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23/03/2025

Nobel Laureate Wole Soyinka believes President Bola Tinubu's proclamation of a state of emergency in Rivers State violates the spirit of federalism.

Tinubu declared an emergency in the oil-rich state on Tuesday due to the political crises and instability.

He also suspended the state's governor, Siminalayi Fubara, his deputy, Ngozi Odu, and all Rivers Assembly members for six months.

The president promptly named retired naval chief Ibok-Ete Ibas as the state's sole administrator.

Soyinka told The Africa Report that the Nigerian constitution gives the president too much power.

In response to questions over the declaration's legitimacy, Soyinka stated that some provisions of the constitution should be amended.

https://dailybrief.ng/rivers-emergency-rule-against-spirit-of-federalism-soyinka/

18/03/2025

United States President Donald Trump has issued an executive order to dismantle the Voice of America (VOA).

Trump accused the government-supported VOA of spreading "radical propaganda" and being "anti-Trump".

The White House claims the order will ensure that taxpayers no longer support biased content, citing criticism from legislators and right-wing media sources.

VOA, founded during World War II to oppose N**i propaganda, reaches hundreds of millions of people worldwide each week.

The injunction targets VOA's parent business, the US Agency for Global Media (USAGM), which also sponsors non-profit organisations Radio Free Europe and Radio Free Asia.

These organisations were initially formed to combat communism. Managers have been advised to keep operations to the absolute minimum required by law.

https://dailybrief.ng/trump-signs-executive-order-to-dismantle-voice-of-america/

23/02/2025

Former military head of state Ibrahim Badamasi Babangida (IBB) claims that the Muhammadu Buhari regime was ousted because he was displeased with the latter's policies and leadership style.

Babangida served as Buhari's chief of staff during the December 31, 1983 coup that overthrew Shehu Shagari's democratic administration.

In his autobiography, 'A Journey In Service', which was released in Abuja on Thursday, IBB said that the Buhari dictatorship issued "draconian" directives that resulted in the violation of citizens' fundamental rights and liberties.

He stated that he considered Buhari and his deputy, Tunde Idiagbon, "were detrimental to the nation's progress" and that his unhappiness "eventually led to its ouster in 1985".

https://dailybrief.ng/why-we-overthrew-buharis-regime-ibb/

17/02/2025

The United States has scheduled the deportation of 201 Nigerians as part of President Donald Trump's crackdown on illegal immigration.

Bianca Odumegwu-Ojukwu, minister of state for foreign affairs, discussed the development when Richard Mills, US ambassador to Nigeria, made her a courtesy visit at the Tafawa Balewa House in Abuja.

Mills stated that "those to be repatriated would be dropped in Lagos." There wouldn't be room to debate whether it should be in Port Harcourt or Abuja.

"https://dailybrief.ng/us-to-deport-201-nigerians-including-convicted-prisoners-illegal-immigrants/

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