Nigerian Newspapers reported on a variety of issues ranging from preparation for the 2027 Elections to the demands by States for a pause in deductions of Paris Club debts from statutory allocations. The issue of the effect of the looming conflict in the strait if Hormuz on fuel price and…...
Nigerian Newspapers reported on a variety of issues ranging from preparation for the 2027 Elections to the demands by States for a pause in deductions of Paris Club debts from statutory allocations.
The issue of the effect of the looming conflict in the strait if Hormuz on fuel price and Sports also got prominent mentions with the Ebola inttusion also looming in the background.
1. The Punch in one of its front page lead stories report on the alarm raised by National Security Adviser, Nuhu Ribadu.
The Federal Government has raised concerns over reported breaches of Ebola screening protocols at the nation’s entry points, ordering security agencies, health institutions and other relevant authorities to tighten surveillance and ensure strict compliance with measures designed to prevent the spread of the deadly virus.
The fresh directive followed concerns raised by the Office of the National Security Adviser over reported non-compliance with approved Ebola entry protocols, amid growing anxiety over the confirmation of an imported case in Abuja.
Saturday PUNCH gathered that the Federal Ministry of Health and Social Welfare had directed relevant agencies to document and report actual or attempted breaches of the protocols.
The development came as investigations by our correspondents across several states revealed gaps in public awareness, infection prevention facilities and emergency preparedness, despite assurances by state governments that they had intensified surveillance. Read more in The Punch on Saturday
2. The Guardian in its frony page lead on Saturday reports on the poor funding of Education across the country identifying alumni associations as a critical funding lifeline for schools.
For many Nigerians, the schools they attended hold memories of friendships forged, lessons learned and dreams nurtured. Years after leaving those classrooms, some former students are returning, not merely to reconnect with old classmates, but to rebuild the institutions that helped shape their destinies.
Across the country, alumni associations are mobilising resources to renovate classrooms, equip laboratories, provide learning materials and restore facilities weakened by years of neglect.
Last week, Government College Ibadan Old Boys Association (GCIOBA) had it’s reunion in Ibadan, where the association unveiled it’s projects for alma mater. It currently manages major infrastructure upgrades, teacher welfare programmes and free education policies under a 25-year management MoU with the Oyo State Government. Read more in The Guardian
3. The Nation in its front page lead on Saturday reports on the starr of the Prwsidential campaign of tbe All Progressives Congress in Kaduna State.
It was all bustling in Kaduna metropolis yesterday as the city revved up preparation to host the formal take off of the All Progressives Congress (APC) Presidential Campaign today.
State governors, party leaders including the APC national chairman Nentawe Yilwatda and the Director General of the Presidential Campaign Council Abdulaziz Yari, thousands of party supporters and members of support groups from across the 36 states and the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) trooped into the city ahead of President Bola Tinubu and his entourage who are expected in town today.
All hotels in and around the city are fully booked by delegates to the event.
The Ranchers Bees Stadium, venue of the event, is wearing a new look with APC flags, billboards and banners hoisted all over it. Read more in The Nation
4. Leadership on Saturday reports on what it said are the secret deals behind the composition of the All Progressives Congress’s Presidential Campaign Council.
Osun State Governor Ademola Adeleke has emerged with a major role in the power-sharing arrangement for the state chapter of the All Progressives Congress (APC), brokered by the Chief of Staff to the President, Femi Gbajabiamila, LEADERSHIP Weekend has learnt.
Sources familiar with the negotiations said Adeleke had effectively emerged as the leader of the coalition coordinating President Bola Tinubu’s 2027 re-election campaign in Osun. However, he has yet to defect from the Accord Party, under which he contested the last governorship election after defecting from the fragmented Peoples Democratic Party (PDP).
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) declared Adeleke the winner of the 15 August 2026, governorship election with 511,067 votes, defeating the APC candidate, Bola Oyebamiji, who polled 444,815 votes. Adeleke won by a margin of 66,252 votes across the state’s 30 local government areas. Read more in Leadership Weekend
5. Blueprint Newspapers report on the stoppage of the planned removal of the Dr Saka Balogun as the Balogun of Ogbomosho land by the Oyo State govsrnment.
The Oyo state government on Friday thwarted a plan to remove Dr. Saka Balogun as the Balogun of Ogbomoso by the Soun of Ogbomoso, Oba Ghandi Afolabi Olaoye.
The government, in a statement by the state Commissioner for Local Government and Chieftaincy Matters, Hon. Ademola Ojo, described the removal as “an aberration and unknown to the existing law that guides the traditional council operations in the state.”
Ojo noted that as far as the state government was concerned, Dr. Balogun remained the duly recognised Balogun of Ogbomoso land. Read more in Bkueprint on Satyrday