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Newspaper Headlines: Family loses 12 members in Niger state flood

Ayodeji.oluwafemi@thecable.ng'byAyodele Oluwafemi
May 30, 2025 7:00 am

Reactions on the mid-term scorecard of President Bola Tinubu dominate the frontpages.

The Punch reports that organised labour has countered Tinubu’s performance review, saying his reforms and policies have brought nothing but pain and suffering to Nigerians. The newspaper says the West African Examinations Council (WAEC) has come under fire over the late-night conduct of the 2025 English Language paper.
Daily Trust reports that twelve members of a family were among those who died in a flood that occurred at Tiffin Maza and Anguwan Hausawa communities in Mokwa LGA of Niger state.
Daily Independent reports that warehouses are overflowing with unsold eggs and frozen birds as demand for poultry products reduces. The newspaper says Asue Ighodalo, governorship candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the September 2024 election, has rejected the judgment of the court of appeal in Abuja that affirmed the election of Monday Okpebholo as governor of the state.
THISDAY reports that TotalEnergies EP Nigeria (TEPNG) has signed an agreement to sell its 12.5 percent interest in the oil mining lease (OML) 118 production sharing contract (PSC), to Shell Nigeria Exploration and Production Company Ltd (SNEPCo), for $510 million. The United States appeals court has temporarily halted a decision from the court of international trade that would have blocked most of President Donald Trump’s tariffs.
The Guardian reports that Ohanaeze Ndigbo, African Democratic Congress (ADC), and others have expressed dissatisfaction over Tinubu’s scorecard. The newspaper says in two years of the Tinubu administration, at least 10,217 persons have been killed in attacks by gunmen in Benue, Edo, Katsina, Kebbi, Plateau, Sokoto and Zamfara states.
The Nation reports that Siminalayi Fubara, suspended governor of Rivers, said Tinubu rescued the state with the declaration of emergency rule.
Vanguard reports that the presidency, former President Atiku Abubakar, Afenifere, and the Middle Belt Forum (MBF) have clashed over Tinubu’s mid-term scorecard. 

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