Assembly members for a meeting.

Last month, The Supreme Court restored Martin Amaewhule as the speaker of the assembly and his 26 colleagues as the legitimate members, ending the splitting of the assembly into two factions.

In the verdict, Nigeria's highest court invalidated last year's local election in Rivers and stopped federal allocation to the oil-rich state.

Mr Fubara promised to implement the judgement in the interest of the people of the state, although he expressed reservations about it.

Based on the governor's order, the ch...