Nigerian Newspapers Daily Front Pages Review | Friday, 29 April, 2022

Naija News looks at the top happenings making headlines on the front pages of Nigeria’s national newspapers today Friday, April 29th 2022.

The PUNCH: Former President Goodluck Jonathan who is considering joining the All Progressives Congress to run for President is set to face a legal battle in the coming days, The PUNCH has learnt. This is just as the Vice Chairman/Director of Public Affairs, Igbo Leadership Development Foundation, Dr. Law Mefor, says his group will be going to court to challenge Jonathan should he declare his intention to contest.

The Guardian: President Muhammadu Buhari, yesterday, told a Federal High Court in Abuja that he did not order the Senate to remove the contentious Section 84(12) from the amended Electoral Act 2022

Vanguard: Vice President Yemi Osinbajo, yesterday, recalled how he became the All Progressives Congress, APC, running mate to President Muhammadu Buhari in 2015, saying he was shocked when he got the news from Ogbeni Rauf Aregbesola.

The Nation: Section 84(12) of the Electoral Act 2022 cannot stand, President Muhammadu Buhari and the Attorney-General of the Federation (AGF) Abubakar Malam (SAN) told a court yesterday. They insisted that the section contravenes constitutional provisions and ought to be voided

Daily Trust: The growing number of presidential aspirants from the South West in the All Progressives Congress (APC) is threatening the chances of the zone to pick the ticket of the ruling party. The aspirants from the zone include Vice President Yemi Osinbajo (Ogun), former House of Representatives Speaker, Dimeji Bankole (Ogun), Senator Ibikunle Amosun (Ogun), national leader of the APC, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu (Lagos) and the chairman of Nigerian Governors’ Forum, Dr Kayode Fayemi (Ekiti)

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