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Newspaper Headlines: Oyebanji kicks against Sharia court in Ekiti, blames opposition

Ayodeji.oluwafemi@thecable.ng'byAyodele Oluwafemi
January 24, 2025 7:00 am

The proscription of Lakurawa sect as a terrorist group, and growing opposition to the telecommunication tariff hike, are the major issues on the frontpages. 

Daily Trust reports that the military governments of Mali, Burkina Faso, and Niger Republic have announced the decision to launch a common passport. The newspaper says a federal high court in Abuja has designated the Lakurawa sect as a terrorist group.
Vanguard reports that Olayemi Cardoso, governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), projected that the country’s economy will grow by 4.1 percent in 2025, as well as record a decline in inflation. A judge has temporarily blocked US President Donald Trump’s executive order ending the country’s constitutional guarantee of birthright citizenship.
The Punch reports that the National Association of Telecommunications Subscribers will engage the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) on Friday to seek a possible reversal of the 50 percent telecom tariff hike to 10 percent, as the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) prepares for a nationwide protest. The Ekiti state government says there is no legal framework in the state for the establishment of a sharia court or an independent sharia arbitration panel.
The Nation reports that statutory monthly allocations will not be directly disbursed to the 774 local governments this month due to delay in submission of account details. The newspaper says Jeremiah Useni, a former minister of the federal capital territory (FCT), is dead.

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