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Newspaper Headlines: Lagos sets up committee to probe collapsed Ikoyi building

Ayodeji.oluwafemi@thecable.ng'byAyodele Oluwafemi
November 4, 2021 8:05 am

 The setting up of a panel to investigate the collapsed 21-storey building in Ikoyi by the Lagos state government appeared on the cover pages of Nigerian newspapers.

The Daily Independent says the governors elected on the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) platform have agreed to throw the party’s presidential ticket open. The newspaper says telecommunications companies in Nigeria lost N20 billion revenue in one year.
The Nation says the Lagos state government has vowed to punish offenders involved in the construction of the collapsed 21-storey building in Ikoyi. The Northern Elders Forum (NEF) has asked Nigerians, especially those in the north, to vote for competent and honest leaders in 2023, the newspaper reports.
The Punch says Lagos state government has constituted a five-member committee to probe the collapsed Ikoyi building. Usman Baba, inspector-general of police, said heavy deployment of security operatives to Anambra is not to intimidate voters, the newspaper reports.
The Nigerian Tribune says the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has abolished the use of incident form for biometric voter accreditation system (BVAS). The newspaper reports that Mai Mala Buni, governor of Yobe, is set to meet with stakeholders in the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Oyo over the crisis in the party.
Daily Sun reports that soldiers mounted roadblocks in strategic places in the nation’s capital over fears of terrorist attacks. The newspaper says the US government threatened to impose a visa ban on sponsors of election violence in Anambra.

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