Newspaper Headlines: APC governors move to stop Buhari from signing electoral bill
The approval of President Muhammadu Buhari’s fresh loan requests by the senate, which will lead to an increase in the country’s debt stock, appeared on the cover pages of Nigerian newspapers.
The Punch reports that Nigeria’s debt stock has risen to N42.7 trillion as senate approved fresh $16 billion loan for Buhari. The newspaper says governors of the All Progressives Congress (APC) are lobbying Abubakar Malami, attorney-general of the federation, to stop Buhari from signing the electoral bill.
The Nation reports that Malami says governors can’t back out of Paris Club debt. The newspaper says prominent Nigerians, including Buhari, have congratulated Chukwuma Soludo, former governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), for his victory in the Anambra governorship election.
Daily Independent reports that analysts have argued that the country’s inflation may shoot up as the year winds down. The newspaper says APC governors will not determine the party’s next national chairman.
The Nigerian Tribune says death toll in collapsed Ikoyi 21-storey building has risen to 45. The newspaper reports that lawyers of Nnamdi Kanu, leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), staged a walkout during the trial of the IPOB leader.
Daily Trust reports that the federal government has unveiled N348.7 trillion national development plan. The newspaper says 31 persons were killed in Taraba, Imo and Katsina states.
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