Vanguard
Cross River State Government has defended the foreign trip embarked upon by the state governor, Professor Ben Ayade, saying he has not violated the constitution by travelling out of the country without writing to the Speaker of the state House of Assembly.
Thisday
Buhari Orders Security Services to Stop Violence in Rivers State
President Muhammadu Buhari on Tuesday in Malabo, Equatorial Guinea, spoke for the first time on the recent political violence in Rivers State and vowed to deal with the sponsors of the violence decisively.
The Sun
Buhari has abandoned governance for foreign interests –Fayose
Ekiti State Governor, Mr. Ayodele Fayose has urged President Muhammadu Buhari to pay more attention to security and economic issues affecting Nigeria instead of focusing on other countries and persecuting perceived political enemies.
Daily Times
Ikpeazu fumes over beheading of ABSU students
The Abia State Governor, Dr Okezie Ikpeazu, has condemned last weekend’s cult violence in the Abia State University, Uturu which led to the beheading of two students.
Guardian
Reps move to probe amnesty scheme’s alleged N400b fake contracts
The House of Representatives has mandated its committees on Public Procurement and Niger Delta to investigate over N400 billion allegedly expended by the Presidential Amnesty Programme through fictitious contract awards.
Daily Trust
The group of 15 in the Kogi State House Assembly, led by embattled Speaker Momoh Jimoh Lawal, yesterday insisted that Governor Yahaya Bello was the brain behind the lingering impasse in the state House of Assembly.
National Mirror
Dasuki drags FG to ECOWAS Court
The embattled immediate past National Security Adviser, NSA, Colonel Mohammed Sambo Dasuki (rtd), has dragged the Federal Government before the Economic Community of West African States, ECOWAS, Court of Justice over his continued detention without trial since December 2015.
Leadership
BACKLASH :Ganduje To Kwankwaso: We Can’t Abandon PMB For You In 2019………..LASHBACK :Stop Using PMB’s Name To Cover Your Weaknesses, Kwankwaso Hits Back.
Backlash and Lashback this week examines the unending political war between a political godfather, Senator Rabi’u Kwankwaso and his estranged godson, Kano State governor Abdullahi Ganduje, over an alleged political thuggery in the state.
The Nation
JAMB candidates take to violence at Lagos Assembly
SOME candidates, who wrote the 2016 Unified Tertiary Matriculations Examination (UTME) Computer Based Test (CBT), took their grievances to the Lagos State House of Assembly in Alausa, Lagos yesterday.
Tribune
Senate rejects bill seeking equality for women
SENATORS, on Tuesday, voted against a bill seeking to eliminate all forms of discrimination against womenfolk.
