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Newspaper Headlines: INEC withholds registration of new parties ahead of 2027 poll

byAyomikunle Daramola
May 31, 2025 7:00 am

The dailies report the tragic flood in the Mokwa area of Niger state which has resulted in the deaths of over 100 individuals.

The presidency has accused former Vice-Pres­ident Atiku Abubakar of criticising the President Bola Tinubu administration out of ha­te.
The Nation details how a deadly flood killed 111 at Mokwa area of Niger state. The newspaper reports that Finnish prosecutors are seeking a six-year jail term for Biafra agitator Simon Ekpa.
Daily Trust says the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) is holding onto the application of 104 groups and associations seeking to be registered as political parties. The newspaper says Nyesom Wike, minister of the federal capital territory (FCT), has described the state of public transport system in the nation’s capital as “a national embarrassment”.
THISDAY says Moody’s, a global ratings agency, upgraded Nigeria’s rating as the stock market gained N7.7 trillion in five months. The newspaper reports that Lateef Fagbemi, attorney general of the federation (AGF), said the federal government has only recovered $105.9 million of looted funds.
Tribune says the federal government has seized Osun’s February, March and April allocations. The newspaper reports that the police arrested 41 suspects over the killing of a divisional police officer (DPO) in Kano.
Punch reports that Yellin Bogoro of the federal high court in Lagos has convicted and sentenced 15 foreigners to one year imprisonment each for cyber-terrorism and internet fraud. The newspaper says Sunday Bisi, the Osun state chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has declared that the defection of members of the party to the All Progressives Congress (APC) will not stop Ademola Adeleke from securing re-election in 2026.

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