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Newspaper Headlines: Politicians behind killings in south-east, says IPOB

Ayodeji.oluwafemi@thecable.ng'byAyodele Oluwafemi
March 8, 2022 7:00 am

The crisis in the caretaker leadership of the All Progressives Congress (APC) dominated the cover pages of the Nigerian newspapers.

The Nation reports that there is confusion in the APC over the fate of Mai Mala Buni, governor of Yobe, as the party’s caretaker chairman. The Nigerian Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative (NEITI) has disclosed that 51 oil and gas companies owe the federal government N1.32 trillion, the newspaper reports.
The Punch reports that the national assembly may suspend the electoral act amendment proposed by President Muhammadu Buhari. The newspaper says at least 26 people were killed when suspected herdsmen attacked Tor-Damisa community in Taraba state.
Daily Independent says the federal government will not tolerate recruitment of Nigerians to fight for Ukraine in the ongoing war with Russia. The newspaper reports that the Nigerian National Petroleum Company (NNPC) has indicated interest to acquire the power plants of the federal government.
The Guardian reports that women have sought for an end to discrimination in leadership and employment as the world celebrates International Women’s Day. The newspaper says the federal government has given a three-month timeline to the committee that will renegotiate 2009 agreement with the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU).
Daily Sun reports that the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) said politicians are behind the insecurity in the south-east of the country. The newspaper says Afenifere has commended the release of Sunday Adeyemo, a youth leader better known as Sunday Igboho, from detention in Benin Republic for medical treatment.

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