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Newspaper Headlines: Rivers sole administrator cancels all pending procurement, tender processes

Ayodeji.oluwafemi@thecable.ng'byAyodele Oluwafemi
April 4, 2025 7:00 am

Reports on the failed bid to recall Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan, Kogi central senator, dominate the frontpages.

The Punch reports that the newly imposed 14 percent tariff by US President Donald Trump on exports from Nigeria presents a significant risk to the $10 billion annual exports to the United States. The newspaper says Afenifere, the pan-Yoruba socio-political organisation, has called for caution over a bill seeking to confer indigeneship on a person who has resided in a particular place for upward of 10 years.
Vanguard reports that the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) said the petition seeking to recall Akpoti-Uduahan failed to meet the constitutional threshold. The newspaper says Ibok-Ete Ibas, the sole administrator of Rivers, has cancelled all pending procurement and tender processes initiated by Siminalayi Fubara, suspended governor of the state.
Daily Trust reports that Hakeem Baba-Ahmed, special adviser on political matters in the office of Vice-President Kashim Shettima, has resigned his appointment.
Nigerian Tribune reports that League of Northern Democrats (LND) has accused President Bola Tinubu of ethnic bias in the recent composition of the board of the Nigerian National Petroleum Company (NNPC) Limited.

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