Nigerian newspapers review: Gunmen raid Kogi school, abduct principal, NECO official, students

In today’s Nigerian newspapers review programme, Today in the News, Vanguard leads with gunmen raiding a school in Kogi State and abducting the principal, an official of the National Examination Council (NECO) and students.

Another headline features the Speaker of the House of Representatives, Tajudeen Abbas, saying that safeguards will prevent governors from turning state police into their private army for personal gain.

Vanguard also reports that a Nigerian Catholic priest took his own life in the United States over fears of forced return to home country following the expiration of his visa as a religious worker.

Moving to other newspapers, The Guardian reports that as the deadline for the submission of candidates for next year’s general election expired on July 15, political parties made conflicting claims over compliance with the Independent National Electoral Commission’s nomination timetable, amid requests for an extension, court cases over candidate nominations and denials of reports that some parties failed to meet the deadline.

The Punch’s top headline features former Vice President Atiku Abubakar clashing with the Presidency over the purported Presidential Foreign Investment Promotion Council (PFIPC) as the Senate rejected, for the second time in one week, a request to investigate the controversial budgetary allocation to the alleged agency.

Lastly, The Nation leads with the Federal High Court in Abuja ordering the final forfeiture of 48 assets linked to former Attorney General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Abubakar Malami (SAN), who is facing charges of money laundering.

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