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Newspaper Headlines: Buhari yet to receive Tinubu’s shortlist of running mates

Ayodeji.oluwafemi@thecable.ng'byAyodele Oluwafemi
June 20, 2022 6:00 am

The murder of three persons by gunmen in two churches in Kajuru LGA of Kaduna state dominated the cover pages of Nigerian newspapers.

The Punch reports that the All Progressives Congress (APC) and the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) have clashed over allegations of vote buying in Saturday’s Ekiti governorship election. The newspaper says Nigeria’s debt servicing bill has increased by 109 percent to N896.56 billion.
The Nation says the Rivers state government has filed a nine-count charge bordering on stealing and conspiracy against Rotimi Amaechi, minister of transportation. The newspaper reports that experts have predicted that the prices of goods and services will increase in the coming months.
THISDAY says President Muhammadu Buhari has asked Biodun Oyebanji, governor-elect of Ekiti, to be magnanimous in victory. The newspaper reports that Tinubu has not presented a shortlist of his preferred running mates to Buhari for deliberation.
Daily Trust says Nigerians may face more hardship as prices of aviation fuel and diesel have soared. The newspaper reports that bandits killed three persons and abducted many people during an attack on two churches in Kajuru LGA of Kaduna state.
Daily Sun reports that Ohanaeze elders are seeking a constitutional provision for zoning of elective positions, especially the presidency. Peter Obi, presidential candidate of the Labour Party, said 70 percent of politicians act like “lunatics”, the newspaper reports.

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