Newspaper Headlines: Insecurity threatens November off-cycle polls, says INEC

September 28

07:00 2023

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Reports on Afenifere, a pan-Yoruba socio-political group, demanding that former president Olusegun Obasanjo apologises to Oyo monarchs for “ordering them around”, permeates the front pages of Nigerian dailies.

The Punch says the Nigerian Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative (NEITI) has stated in a report that repairs of oil pipelines gulped N35 billion in 18 months. The newspaper reports that one Tayelolu Solomon allegedly killed Felix, her husband, with a pestle and ran into hiding in Ondo.

The Nation says the Department of State Services (DSS) operatives have arrested two women with 1,000 rounds of ammunition in Kaduna. The newspaper reports that the Nigerian Meteorological Agency (NiMet) has warned residents of Edo, Kwara and 22 other states to brace up for 24-hour downpour in the coming days.

The Guardian reports that diesel may trade near N1500 per litre as oil prices spike. The newspaper says Ondo lawmakers have shunned a court order and moved to impeach Lucky Aiyedatiwa, deputy governor of the state.

Daily Trust says Nyesom Wike, minister of the federal capital territory (FCT), has terminated the appointments of the heads of parastatals, agencies and companies under the FCTA. The newspaper reports that the United Nations Children’s Emergency Fund (UNICEF) has deployed 9.3 million doses of diphtheria vaccines to affected states in Nigeria.

Daily Independent reports that the Nigerian Air Force (NAF) says the air component of Operation Udo Ka II has destroyed several hideouts of the Eastern Security Network (ESN) in Imo and Anambra states. The newspaper says DSS has appointed Peter Afunanya as the director of its newly established Directorate of Public Relations and Strategic Communications (DPRSC).

ThisDay reports that Abdullahi Ganduje, the national chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC), says Rabiu Kwankwaso, presidential candidate of the New Nigeria Peoples Party (NNPP), would remain a serial loser in presidential contests because he is always driven by personal ambition. The newspaper says The African Export-Import Bank (Afreximbank) is approaching oil traders to finance a $3 billion loan to the Nigerian National Petroleum Company (NNPC) Limited, which is central to the country’s efforts to support the naira.