Newspaper Headlines: IPOB’s sit-at-home order grounds activities in south-east
The division among stakeholders in the Peoples Democratic Party over the fate of Uche Secondus, the party’s national chairman, dominated the headlines of Nigerian newspapers.
The Nation says PDP governors and elders will decide the fate of Uche Secondus as the party’s national chairman today. The newspaper reports that the court has voided the federal government’s power to collect value-added-tax and income tax in Rivers state.
Daily Independent’s major headline highlighted how the sit-at-home order issued by the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) grounded activities in the south-east. The newspaper says the court has ordered Rochas Okorocha, former governor of Imo, to forfeit over 500 property to the state.
The Punch reports that there is uncertainty surrounding Secondus’s fate as PDP national chairman as the party’s governors, lawmakers and executive members are divided. The newspaper says eight people were killed as IPOB sit-at-home order turned bloody.
The Nigerian Tribune says Cholera has killed 816 people in 22 states within seven months. The newspaper reports that Chidinma Ojukwu has been remanded in prison over the murder of Usifo Ataga, Super TV CEO.
The Guardian reports that the house of representatives and the striking resident doctors have failed to reach an agreement on the ongoing strike. The newspaper says the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) has again reshuffled its staff.
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