Naturenex looks at the top happenings making headlines on the front pages of Nigeria’s national newspapers today Sunday, 29th September 2024.
The PUNCH: Organisers of the #FearlessOctober1 protest have declared that the police, Department of State Services, and the military would not stop them from embarking on the demonstration as planned. The organisers have also written to the Inspector General of Police, Kayode Egbetokun, to request security during the demonstration, noting that protest is a fundamental right they would not submit to any state agent.
Vanguard: BARELY two months after the August 1-10 protests tagged #EndBadGovernance, some Nigerians are warming up for fresh nationwide protests planned to hit the streets on October 1, that is, about 48 hours away.
ThisDay: The Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Chief Nyesom Wike, has ridiculed the camp of the Rivers Governor Siminalayi Fubara, for choosing the All Peoples Party (APP) as their preferred political party platform amidst the ongoing crisis rocking the state.Wike wondered when Rivers degenerated to the level of having the APP as its political party.
The Nation: The Minister of Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Nyesom Wike, yesterday aimed a fresh jibe at his detractors over the festering Rivers State crisis, declaring that they were no match for him. Wike, who stormed Amadi-Ama, Abuloma, Okirika Local Government Area of Rivers State for a reception organised in his honour by the Ijaw Peoples Congress (IPC), said all the threats to stop him from controlling the party’s structure in the state had come to naught.
