Reports on the leadership positions of the 10th national assembly and the abduction of residents by terrorists dominated the cover pages of Nigerian newspapers
The Punch reports that 17 outgoing state governors are set to receive mansions and exotic cars amid economic crises in their states. The newspaper says at least 80 children have been abducted by bandits in Tsafe LGA of Zamfara state.
The Nation says the race for the speaker of the 10th house of representatives is getting intense ahead of the June inauguration. The newspaper reports that President Muhammadu Buhari has asked those who lost in the 2023 elections to allow the legal processes to take their course. Daily Trust’s cover page focuses on how underage girls are being used as prostitutes in Maiduguri, the Borno state capital. The newspaper says the National Hajj Commission of Nigeria has pegged the hajj fare of each intending pilgrim for 2023 at N2.89m.
THISDAY reports that Wole Soyinka, Nobel laureate, has challenged Datti Baba-Ahmed, vice-presidential candidate of the Labour Party , to a public debate over the comment that Bola Tinubu, president-elect, should not be sworn in. The newspaper says terrorists have abducted 60 people in Zamfara and Katsina communities.
Daily Sun reports that some senators are plotting to jettison the zoning of the All Progressives Congress for the leadership positions in the 10th national assembly. The newspaper says Jacob Agada, a retired immigration officer, was killed by suspected gunmen in Lafia, the capital of Nasarawa state.
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