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Newspaper Headlines: N’assembly asks supreme court to dismiss PDP governors’ suit on emergency rule

Abdullah.Abdulsalam@thecable.ng'byAbdulsalam Abdullah
May 5, 2025 7:00 am

Reports around spiralling inflation and rising poverty across the country suffuse the frontpages.

Nigerian Tribune reports the World Bank as stating that the poverty rate among Nigeria’s rural dwellers has reached 75 percent. The newspaper says at least 11 local vigilance group members were reportedly killed in a fierce gun battle with heavily armed bandits in Tangaza LGA of Sokoto.
The Punch reports that President Bola Tinubu is expected to meet power-generating company leaders to address the N4 trillion debt threatening Nigeria’s electricity supply chain. The newspaper says the national assembly has asked the supreme court to dismiss the suit by 11 Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) governors challenging the emergency rule declaration in Rivers.
Daily Trust reports that suspected Boko Haram terrorists attacked the 27 task force brigade, killing four soldiers and destroying equipment in Gujba LGA of Yobe. The newspaper says the presidency has tackled Akinwumi Adesina, president of the African Development Bank (AfDB), over his remarks on Nigeria’s economic decline since independence.
The Nation reports that no fewer than 38 chairmanship aspirants of the All Progressives Congress (APC) have been disqualified from participating in the party’s local government primaries in Lagos. The newspaper says the National Association of Nigerian Students (NANS) has asked the federal government to dismiss any head of a tertiary institution found guilty of mismanaging the student loan scheme.
Vanguard reports that the Newspaper Proprietors’ Association of Nigeria (NPAN) has backed the N220 million fine imposed on Meta Platforms Inc. by the Federal Competition and Consumer Protection Commission (FCCPC). The newspaper says some politicians in Delta who recently joined the APC have refused to resign their PDP membership.
Daily Sun reports that the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) has demanded the reversal of its designation as a terrorist group. The newspaper says the Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project and the Nigeria Guild of Editors have asked the President Bola Tinubu administration to stop using the Cybercrimes Act against critics.
The Guardian reports that Babatunde Fashola, former minister of works and housing, has described Nigeria’s constitution as the most maligned despite its profound, useful objectives. The newspaper says Abba Yusuf, governor of Kano, has expressed his willingness to follow Rabiu Kwankwaso, presidential candidate of New Nigeria Peoples Party (NNPP) in the 2023 elections, to wherever the latter ends up.
The Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN) has expressed concern over killings across the country, ThisDay reports. The newspaper says the federal government has pledged its commitment towards the actualisation of the $3 billion Agge Deep Seaport project to promote job creation, economic development and attract local and foreign investments to the Niger Delta region.

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