Nigerian newspapers review: [Christian killings] Nigeria hiring lobbyists to mask insecurity – Ted Cruz

In today’s Nigerian newspapers review programme, Today in the News, Vanguard leads with Senator Ted Cruz of the United States of America accusing the President Bola Tinubu government of using public relations lobbying to mask the killing of Christians in Nigeria.

Another headline features experts explaining the life expectancy challenge in Nigeria and why Nigerians are dying too soon.

Vanguard also reports that President Tinubu okayed the expansion of Army divisions from eight to 12.

Moving to another newspaper, The Guardian leads with the South East facing tertiary healthcare and infrastructure crisis.

The Punch’s top headline features some members of the House of Representatives staging a walkout as the State Police Bill was passed.

Lastly, The Nation reports that the Presidency and former President Olusegun Obasanjo knocked the presidential candidate of the African Democratic Congress (ADC), Atiku Abubakar, over his petition to United States President Donald Trump over a 1993 civil forfeiture involving Tinubu in the United States.

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