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Newspaper Headlines: Lagos council chairpersons oppose bill to scrap 37 LCDAs

Ayodeji.oluwafemi@thecable.ng'byAyodele Oluwafemi
October 19, 2024 7:55 am

Reports on the controversy trailing CNG-powered vehicles and the crisis in the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) dominate the front pages of Nigerian newspapers.

The Punch reports that members of the Nigerian community in Libya have lamented maltreatment in the North African country days after the cancellation of the second leg of the 2025 Africa Cup of Nations qualifier between the Super Eagles of Nigeria and Libya’s national team. The newspaper reports that the death toll from the Jigawa petrol tanker explosion has reached 170.
THISDAY reports that local government areas are still battling inadequate infrastructure, poverty, and unemployment despite receiving N2.67 trillion from the federation account allocation committee (FAAC) in the first nine months of 2024. Peter Obi, presidential candidate of the Labour Party (LP) in the 2023 election, said the absence of President Bola Tinubu and Vice-President Kashim Shettima from the country does not show a sign of a serious government.
The Nation reports that the factions in the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) are restrategising ahead of next Thursday’s national executive committee (NEC) meeting. The newspaper says Lagos council chairmen have urged the state house of assembly to reconsider the creation of area administrative councils to replace local council development areas (LCDAs) in the proposed local government administration bill.
Daily Trust reports that the Kaduna local government elections will take place today. The newspaper also highlights the controversies surrounding Senate President Godswill Akpabio.

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