Newspaper Headlines: IPOB’s sit-at-home order shuts south-east
The compliance of residents of south-east states to the sit-at-home order issued by the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) dominated the headlines of Nigerian newspaper.
The Punch reports that death toll from herdsmen killings in Ebonyi state rose to 52.
The Nigerian Tribune says the sit-at-home order issued by IPOB led to empty streets in the south-east region on Monday. The newspaper says the federal government has deactivated the international passports of COVID-19 advisory violators.
Daily Trust reports that experts warned against anarchy in the south-east over the sit-at-home order issued by IPOB. The newspaper reports that abductors of Jangebe schoolchildren are behind the recent abduction of students of an Islamiyya school at Tegina, Rafi LGA of Niger state.
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has given bankers a two-week ultimatum to declare their assets, The Nation reports. The newspaper says the IPOB’s sit-at-home order turned bloody in some parts of the south-east.
Daily Independent reports that farmers have warned that the ban on maize importation threatens the poultry industry. The newspaper says Niger indigenes are lamenting bandits’ siege while Abubakar Sani, governor of the state, has travelled out of the country.
The Guardian reports that stakeholders have demanded transparency as the federal government and investors are set to invest N170.5 billion in a new national carrier. The newspaper says Sowore and the police differed on an alleged attack at Abuja protest.
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