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Nigerian Newspapers Daily Front Pages Review | Sunday 19th November, 2023
Naija News looks at the top happenings making headlines on the front pages of Nigeria’s national newspapers today Sunday 19th November 2023.
The PUNCH: The National Judicial Council has berated the Osun State Governor, Ademola Adeleke, and the state House of Assembly for removing the Chief Judge of the state, Justice Oyebola Ojo, saying they lack the power to suspend or discipline any judge.
The Guardian: Months after military coup d’etats in Niger Republic and Mali that blighted Africa’s democratic credentials, last Friday’s concession of defeat by Liberia’s incumbent president and football legend, George Weah, to the opposition leader, Joseph Boakai, after a fiercely-contested presidential election, has indicated the deepening of democratic culture on the continent despite the setbacks.
This Day: Barely 24 hours after President Bola Tinubu cancelled the controversial deduction of 40 per cent of Internally Generated Revenues (IGRs) from federal universities across the country to avert crisis, the president has said his administration will take all necessary actions to ensure that universities do not embark on strike actions again.
The Nation: The Nigerian Bar Association (NBA) has kicked against the suspension of the Chief Judge of Osun State, Justice Oyebola Ojo by Governor Ademola Adeleke. The Nation recalled that the Osun State House of Assembly on Thursday recommended suspension of the CJ after which Adeleke approved the recommendation and directed that Justice Yinka Afolabi be sworn in to acting capacity.
Daily Trust: Many young women and girls are caught in the web of commercial sex trade in the nation’s seat of power, Abuja, daring the attendant dangers, Daily Trust on Sunday reports.
Thank you for reading, that is all for today, see you again tomorrow for a review of Nigerian newspapers.
