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Newspaper Headlines: Northern governors move against reprisals over killing of 16 hunters

Ayodeji.oluwafemi@thecable.ng'byAyodele Oluwafemi
March 30, 2025 8:06 am

Reactions on the killing of 16 hunters in Uromi, Edo state dominate the front pages of Nigerian newspapers.

The Punch reports that northern governors have started making moves to prevent reprisal attacks in the region over the murder of 16 hunters in Uromi, Edo state. The newspaper says the Ijaw National Congress (INC) said the allegations levelled against Siminalayi Fubara by George Nwaeke, the former head of service in the state, is a deliberate attempt to blackmail the suspended governor.
The Nation reports that President Bola Tinubu said the economic crisis triggered by the naira redesign policy nearly forced him to quit the 2023 presidential race. The newspaper says Tinubu has assented to the Investments and Securities Act (ISA) 2025, which repealed the Investments and Securities Act No. 29 of 2007.
Nigerian Tribune reports that Muhammad Abubakar Sa’ad, the Sultan of Sokoto, has declared today the Eid-el-Fitr celebration following the end of the Ramadan fasting on Saturday. The newspaper says former Vice-President Atiku Abubakar and Nyesom Wike, minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), have clashed over comments on the choice of a vice-presidential candidate in the 2023 elections.
Vanguard reports that the police command in Edo has arrested 14 suspects in connection with the murder of hunters in Uromi. The newspaper says Peter Obi, presidential candidate of LP in the 2023 elections, has dissociated himself from a gathering of members of the All Progressives Congress (APC), where he alleged that his name was mentioned.

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