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Newspaper Headlines: Yoruba nation agitators ask court to stop Osun, Ekiti guber polls

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March 17, 2022
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The letter written by President Muhammadu Buhari in which the president backed Mai Mala Buni, governor of Yobe, as the caretaker committee chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC) dominated the cover pages of Nigerian newspapers.

The Nation says Buhari has asked governors elected in the APC to allow Buni continues as the party’s caretaker chairman. Abubakar Malami, attorney-general of the federation, has said that the federal government is considering available options on the Electoral Act, 2022, the newspaper reports.


The Punch reports that the federal government has blamed gas shortage and vandalisation of pipelines for the recent power outages. The newspaper says agitators for the actualisation of ‘Yoruba nation’ has asked a court to stop the forthcoming Osun and Ekiti governorship elections.


Daily Independent reports that Bola Tinubu, APC chieftain, has asked federal lawmakers in his party to support his lifelong ambition to become president. The newspaper says gunmen killed two prison officials in Imo state, on Wednesday.


Daily Sun reports that the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) will pick its presidential candidate on May 29. The newspaper says oil marketers and airline operators have commenced dialogue over the hike in the price of aviation fuel.


The Nigerian Tribune reports that National Association of Nigerian Students (NANs) has issued a two-week ultimatum to the federal government and Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) to end the ongoing strike. The federal government has asked TikTok, the video-focused social media platform, to stop the use of its platform in Nigeria for promoting money rituals and fake news, the newspaper says.

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