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Newspaper Headlines: FG taps ex-AGF, 11 SANs as s’court battle on Rivers emergency looms

Abdullah.Abdulsalam@thecable.ng'byAbdulsalam Abdullah
May 12, 2025 7:00 am

Reports on the convergence of governors elected on the platform of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) dominate the frontpages. 

 

Independent reports that the National Agency for the Prohibition of Trafficking in Persons (NAPTIP) says 78 victims of human trafficking in Cote D’Ivoire have returned to Nigeria. The newspaper says the Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has asked the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) to disclose if it has started disbursing allocations directly to the 774 LGAs.
The Punch reports that the federal government is putting together a crack team of an ex-attorney general of the federation (AGF) and 11 senior advocates of Nigeria (SAN), as it goes to battle with state governors over the propriety of the emergency rule declaration in Rivers. The newspaper says the PDP is set to inaugurate newly appointed members of its board of trustees (BoT) in Abuja on Monday.
ThisDay reports that Patience Jonathan, former first lady, says she will not be returning to the presidential villa for another tenure. The newspaper says Nuhu Ribadu, national security adviser (NSA), pledged at the weekend to ensure oil thieves and vandals in the Niger Delta face prosecution promptly.
Daily Trust reports that Siminalayi Fubara, the suspended governor of Rivers, says he is not desperate to return to office, nearly two months after President Bola Tinubu declared emergency rule in the state. The newspaper says at least 23 persons have reportedly been killed in a series of coordinated attacks across four LGAs of Benue state.
Nigerian Tribune reports that the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) has accused the federal government of frustrating the smooth operation of the Government Integrated Financial Management Information System (GIFMIS). The newspaper adds that Bukola Saraki, ex-senate president, is leading reconciliation moves in the PDP as the party’s governors held a meeting over the weekend. 
Vanguard reports that despite concerns over rising public debt and servicing costs, the federal government borrowed N10.85 trillion from domestic investors in four months.The newspaper says angry reactions trailed the All Progressives Congress (APC) chairmanship primaries in Lagos, as aggrieved aspirants opposed alleged candidate imposition by party leaders.
The Guardian reports that the PDP in Imo has accused Hope Uzodimma, governor of Imo, of approving N2.1 billion for hajj pilgrimage in the state. The newspaper says Peter Obi, presidential candidate of the Labour Party (LP) in the 2023 elections, has challenged young Africans to dismantle corruption and invest in people.
Blueprint reports that a collision involving two container-laden trucks has resulted in the death of two dispatch riders on the Eko bridge, inward Alaka corridor, in Lagos state. The newspaper says the Nigerian Army has arrested at least 12 suspected terrorists linked to a Boko Haram splinter group, Mahmuda, which reportedly occupies parts of Kainji Lake national park.

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