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Newspaper Headlines: Tinubu to meet service chiefs over rising killings

Ayodeji.oluwafemi@thecable.ng'byAyodele Oluwafemi
April 22, 2025 7:00 am

Reports on the rising insecurity in some parts of the country and the return of President Bola Tinubu dominate the frontpages.

The Punch reports that Tinubu is planning to meet with the service chiefs to discuss the rising killings in Plateau, Benue and other parts of the country on his return to Abuja from his two-week “working visit” to France. The newspaper says the United Kingdom Home Office received 22,619 asylum applications from Nigerian nationals from 2010 to 2024.
Daily Trust reports that residents of Kano, Katsina and Jigawa states have been undergoing hardship following the disconnection in power supply by the Kano Electricity Distribution Company (KEDCO). The newspaper says some Zamfara residents are being extorted by armed bandits who demand levies running into hundreds of millions of naira in exchange for allowing people to remain in their homes.
Nigerian Tribune reports that Caleb Mutfwang, governor of Plateau, said bandits and terrorists have taken over almost all the state’s forests, game reserves and grazing areas. The newspaper says world leaders are paying tributes to Pope Francis, who died on Monday at the age of 88.
Vanguard Newspaper reports that the federal government has denied reports claiming it has finalised a long-term concession agreement for the Akanu Ibiam International Airport in Enugu. The newspaper says parents of students in federal government colleges are accusing the management of the schools of imposing illegal levies and admission racketeering.

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