Nigerian Newspapers Daily Front Pages Review | Friday, 25 February, 2022

Naija News looks at the top happenings making headlines on the front pages of Nigeria’s national newspapers today Friday, February, 25th 2022.

Several Nigerians – mostly students – who are in Ukraine are currently stranded even as Russia continues to attack the eastern European nation, The PUNCH has learnt. This is as the National Association of Nigerian Students in Ukraine sent out a Save Our Soul message to the President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd.), seeking immediate evacuation from Ukraine.

Russia’s invasion of Ukraine rattled global financial and energy markets, causing oil prices to spike and financial instruments to fall after Russian troops moved into Ukraine by air, land and sea, The Guardian reports.

Kaduna State governor, Mallam Nasir Ahmad el-Rufai, said yesterday that the military had been reluctant to fully engage bandits terrorizing the country, especially in the North-West, for fear of being dragged before the International Criminal Court, ICC, Vanguard reports

As part of the constitution review, the National Assembly will vote on a bill seeking to empower it to compel the President to appear before it to answer questions on security and other matters. According to The Nation, the clause is also seeking to empower the House of Assembly to summon the governor

About 12,000 students are reportedly among the many Nigerians currently stranded in the wake of the conflict between Ukraine and Russia, Daily Trust findings show.

Newly created third force movement, The National Movement (TNM), on Thursday said it is waiting to harvest massive defectors from the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) and the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) after the conduct of their presidential, governorship and other primaries, Independent reports.

Thank you for reading, that all for today, see you again tomorrow for a review of Nigerian newspapers.