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Newspaper Headlines: Abiola’s family tackles Babangida, says memoir reopens wounds, painful memories

Ayodeji.oluwafemi@thecable.ng'byAyodele Oluwafemi
March 2, 2025 8:18 am

Reports on the feud between Senate President Godswill Akpabio and Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan, senator representing Kogi central, dominate the front pages of Nigerian newspapers.

The Punch reports that the feud between Akpabio and Akpoti-Uduaghan has worsened as the senator’s husband revealed that he was aware of his wife’s allegations against Akpabio. The newspaper says members of the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) have expressed their disapproval over the federal government’s persistent failure to pay the N77,000 allowance.
The Nation reports that the national assembly is planning to meet the aspirations of the six geopolitical zones in its consideration of the controversial tax bills. The newspaper says there is growing suspense within the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) as the supreme court is set to hear the appeal filed by Samuel Anyanwu regarding his removal as the party’s national secretary.
THISDAY reports that the family of MKO Abiola, the presumed winner of the 1993 presidential election, said the recently published memoir of Ibrahim Babangida, former head of state, reopened painful memories of the tragic events of the annulled election. The newspaper says Leno Adesanya, the promoter of Sunrise Power and Transmission Co., Ltd, has written a letter to President Bola Tinubu to seek a settlement of the dispute between the federal government and his company over the Mambilla hydropower project.
Nigerian Tribune reports that the house of representatives is set to audit the operations of the 270 primary healthcare centres in the federal capital territory (FCT). Governors have asked the Muslim faithful to pray for the country during the Ramadan fasting season, the newspaper says.

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