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Nigerian Newspapers Daily Front Pages Review | Tuesday 25th October, 2022
Naija News looks at the top happenings making headlines on the front pages of Nigeria’s national newspapers today Tuesday 25th October 2022.
The PUNCH: The Presidential campaign organisations of the Peoples Democratic Party, the All Progressives Congress and the Labour Party have demanded increased security on campaign grounds. Speaking against the backdrop of the terror alerts issued on Sunday by the United States Mission and British High Commission in Nigeria, the councils also insisted that they would not suspend their rallies.
The Guardian: Amid resounding debate on the single faith ticket and resort to ethnicity by parties, which has defined the campaigns so far, a coalition of over 500 women organisations under the aegis of Womanifesto movement, yesterday, provoked a fresh controversy over the 2023 elections, when it stated that none of the presidential candidates has told them his concrete plans for women and girls in the country.
This Day: The Inspector-General of Police (IGP), Usman Baba, has ordered the increase of security activities in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), as part of new efforts to secure the nation’s capital and contain threats of any nature. In line with the new measures, the IGP, yesterday, announced the commencement of a counterterrorism operation and simulation exercise codenamed, “Operation Darkin Gaggawa”.
The Nation: A Federal High Court in Abuja has granted the request of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) for the final forfeiture of some assets held in Abuja by former Minister of Petroleum Resources, Mrs. Diezani Alison-Madueke. In a ruling yesterday, Justice Mobolaji Olajuwon ordered that the assets – two houses and two luxury cars – be permanently forfeited to the Federal Government
Daily Trust: Before Sunday’s advisory by US Embassy in Nigeria, security forces had been working hard to avert severe attacks on Abuja and its environs by terrorists loyal to the Islamic State West Africa Province (ISWAP), an investigation by Daily Trust revealed.
Thank you for reading, that is all for today, see you again tomorrow for a review of Nigerian newspapers.
