Nigerian Newspaper Headlines Today: 25th December

Vanguard

We can’t bring back lives lost to floods, fire disasters, farmers/herders clashes ‘ Buhari


President Muhammadu Buhari has, again, said he remains committed to free, fair, credible and violence-free elections in 2019, saying ‘my word is my bond’.

The Nation

We should blame ourselves, if peace eludes Nigeria, says Obasanjo


FORMER President Olusegun Obasanjo has urged Nigerians to keep working for peace as the 2019 general elections draw closer.He warned that Nigerians, and not God, should accept responsibility, if peace eludes the country.The elder statesman gave the advice on Sunday evening during the 2018 Christmas Carol and Service of Six Lessons organised by the Chapel of Christ the Glorious King (CCKG) situated inside the sprawling Olusegun Obasanjo Presidential Library (OOPL), Abeokuta, the State capital.

This Day

APM, Led by Amosun, Delivers Letter of Adoption to Buhari


Omololu Ogunmade in Abuja President Muhammadu Buhari yesterday in the Presidential Villa, Abuja received the letter of his adoption as the presidential candidate of the Allied Peoples Movement (APM) from Ogun State governor, Ibikunle Amosun, and the National Chairman of APM, Yusuf Dantalle. Buhari’s acceptance of the letter from Amosun was perceived to imply his

Daily Sun

Badeh: Abductors free farm manager after collecting N3m ransom


The attackers who ambushed Badeh’s convoy operated on the old Keffi/Kaduna road, not the Abuja/Keffi expressway as it was being speculated. From Molly Kilete, Abuja The killers of the former Chief of Defence Staff (CDS), Air Chief Marshal Alex Badeh, have released his farm manager. Daily Sun gathered that the farm manager, who was also

Daily Sun

Gov Tambuwal presents N169.65bn 2019 budget estimates


Gov. Aminu Tambuwal of Sokoto State on Monday presented the states 2019 budget estimates of N169.652billion to the State House of Assembly for consideration. Tambuwal

Daily Trust

Osinbajo’s pleas for Yoruba a clarion call for Ndigbo ‘ VON DG


The call by Vice President Yemi Osinbajo for the Yoruba in South West to vote for President Muhammadu Buhari in 2019 so as to have a shot at the presidency in 2023 is a clarion call for the Ndigbo in South East Nigeria, Director General of Voice of Nigeria (VON), Mr. Osita Okechukwu, has said

Leadership

Zamfara IDPs Protest Killings, Raze LG Secretariat


Worried over the spate of killings in the state, Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs), taking refuge in Tsafe town of Tsafe local government area in Zamfara State have staged violent demonstration to protest wanton killings in the area. The demonstrators set ablaze the secretariat of the local government and burnt down 18 motor vehicles and motorbikes.

Tribune

You shall experience no more pains, Alao Akala tells Oyo residents


Gubernatorial candidate of the Action Democratic Party (ADP) in Oyo State, Chief Adebayo Alao Akala, on Monday, stated that his ambition to be governor again was hinged on his concern that the state had lost its pacesetter status, despite its abundant resources, and that residents of the state grappled with pains and hardship.