Nigeria, June 27 -- President Bola Tinubu hosted another reconciliation meeting on Thursday, 26 June, between the suspended Governor of Rivers State, Siminalayi Fubara, and the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, Nyesom Wike.

The Speaker of the suspended Rivers House of Assembly, Martins Amaewhule, and other assembly members attended the closed-door meeting to end the protracted political crisis in the oil-rich state.

President Tinubu declared an emergency rule in Rivers on 18 March and suspended Governor Fubara, his deputy, and all the Rivers assembly members for six months after his previous efforts to broker peace between Messrs Fubara and Wike.

He appointed Mr Ibok-ette Ibas, a retired vice admiral, as the sole administrator...