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Nigeria’s largest oil pipeline, the Trans-Niger Pipeline, has resumed operations after a temporary shutdown caused by a recent explosion and fire.

The restart comes amid escalating tensions and a deepening crisis in Rivers State, where the pipeline is located, raising concerns about the stability of the country’s oil production and its broader economic implications.

The Trans-Niger Pipeline, which transports approximately 450,000 barrels of crude oil per day, was temporarily shut down following an explosion on March 17, 2025.

The incident, which caused significant damage to the infrastructure, disrupted oil exports and heightened fears about the security of Nigeria’s critical energy assets.

A senior oil executive who pleaded anonymity confirmed that repairs have been completed and operations have resumed, but the situation remains fragile due to an ongoing unrest in Rivers State.

“The threat to oil production is still there despite resumption of Trans-Niger pipeline,” he said.

On Tuesday, President Bola Tinubu Tuesday declared a state of emergency in Rivers State, suspending Governor Siminalayi Fubara, Deputy Governor Ngozi Oduand and all elected lawmakers of the state House of Assembly for an initial period of six months.

Tinubu, who issued the declaration in a national broadcast Tuesday night, appointed Ibokette Ibas, a retired vice admiral, as administrator “to take charge of the affairs of the state in the interest of the good people of Rivers State.”

Tinubu said the ongoing crisis has been a major source of concern to him, especially as all his efforts to resolve it have not yielded any result.

“For the avoidance of doubt, this declaration does not affect the judicial arm of Rivers State, which shall continue to function in accordance with their constitutional mandate,” the president said.

Tinubu cited as the basis for his action ‘the disturbing’ violence in the state in the last 24 hours, including explosions and vandalisation of petroleum pipelines linked to the political crises in the state.

The president announced the decision in a televised address on Tuesday, citing the prolonged political crisis in the oil-rich state and the failure of both the executive and legislative arms to resolve their differences. Tinubu also appointed retired Vice Admiral Ibokette Ibas as the state’s administrator to oversee its affairs during the emergency period.

It comes a day after the 26 lawmakers in the state served a notice of gross misconduct on Governor Siminalayi Fubara, kickstarting the process of removing him from office.

Section 305(3c)
there is actual breakdown of public order and public safety in the Federation or any part thereof to such extent as to require extraordinary measures to restore peace and security;

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I thought we saw some ragtags protesting on the streets yesterday and blocking the major roads, pls, where are they today because I'm still looking for them. I thought they can use their chests to collect bullets but they're nowhere to be found on the streets barely 12hours later. Even Bokoharam/ISWAP do not come out to threaten that they will attack national assets, they just do it without threatening the Government but some so called militants had the guts to come out openly and threatened our national installations. They thought they could robb the surface of the sword of Jagaban and not get brutally wounded. I pity you.
Let me sound a note of warning, there's a big difference between Yaradua's, GEJ's Administrations and Tinubu's Administration. The difference is the fact that, both Yaradua and GEJ did not have Tucano jets during their time but Tinubu has the luxury of Tucanos and some other badass fighter jets at his disposal. Therefore, Tinubu will never go begging like Yaradua and GEJ did. And moreso, the terrain of the SS is more favourable to map out than the North which is mountainous, steeply and very wide. Even the waters inside the creeks will reject them this time around. I am a proponent of SS but no single group is greater than the will of the state. Fubara has no right to have demolished the house of Assembly neither does he the right to flagrantly disobey the Supreme Court more than two weeks after her verdict. This is not a tribal issue but the rule of law.



From the section above from where the President derives his powers to suspend the Governor and the Lawmakers. It gives the President the power to use extraordinary measures to restore peace and security. But this part of the section is what some quack social media lawyers are deliberately avoiding and have refused to quote it because it dismantles all their silly narratives of the President not having the power to suspend the Governor. An extraordinary measures can imply suspending the Governor as long as doing so will restore peace and security in Rivers. As we were all aware that an impeachment process had already commenced against the Governor while the Governor had consistently refused to obey the judgement of the Supreme Court. Allowing both arms of Government to remain would have escalated the crisis in the state. Therefore President Tinubu evoked the section of the constitution which gave him the powers to deploy extraordinary measures which led to the suspension of both the executive and legislative arms. Even if you take this case to heaven, they will back Tinubu and declare the suspension of the Governor constitutional.



After God, na Tinubu 💪 God bless Nigeria

TimeManager:
Jagaban their father's father. Street is quite, upon all the noise. No state or people is above the law. If you want to make noise, do it in your mother's bedroom.
God bless Nigeria.


-Kiss the truth!

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I thought we saw some ragtags protesting on the streets yesterday and blocking the major roads, pls, where are they today because I'm still looking for them. I thought they can use their chests to collect bullets but they're nowhere to be found on the streets barely 12hours later. Even Bokoharam/ISWAP do not come out to threaten that they will attack national assets, they just do it without threatening the Government but some so called militants had the guts to come out openly and threatened our national installations. They thought they could robb the surface of the sword of Jagaban and not get brutally wounded. I pity you.
Let me sound a note of warning, there's a big difference between Yaradua's, GEJ's Administrations and Tinubu's Administration. The difference is the fact that, both Yaradua and GEJ did not have Tucano jets during their time but Tinubu has the luxury of Tucanos and some other badass fighter jets at his disposal. Therefore, Tinubu will never go begging like Yaradua and GEJ did. And moreso, the terrain of the SS is more favourable to map out than the North which is mountainous, steeply and very wide. Even the waters inside the creeks will reject them this time around. I am a proponent of SS but no single group is greater than the will of the state. Fubara has no right to have demolished the house of Assembly neither does he the right to flagrantly disobey the Supreme Court more than two weeks after her verdict. This is not a tribal issue but the rule of law.



From the section above from where the President derives his powers to suspend the Governor and the Lawmakers. It gives the President the power to use extraordinary measures to restore peace and security. But this part of the section is what some quack social media lawyers are deliberately avoiding and have refused to quote it because it dismantles all their silly narratives of the President not having the power to suspend the Governor. An extraordinary measures can imply suspending the Governor as long as doing so will restore peace and security in Rivers. As we were all aware that an impeachment process had already commenced against the Governor while the Governor had consistently refused to obey the judgement of the Supreme Court. Allowing both arms of Government to remain would have escalated the crisis in the state. Therefore President Tinubu evoked the section of the constitution which gave him the powers to deploy extraordinary measures which led to the suspension of both the executive and legislative arms. Even if you take this case to heaven, they will back Tinubu and declare the suspension of the Governor constitutional.



After God, na Tinubu 💪 God bless Nigeria

Armaggedon:
Either it's a lie or it was a false flag operation.

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The Trans-Niger Pipeline, which transports approximately 450,000 barrels of crude oil per day, was temporarily shut down following an explosion on March 17, 2025.

https://businessday.ng/news/article/nigerias-biggest-oil-pipeline-restarts-amid-rivers-crisis/

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I thought we saw some ragtags protesting on the streets yesterday and blocking the major roads, pls, where are they today because I'm still looking for them. I thought they can use their chests to collect bullets but they're nowhere to be found on the streets barely 12hours later. Even Bokoharam/ISWAP do not come out to threaten that they will attack national assets, they just do it without threatening the Government but some so called militants had the guts to come out openly and threatened our national installations. They thought they could robb the surface of the sword of Jagaban and not get brutally wounded. I pity you.
Let me sound a note of warning, there's a big difference between Yaradua's, GEJ's Administrations and Tinubu's Administration. The difference is the fact that, both Yaradua and GEJ did not have Tucano jets during their time but Tinubu has the luxury of Tucanos and some other badass fighter jets at his disposal. Therefore, Tinubu will never go begging like Yaradua and GEJ did. And moreso, the terrain of the SS is more favourable to map out than the North which is mountainous, steeply and very wide. Even the waters inside the creeks will reject them this time around. I am a proponent of SS but no single group is greater than the will of the state. Fubara has no right to have demolished the house of Assembly neither does he the right to flagrantly disobey the Supreme Court more than two weeks after her verdict. This is not a tribal issue but the rule of law.



From the section above from where the President derives his powers to suspend the Governor and the Lawmakers. It gives the President the power to use extraordinary measures to restore peace and security. But this part of the section is what some quack social media lawyers are deliberately avoiding and have refused to quote it because it dismantles all their silly narratives of the President not having the power to suspend the Governor. An extraordinary measures can imply suspending the Governor as long as doing so will restore peace and security in Rivers. As we were all aware that an impeachment process had already commenced against the Governor while the Governor had consistently refused to obey the judgement of the Supreme Court. Allowing both arms of Government to remain would have escalated the crisis in the state. Therefore President Tinubu evoked the section of the constitution which gave him the powers to deploy extraordinary measures which led to the suspension of both the executive and legislative arms. Even if you take this case to heaven, they will back Tinubu and declare the suspension of the Governor constitutional.



After God, na Tinubu 💪 God bless Nigeria