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Nigerian Newspapers Daily Front Pages Review | Friday, 18 February, 2022
Naija News looks at the top happenings making headlines on the front pages of Nigeria’s national newspapers today Friday, February, 18th 2022.
The Federal Government and the Peoples Democratic Party on Thursday exchanged words over a report by the National Bureau of Statistics in which it was stated that Nigeria’s Gross Domestic Product grew by 3.4 per cent in 2021-the highest in seven years, The PUNCH reports.
The Guardian reports that the gloves have been worn and the fight for who controls the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) in Osun State promises to be bloody, literally. The mud fight may have already been brought to the doorstep of National Leader of the party and presidential hopeful, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu.
According to Vanguard, Indications emerged, yesterday, that the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA, has filed an application in court for the extension of the detention of embattled Deputy Commissioner of Police, Abba Kyari and four other suspects involved in the 25-kilogramme cocaine deal
Efforts to end the disagreement over the zoning of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) presidential ticket in next year’s election by its governors failed to yield fruit at a retreat in Ghana earlier in the week, The Nation reports.
President Muhammadu Buhari is in a tight corner over whom to endorse as the national chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC), eight days to the national convention of the ruling party, Daily Trustreports
Thank you for reading, that all for today, see you again tomorrow for a review of Nigerian newspapers
