THE CABLE
The warning of the Department of State Services (DSS) on alleged plans to install an interim government dominated the cover pages of Nigerian newspapers.
The Punch says the All Progressives Congress (APC) and the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) have asked the DSS to arrest those reportedly planning to install an interim government. The newspaper reports that the federal government has raised the alarm over the rising cases of deadly incidents in filling stations, depots and by tanker drivers, which had claimed about 633 lives in less than four years.
The Nation says the DSS has warned those plotting to install an interim government, saying it has dire consequences. The newspaper reports that the federal executive council (FEC) has approved the sum of N24.2 billion naira for the provision of free internet in 20 selected airports, six markets and 43 universities across the country.
Daily Trust reports that newly elected governors have pledged to tackle insecurity, poverty, and unemployment in their different states.
The Guardian reports that the federal government has been asked to arrest and probe perpetrators of various acts of electoral violence during the general election before it’s too late. The newspaper says the office of the Presidential Amnesty Programme (PAP) has declared that findings from the ongoing investigation into multiple accounts of ex-agitators linked to one BVN will determine the fate of protesting beneficiaries.
THISDAY reports that Peter Obi of the Labour Party (LP) said the attempt by his traducers to ascribe religious or ethnic colouration to the ‘Obidient’ movement would not see the light of the day. The newspaper says Reuben Fasoranti, a former leader of Afenifere, has told Ayo Adebanjo, his successor, that it is illegal to continue to assert that Obi won the February 25 presidential election.
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