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Newspaper Headlines: Customs officers yet to get election allowances — two months later

Ayodeji.oluwafemi@thecable.ng'byAyodele Oluwafemi
May 3, 2023 7:30 am

The arrest and detention of Hudu Yunusa-Ari, suspended resident electoral commissioner in Adamawa, dominated the cover pages of Nigerian newspapers.

The Punch reports that the presidential election petitions tribunal has fixed Monday for the hearing of petitions challenging the victory of Bola Tinubu, president-elect, in the February 25 election. The newspaper says the federal government deducted over N78 billion from allocations made to states for external debt servicing.
The Nation says the police have grilled and detained Yunusa-Ari and two national commissioners over conduct in the April 15 supplementary governorship election. The newspaper reports that the first batch of Nigerians will return to the country today from Sudan.
Daily Trust reports that Godswill Akpabio, former Akwa Ibom governor, and Abdul’Aziz Yari, former governor of Zamfara, are scrambling for the support of opposition parties’ lawmakers-elect ahead of the contest for the next senate president. The newspaper says officers of the Nigerian Customs Service have expressed dissatisfaction over the non-payment of their allowances, two months after the 2023 general election.
Daily Independent reports that President Muhammadu Buhari said he has delivered on the change he promised Nigerians. The newspaper reports that the house of representatives has asked the UK government and parliament to intervene in the sentencing of Ike Ekweremadu and Beatrice, his wife.
Daily Sun reports that Nyesom Wike, governor of Rivers, has declared today a public holiday to enable the people of the state to welcome President-elect Bola Tinubu. The newspaper says the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has placed about 7,552 bank verification number (BVN) accounts under its watchlist for cybercrime and fraud-related transactions.

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