Nigerian Newspaper Headlines Today: 4th June

PUNCH

Ex-Taraba gov, Nyame, appeals conviction today

A former Governor of Taraba State, Rev. Jolly Nyame, will on Monday (today) appeal his conviction, The PUNCH has learnt.

Vanguard

Lagos APC to sue party’s NWC for overruling congress

Lagos – The Lagos chapter of the All Progressives Congress(APC)on Sunday said it would sue the National Working Committee(NWC)for overruling its state congress.

The Sun

DSS denies withdrawing Saraki, Dogara’s security

The Department of State Services (DSS) has dismissed report trending online that the service has withdrawn its personnel attached to the Senate President, Dr. Bukola Saraki and the Speaker House of Representatives, Yakubu Dogara.

ThisDay

APC Congress: Okorocha Suffering Rejection from Home, Says Oyegun

The National Chairman of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC), Chief John Odigie-Oyegun, has asked the Imo State Governor, Rochas Okorocha, to look inwards for reasons behind his predicament in the recent nationwide congresses of the party.

Guardian

AMCON plans ‘name and shame’ for politically exposed debtors

The quest for debt recovery by the Asset Management Corporation of Nigeria (AMCON) would soon test the option of “name and shame,” especially for the Politically Exposed Persons (PEPs), just as elections draw near.

Daily Trust

Why Buhari is scared of 2019 elections – PDP

The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has said the declaration by President Muhammadu Buhari that the APC’s resources may not match the opposition’s ahead of the 2019 polls was an admission that he ‎didn’t have the goodwill which brought him to power in 2015.

Tribune

Offa Bank multiple robberies: Police invite Saraki for questioning

THE recent multiple banks’ robberies that took place in Offa, Kwara State took a new turn on Sunday as the Nigerian Police Force, NPF, invited the President of the Senate, Dr Bunkola Saraki for questioning.

The Nation

Police: Saraki, Ahmed indicted for Offa robbery

SENATE President Bukola Saraki is to be questioned by the police for alleged criminal indictment by five suspected gangsters involved in the April 5 bank robbery in Offa, Kwara State.

Leadership

Edo PDP Knocks Obaseki Over Sack Of Workers

Edo State chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, at the weekend expressed shock at the state government decision to sack the entire staff of the state owned College of Education Iguoriakhi noting that Edo South is facing what the party described as “Education holocaust”.

Read More at: https://leadership.ng/2018/06/04/edo-pdp-knocks-obaseki-over-sack-of-workers/