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Newspaper Headlines: Russia’s drone scheme for Nigerians sparks uproar as Ukraine warns of consequences

byAyomikunle Daramola
June 1, 2025 7:00 am

The dailies focus on the road crash that claimed the lives of Kano athletes returning from the national sports festival in Ogun state.

There is also plenty on the coalition’s bid to wrest power from President Bola Tinubu in 2027.

Punch says Tinubu has appealed to Nigerians to be patient with him. The newspaper reports that the federal government has denied knowledge of a controversial Russian work-study programme linked to the production of military drones used in the war against Ukraine.

The Nation reports that President Tinubu inaugurated the first completed section of the Lagos-Calabar coastal highway on Saturday. The newspaper says aggrieved retirees of the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited (NNPC) staff multipurpose cooperative societies have lamented their inability to access savings and dividends.
Tribune reports that Nasir el-Rufai, the former governor of Kaduna, has described the rising poverty in the country as the greatest crisis Nigeria has faced since 1914. The newspaper says the Kano government has announced that it will give N1 million to each of the families of the 22 athletes who died in a road accident while returning from the national sports festival in Ogun.
Vanguard details the fragmented relationship between Nyesom Wike, minister of the federal capital territory (FCT) and Seyi Makinde, governor of Oyo. The newspaper says Monday Okpebholo, governor of Edo, has spelled out terms of amnesty for secret cult members in the state.
THISDAY says the opposition coalition is in a dilemma over the choice of an umbrella party. The newspaper reports that Rotimi Amaechi said he told Tinubu before the 2023 elections that he was not going to work for him. 
Sunday Times says the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) arrested 43 suspected internet fraudsters in Nasarawa. The newspaper reports that the police have busted a drug trafficking syndicate in Anambra.

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