Newspaper Headlines: 45 killed in Zamfara, and FG’s town-hall meeting adopts state police
Attacks on citizens, police and army formations by gunmen dominated the headlines of Nigerian newspapers. The senate’s approval of President Muhammadu Buhari’s fresh loan request also made the headlines.
Daily Trust reports that 45 persons were killed in six Zamfara communities. The newspaper says mixed reactions trailed the decision of the inspector-general of police to recall 25 senior detectives of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC).
Daily Independent says the town-hall meeting organised by the federal government recommended state police as one of the solutions to the country’s insecurity. The federal government cautioned the elite against promoting disintegration, the newspaper reports.
The Punch’s headline focuses on the explanation of the UK government for granting asylum to members of the Movement for the Actualisation of the Sovereign State of Biafra (MASSOB) and the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB).
The Nation reports that gunmen were on the rampage in Oyo, Ondo, Kaduna, Enugu, and Delta states on Wednesday, killing and kidnapping citizens. Alkali Usman, inspector-general of police, lamented the lack of funds for the operations of the police in the face of insecurity, the newspaper says.
Amid the country’s rising debt profile, the senate approved Buhari’s fresh loan request of $1.5 billion and £995 million, The Guardian says. The newspaper reports that Apapa gridlock has worsened, defying the e-call up solution.
Daily Sun’s headline chronicles the attacks by bandits on the police, army formations and citizens. Afenifere warned that there would be no 2023 elections if the 1999 constitution (as amended) is not scrapped, the newspaper says.
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