Newspaper Headlines: Stop bushmeat business, FG tells hunters, sellers amid rising monkeypox cases

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Newspaper Headlines: Stop bushmeat business, FG tells hunters, sellers amid rising monkeypox cases

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June 1, 2022

The comment of President Muhammadu Buhari on his choice of the presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC) dominated the cover pages of Nigerian newspapers.

The Punch reports that Buhari has directed APC governors to search for a strong consensus presidential candidate. The newspaper says the federal government sent 640 soldiers on peacekeeping duties amid insecurity.

Daily Independent says APC governors may have settled for a northern presidential candidate. The newspaper reports that telecommunications companies are battling a decline in investment owing to vandalism of their facilities.

Nigerian Tribune says the federal government asked hunters and bushmeat sellers to discontinue business amid rising cases of monkeypox. The newspaper reports that abductors of Samuel Kanu, prelate of the Methodist Church Nigeria (MCN), were paid N100 million before they released him.

The Nation reports that two members of the APC national working committee (NWC) have accused Abdullahi Adamu, the party’s national chairman, of taking decisions unilaterally. The newspaper says the ban on motorcycles in Lagos will take effect, today.

The Guardian reports that Rochas Okorocha, former Imo governor, was granted N500m bail in the alleged N2.9 billion fraud suit. Ahmad Gumi, Islamic cleric, said negotiation with the terrorists who attacked Kaduna train passengers will save victims, the newspaper says.

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