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Rivers: Timeline of emergency rule declarations in Nigeria since 1999

Tinubu, citing section 305(5) of the 1999 Constitution as amended, said, “It has become inevitably compelling for me to invoke the provision of section 305 of the Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, 1999 as amended, to declare a state of emergency in Rivers State with effect from today, 18th March 2025 and I so do.

Rivers: Timeline of emergency rule declarations in Nigeria since 1999
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