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Newspaper Headlines: Seven killed as IED explodes in Sokoto

Ayodeji.oluwafemi@thecable.ng'byAyodele Oluwafemi
June 10, 2025 7:00 am

The gale of defections to the ruling party, and Peter Obi’s comment that he would have removed subsidy on petrol and floated the naira if he were elected president in 2023, suffuse the dailies today. 

Daily Trust reports that residents of flood-prone communities in several states are resisting evacuation and are instead asking the authorities to come to their aid. The newspaper says seven people were killed on Sunday when a motorcycle struck an improvised explosive device (IED) allegedly planted by suspected Lakurawa insurgents in Tangaza LGA of Sokoto state.
The Punch reports that 10 national assembly members from Akwa Ibom state, elected on the platforms of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and the Young Peoples Party (YPP), have resolved to join Umo Eno, governor of the state, in the All Progressives Congress (APC). The newspaper says the presidency has dismissed Obi as “shallow” and not well grounded in economics and governance following his interview with Arise TV. 
The Guardian reports that Sea Empowerment and Research Centre (SERC) has raised the alarm that about 100,000 twenty-foot equivalent units of empty containers that are unseaworthy are littering Nigerian ports. The newspaper says Maryam Abacha, widow of former military head of state Sani Abacha, has faulted former president Ibrahim Babangida over claims that Abacha was responsible for the annulment of the June 12, 1993 presidential election.
Vanguard reports that Ali Ndume, the senator representing Borno south, has cautioned President Bola Tinubu on his endorsement by APC governors, citing a similar incident ahead of the 2015 elections when 22 PDP governors allegedly declared their support for then-President Goodluck Jonathan.
Nigerian Tribune reports that Bismarck Rewane, economist and managing director of Financial Derivatives Limited, has projected that the naira would trade within N1,600 to N1,650 to a dollar in the near term.
THISDAY reports that first lady Oluremi Tinubu has flagged off the distribution of 10,000 kits to midwives and nurses in the south-east.
Daily Independent reports that the naira is entering a crucial phase in its post-reform trajectory, with signs of stability at the official window, but growing stress in the parallel market. The Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has asked the federal government to warn Nyesom Wike, minister of the federal capital territory (FCT), against shutting foreign embassies in Abuja over alleged ground rent debt.

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