Newspaper Headlines: Agitation for regional government tears senators apart
BY Kunle Daramola
September 29, 2024 7:00 AM
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The newspapers dwell on the recurring subject of constitution review in a beleaguered nation, and Nyesom Wike’s chest-thumping at an event organised in his honour in Port Harcourt.
The Nation reports that the federal government has downgraded the flood warning for southern Nigeria, declaring the region safe from immediate flooding threats. The newspaper says southern and northern senators have disagreed over the agitation for the reintroduction of a regional form of government in Nigeria.Punch says an aide of Muhammadu Buhari, former president of Nigeria, has countered the claim of Yemi Cardoso, governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), that Nigeria printed N35 trillion between 2015 and 2023. The newspaper reports that organisers of the #FearlessOctober 1 protest have informed the police that the demonstration will hold at the Eagle Square in Abuja.Independent reports the Nigerian National Petroleum Company (NNPC) as saying that President Bola Tinubu’s directive has increased the country’s crude oil production from 1.4 million barrels per day to 1.7 million barrels per day. The newspaper says six kidnapped farmers were rescued by security operatives in Katsina.Tribune reports that five worshippers died, while 50 others are on admission at an infectious centre, after they partook in a feast at a church in Ibadan, Oyo state. The newspaper says Rashidi Ladoja, former governor of Oyo, disclosed that Olusegun Obasanjo, former president of Nigeria, was behind his impeachment as governor.