The Leadership reported that hundreds of residents in Nembe community of Beyelsa State have fled their homes and business premises as Nigeria’s major oil pipeline, the Nembe Creek Trunk, exploded.
The Punch said that the National Working Committee of the Peoples Democratic Party has called an emergency national caucus meeting of the party.
The Sun reported that President Muhammadu Buhari has disclosed that only persons with integrity and interest of Nigeria will make his next cabinet to be announced after the swearing in on May 29.
The Vanguard also quoted Buhari saying that only people with integrity will make his cabinet in his second tenure in office.
ThisDay said military service chiefs have intensified the lobby to replace the Chief of Defence Staff (CDS), General Gabriel Olonisakin.
Military sources said Chief of Army Staff, Lt. General Tukur Buratai, and Chief of Air Staff, Air Marshal Sadique Abubakar, have stepped up subterranean moves in their different capacities, to get President Muhammadu Buhari to name either of them as the next CDS.
The Guardian said that against the backdrop of crises in different parts of the country, the governorship and House of Assembly elections scheduled to hold at the weekend may be marred by violence.
Already, the crisis in Benue State has continued to claim lives. The military blamed certain powerful forces for the recent attacks on communities in the state.
The Nation said another round of trouble is brewing between the Federation Account Allocation Committee (FAAC) and Nigeria National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC), following delay by Nigeria Petroleum Development Company (NPDC), an NNPC subsidiary, to offset the $1.7 billion owed FAAC.