Nigerian Newspapers Daily Front Pages Review | Tuesday, 19th July, 2022

Naija News looks at the top happenings making headlines on the front pages of Nigeria’s national newspapers today Tuesday, 19th July, 2022.

The PUNCH: The camp of the Osun State governor-elect, Ademola Adeleke, is worried over a suit filed by his rival in the Peoples Democratic Party’s primary, Prince Dotun Babayemi, at the Court of Appeal, Akure.

The Guardian: Stakeholders have expressed cautious optimism as the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited (NNPC) transits today, insisting that most of the entities under the companies are still loss making sub-subsidiaries. Going by the provisions of the Petroleum Industry Act (PIA), NNPC had on July 1, 2022, legally transformed into a company that will be regulated under the Companies and Allied Matters Act (CAMA).

Vanguard: The Federal Government and workers’ unions in various sectors of the economy were literally at each other’s jugular, yesterday, over the five-month long strike embarked upon by the Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASUU, which has grounded the nation’s ivory towers.

The Nation: An end to the strike by university teachers may be in sight. There were strong indications yesterday that they may get a 100 per cent pay rise. President Muhammadu Buhari has decided to wade into the protracted crisis.

This Day: Last weekend’s governorship election in Osun State, was a keenly contested exercise, which threw up quite a surprise, and further left in its trail, natural expectations – winners and losers – but, with a different mix.

Daily Trust: Terrorists and bandits ambushed troops and attacked civilians in Borno, Plateau and Katsina states between Sunday night and the wee hours of Monday, killing many and abducting others.

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