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Newspaper Headlines: FG appeals judgment freeing Nnamdi Kanu

Ayodeji.oluwafemi@thecable.ng'byAyodele Oluwafemi
October 20, 2022 7:31 am

Reports on how the federal government will fund the deficit of the proposed 2023 budget dominated the cover pages of Nigerian newspapers.

The Punch says aggrieved members of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) national working committee (NWC) have accused the leadership of the party of marginalising them in the ongoing presidential campaigns. The newspaper reports the federal government has asked telecommunication companies to reverse the recent 10 percent hike in calls and data prices.
The Nation says the federal government has approached the supreme court on its case against Nnamdi Kanu, leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB). The newspaper reports that the federal government has explained how it will fund the deficit of N10.78 trillion in the 2023 budget.
Daily Independent says the federal government has disclosed that the construction of the Second Niger Bridge is complete. The newspaper reports that President Muhammadu Buhari has signed the startup bill into law.
Daily Trust reports that there is a crisis in the All Progressives Congress (APC) over the decision of Abdullahi Adamu, APC national chairman, to replace suspended departmental directors at the party’s national secretariat. The newspaper says gunmen have killed at least 23 persons in Gbeji community in Ukum LGA of Benue state.
The Guardian says the expansion of telecommunications services to rural communities in Nigeria has been slowed down by insecurity and lack of access to foreign exchange. The newspaper reports that speakers of state assemblies have accused Ovie Omo-Agege, deputy senate president, of blackmail amid the controversy trailing the constitution amendment.

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