First-quarter report on insecurity across the country makes the front page of some of the national dailies as the entire nation look forward to the May 29 inauguration.
Punch reports that President-elect Bola Tinubu is considering the Oronsaye report, and may merge govt agencies. The newspaper highlights how world leaders pay tributes as King Charles is crowned.
Guardian reports that Nasir el-Rufai, governor of Kaduna, says he is not eyeing Tinubu’s chief of staff office. The newspaper says the federal government is set to secure placement for evacuated students in Nigerian higher institutions.
The Nation reports that vice-president Yemi Osinbajo says Buhari’s investment turned the tide against terrorists. The newspaper says Abdullahi Sule, governor of Nasarawa, says religious politics won’t help Nigeria.
ThisDay reports that aspirants kick against APC’s adoption of Godwil Akpabio, Tajudeen Abbas as leader of 10 national assembly. The newspaper reports that 1,230 civilians and 79 security personnel were killed, and 658 abducted in Q1 2023.
Sunday Independent reports that the National Industrial Court of Nigeria (NICN), in Edo has declared the directive of the government to suspend trade unions’ activities in tertiary institutions as unconstitutional. The newspaper says the White Witches/Wizards Association of Nigeria (WWAN) tells Obi, Atiku that petitions against Tinubu dead on arrival.
Vanguard highlights Turai’s story of how the wife of late President Umaru Yar’Adua died she went to break her fast. The newspaper says 10-year-old kills friend with grandfather’s gun in Bayelsa.
