Nigeria, Feb. 13 -- Governor Siminalayi Fubara of Rivers State has dissolved the State Executive Council, four days after a closed-door meeting with President Bola Tinubu and key political actors from the state, including the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Nyesom Wike.

The dissolution was announced in a Government Special Announcement issued Thursday night by the Chief Press Secretary to the Governor, Onwuka Nzeshi.

"Siminalayi Fubara, Governor of Rivers State, has dissolved the State Executive Council," the statement read.

The governor directed all commissioners and special advisers to hand over to the permanent secretaries or the most senior officers in their respective ministries with immediate effect.

Mr Fubara t...