Newspaper Headlines: Assets forfeited by Diezani, Alex Badeh rot away
Reports on the protracted crisis in the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) dominated the cover pages of Nigerian newspapers.
Sunday Punch reports that over 2,000 assets, including proceeds of corruption, confiscated from politically exposed persons and other individuals are currently rotting away. The newspaper says Chris Ekpenyong, a former deputy governor of Akwa Ibom state, said lawmakers may drop the impeachment threat against President Muhammadu Buhari.
The Nation says Nyesom Wike, governor of Wike, said the vote of confidence passed on Iyorchia Ayu, PDP national chairman, amounts to nothing. The newspaper says the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) has declared a sit-at-home order in the south-east zone of the country.
Daily Trust says the uncertainty has trailed the federal government’s N348 trillion national development plan. The newspaper reports that the Arewa Consultative Forum (ACF) has demanded an immediate end to the profiling of the Fulani people in the south-west zone of Nigeria.
Sunday Sun says Wike’s camp in the PDP has refused to sheath their sword in the ongoing crisis facing the party. The newspaper reports that troops of the Nigerian army have killed the second in command of the terrorists who attacked the Nigerian Defence Academy.
The Guardian says King Charles III has been proclaimed Britain’s new monarch. The newspaper reports that stakeholders have asked the government to tackle the brain drain in the health sector.
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