Newspaper Headlines: PDP governors give Secondus soft landing

August 11

08:01 2021

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The decision of stakeholders of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) to move the party’s national convention to October, while rejecting the calls to sack Uche Secondus-led national working committee (NWC), dominated the headlines of Nigerian newspapers.

The Punch says the federal government has recalled Usman Ogar, Nigerian envoy to Indonesia over assault by immigration officials in the Asian country. The newspaper says Nigeria and nine other countries have been listed as high-debt risk nations.

Daily Independent says Secondus, national chairman of the PDP, has survived removal plot as the party shifted its convention to October. The newspaper reports that 24 family members died after eating a poisonous meal in Sokoto.

Daily Sun reports that the governors elected on the platform of the All Progressives Congress (APC) have stood by the caretaker leadership of the party led by Mai Mala Buni, governor of Yobe.

The Guardian reports that the federal government has allayed fears over assorted COVID-19 vaccines as 176,000 doses of Johnson & Johnson vaccine is expected in the country today. The newspaper says Secondus got a reprieve with an early convention scheduled for October.

The Nation reports that Seriake Dickson, former governor of Bayelsa, has protested his grilling by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) over alleged abuse of power and mismanagement of public funds while he was governor of the state.