Nigeria, March 19 -- President Bola Tinubu is currently meeting with the Sole Administrator of Rivers State, Ibok-Ete Ibas, at the Aso Rock Presidential Villa, Abuja.

The administrator arrived at the nation's seat of power at 12.48 p.m.

Mr Ibas, a retired vice Admiral and former chief of naval staff, from Cross River State, was appointed as Rivers administrator on Tuesday following the declaration of a state of emergency in the oil-rich state.

He served as naval chief between 2015 and 2021 under the administration of former President Muhammadu Buhari.

Apart from the declaration of emergency rule, President Tinubu, in a nationwide broadcast, also suspended the governor of Rivers State, Siminalayi Fubara, his deputy, Ngozi Odu and all e...