The Sun said that controversy has continued to trail the leaked audio tapes exposing where Transportation Minister, Chibuike Amaechi, allegedly lamented the situation in the country under President Muhammadu Buhari.
The Punch said opposition political parties have resolved to begin nationwide protests from January 15 to force President Muhammadu Buhari to name a new Inspector-General of Police.
The parties, on the platform of the Coalition of United Political Parties, hinged their decision on the claim that the current police boss, Ibrahim Idris, ceased to be a policeman since January 3 after 35 years in service.
The Leadership newspaper reported that fears have gripped political parties, civil society organisations and other stakeholders in the electoral process over the threat of the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) to begin a nationwide strike tomorrow over the impasse on the N30,000 new minimum wage.
The Vanguard said that strong reactions trailed the military’s arrest of Northern Regional Editor of the Daily Trust Newspaper, Uthman Abubakar, and a reporter, Ibrahim Sawab and the closure of the Abuja and Maiduguri offices of the organisation.
The Nation newspaper quoted the Nigerian Army as saying it invaded the offices of the Daily Trust Newspapers offices in Maiduguri and Abuja to invite the organisation’s journalists responsible for the publication of a classified military operation plans.
The army admitted invading the newspaper’s offices in a statement by its spokesman, Brig.-Gen. Sani Usman.
The Guardian said suspected militants may have renewed hostilities against oil companies operating in the Niger Delta.
ThisDay newspaper reported that President Muhammadu Buhari last night said he would continue to stand with the country’s masses because they constitute the bulk of his supporters and proceeded to descend heavily on the elite for what he called their complicity in the events that led to the sorry state of the country.
The Tribune said hoodlums from a yet to be identified group at Idi-Arere/Sakapena area in Ibadan, Oyo State capital in the early hours of Sunday set over 20 houses on fire in what was described as a clash between two rival gangs in the area.