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Newspaper Headlines: Soldiers, tanks move into Rivers government house

byAyomikunle Daramola
March 19, 2025 7:00 am

The debate over whether President Bola Tinubu is constitutionally empowered to declare a state of emergency, and suspend the executive and legislative branches of government in Rivers, dominates the headlines.

Guardian reports that the pipeline explosion in Rivers may cost Nigeria $35.3 million daily as the president declares a state of emergency in the state. The newspaper says the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) has predicted that about 47 million citizens in the region will face a food crisis between June and August.
Tribune says Lateef Fagbemi, attorney-general of the federation and minister of justice, has led a team of senior lawyers to represent the federal government at a supreme court hearing over the Petro Union Oil and Gas Limited case. The newspaper reports that the bill proposing that social media platforms like Facebook, X, Whatsapp, establish physical offices in Nigeria, has passed second reading in the senate.
Daily Trust reports that world leaders are fuming as renewed Israeli strikes killed over 400 people in Gaza. The newspaper says the federal ministry of health said tuberculosis killed over 71,000 people in the country within one year, with over 400,000 cases recorded in 2024.
Punch reports that the latest FAAC quarterly review showed that the federal government deducted N800 billion from state allocations in 2024 to service foreign debts and other contractual obligations. The newspaper added that Libya is set to deport over 170 Nigerians.

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