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Newspaper Headlines: PDP NWC, governors meet next week to avert defections

Ayodeji.oluwafemi@thecable.ng'byAyodele Oluwafemi
April 30, 2025 7:00 am

Reports on the sack of top officials in the Nigerian National Petroleum Company (NNPC) Limited dominate the frontpages. 

The Punch reports that the national working committee (NWC) of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and the party’s governors forum are scheduled to hold a meeting on May 11 to address the wave of defections and other challenges confronting the party. The newspaper reports the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) as saying that Peter Obi, presidential candidate of the Labour Party in 2023, does not require the support of any coalition or any opposition political figures to win the 2027 presidential election.
Daily Trust reports that Abba Moro, senate minority leader, said the choice of Ifeanyi Okowa as the running mate to former Vice-President Atiku Abubakar in the 2023 presidential election made the latter lose the election. The newspaper says United States federal agencies involved in the investigation of the alleged drug-related case involving President Bola Ahmed Tinubu in the 1990s are expected to release investigation reports on May 2.
Nigerian Tribune reports that NLC has criticised the failure of some state governments to fully implement the new minimum wage and consequential salary adjustments, saying a few states merely added N5,000 to workers’ pay. The newspaper reports the Oyo state police command as saying there is no attempted invasion of the state by Boko Haram elements.
Vanguard reports that the PDP is heading to court to retrieve its mandate from members of the party who defected in Delta state. The newspaper says some federal lawmakers on Tuesday engaged in heated debates with telecommunication operators in the country over the roles they are supposed to play to reduce the rate of incessant kidnapping and other phone-related crimes.
The Guardian reports that about 10.3 million subscribers of 9mobile operated by Emerging Markets Telecommunication Services Limited (EMTS) have either ported from the network or thrown away their SIM cards in the last 20 months. The newspaper says the Nigeria Financial Intelligence Unit (NFIU) has identified betting and fintech platforms, the use of wire transfers and crypto exchanges, and spare part businesses as channels used in moving proceeds of kidnapping in and out of the country.
Okowa has claimed that Atiku will soon resign his membership of the PDP, Daily Sun reports. The newspaper says Nasir el-Rufai, governor of Kaduna, has warned that Nigeria is facing existential crisis and collapse if current economic and security crises continue.
THISDAY reports that the Manufacturers Association of Nigeria (MAN) has expressed concern over the reported plan by the Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) to reintroduce the four percent free-on-board (FOB) levy. The newspaper says a major restructuring in the NNPC has led to the sack of top officials of the national oil company.

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