Nigerian Newspapers Headlines: Latest News Updates from Nigeria Monday,24th April 2023
Hello and welcome to today’s ThisNigeria roundup of the latest newspaper headlines in Nigeria. It’s Monday, the 24th of April, 2023, and we’ve compiled the top stories making the rounds across the country for your convenience.
Read Latest News Updates from Nigeria Monday, 24th April 2023
Your petition against Tinubu, a joke carried too far, Nnamani tells Peter Obi
Former Enugu Governor, Chimaroke Nnamani has advised Mr Peter Obi to withdraw his petition challenging the election of Sen. Bola Tinubu at the Presidential Election Tribunal.
Nnamani said this in a statement on Sunday in Abuja, urging Obi and his supporters to accept the reality of the fact that Tinubu had emerged as the President-elect of Nigeria.
Three-storey building collapses in Lagos
A three-storey building under construction at the Apapa area of Lagos state has collapsed.
This was made known in a statement issued by the Lagos State Government on Sunday.
APC dissolves campaign council
The Presidential Campaign Council (PCC) of the APC has been dissolved to retune members for the May 29 inauguration of the President-elect, Sen. Bola Tinubu’s administration.
MURIC accuses LASG of impoverishing market women with high cost of ultramodern shops
The Muslim Rights Concern (MURIC), has tasked governments at all levels to make sure that low income houses and markets are affordable for the people.
Manchester United reach FA Cup final after shootout victory over Brighton
Manchester United beat Brighton & Hove Albion in a thrilling penalty kicks shootout after their FA Cup semi-final at Wembley on Sunday finished 0-0 after extra time.
Their victory has now set up the first all-Manchester clash in the final.
7 burnt to death, 14 injured in Lagos-Ibadan expressway accident
No fewer than seven persons were burnt to death while 14 others sustained varying degrees of injuries in a lone accident around OPIC on the Lagos-Ibadan expressway on Sunday.
NFF lists 26 players for Golden Eaglets’ campaign at Under-17 AFCON
The Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) on Sunday in Abuja released a list of 26 players picked for the country’s participation in the 2023 Africa Under-17 Cup of Nations in Algeria.
The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the list has 16 players from various football academies across the country, while the rest 10 are from amateur clubsides.
Probe missing 149 million barrels of crude oil in 2019 or face legal action, SERAP tells Buhari
Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has urged President Muhammadu Buhari to “set up a presidential panel of enquiry to promptly probe the grim allegations that over 149 million barrels of crude oil are missing, as documented in the 2019 audited reports by the Auditor General of the Federation and Nigeria Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative (NEITI).”
That concludes today’s roundup of the top Nigerian newspaper headlines. For more news from Nigeria, be sure to check out ThisNigeria. We’ll be back tomorrow with more updates.
