Punch
BREAKING: Gunmen behead APC chief, kill family in Rivers
Gunmen have beheaded a chieftain of the All Progressives Congress in Omoku, Ogba/Egbema/Ndoni Local Government Area of Rivers State.
Vanguard
The candidate of the People’s Democratic Party, Senator Mao Ohuabunwa, won four out of the five local government areas of the re-run election in the Abia North Senatorial election.
Thisday
Concession Dams to States, Tambuwal Tells FG
Governor Aminu Waziri Tambuwal has urged the Federal Government to concession dams under its care to states that are interested in managing them, saying state governments will put such dams to better use for the benefit of the citizenry.
Guardian
Nigerians appeal to FG to intervene in rising prices of goods
Some Nigerians have appealed to the Federal Government to intervene in the rising prices of goods and services due to the steady depreciation of the naira.
Daily Trust
A chieftain of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Gombe state, Comrade Adamu Abubakar Modibbo, has faulted the state government over the swearing in of caretaker committee chairmen instead of conducting local government elections.
National Mirror
DSS arrests terrorists’ gun fabricator, others
The Department of State Services, DSS, said it had arrested a man who manufactures and procures arms for radical extremist sect, Boko Haram.
Tribune
Roundabouts demolition: Bello begs “shrine” owners for forgiveness
The Kogi State governor, Alhaji Yahaya Bello, has pleaded with owners of any imaginary or real shrine in the roundabouts he had demolished to pardon him as his plan was strictly to give the state capital a facelift and not to trouble their gods.
New Telegraph
Buhari: I’ll not tolerate Biafra
The President stated this recently in Qatar while granting an interview to a foreign television organisation. He said those behind the Biafran movement have failed to reflect on the damage which the civil war of 1967 to 1970 caused the country leading to loss of lives and property worth billions of naira.
Nigerian Pilot
President Buhari: ‘I haven’t failed’ against Boko Haram
