Nigeria, Feb. 10 -- President Bola Tinubu on Sunday night met with key political actors from Rivers State, including Governor Siminalayi Fubara and the FCT Minister, Nyesom Wike, in what appears to be a renewed attempt to ease the prolonged political crisis in the oil-rich state.

The closed-door meeting at the Presidential Villa, Abuja - reportedly also attended by other Rivers leaders - marks about the fourth presidential intervention in the bitter power struggle between Mr Fubara and his predecessor, Mr Wike.

Though details remain sketchy, The Nation newspaper reported that Mr Fubara accompanied Mr Wike to his residence in Guzape, Abuja, after the meeting - a move seen by observers as a possible sign of temporary thaw.

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