Reports on Saturday’s supplementary polls and other election-related matters dominated the cover pages of Nigerian newspapers.
The Punch reports that the All Progressives Congress (APC), the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), and other political parties are set to battle for 93 legislative seats in federal and state parliaments in Saturday’s supplementary elections. The newspaper says the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has proposed that banks should transfer funds in accounts that have been dormant for up to 10 years into a trust fund account.The Nation reports that Bola Tinubu, president-elect, has asked the presidential election petition tribunal to dismiss the suit filed against his victory by the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and Atiku Abubakar, its candidate, for being grossly deficient. The newspaper says Nigeria is working to meet Tuesday’s deadline for submission of applications for the second phase of the Malaria vaccine project being coordinated by the World Health Organisation (WHO).THISDAY reports that Usman Baba, inspector-general of police, has deployed police officers to 24 states ahead of Saturday’s supplementary elections. The newspaper says the federal government has vested custody and management of repatriated Benin artefacts in the Oba of Benin Kingdom.Daily Sun reports that the World Bank said the issues of poverty and insecurity in Nigeria are worrisome. The newspaper says the National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) said flood killed 665 people and displaced 4.8 million in 2022.The Guardian reports that Orji Kalu, a former governor of Abia, and Godswill Akpabio, a former governor of Akwa Ibom, are top contenders for the position of senate president in the 10th national assembly. The newspaper says aviation workers’ unions have threatened to embark on strike over non-release of new conditions of service in the last seven years and other welfare issues.