The Punch said that the controversy trailing the endorsement of Alhaji Atiku Abubakar, presidential candidate of Peoples Democratic Party by Igbo highest decision-making body, Imeobi Ohanaeze Ndigbo, took another dimension on Thursday as the National Executive Committee has suspended the Secretary-General, Uche Okwukwu over alleged anti-organisation activities.
It also reported that the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission on Friday failed to arraign the sacked Director General of the National Intelligence Agency, Ambassador Ayodele Oke and his wife, Folashade.
The Vanguard reported that despite Wednesday night’s decision by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), barring it from fielding candidates in Zamfara State, the All Progressives Congress has said it would not only field candidates in Zamfara State, but also in Rivers State where its fate is also a subject of litigation.
The Guardian said amid the campaigns for the forthcoming general elections, Nobel Laureate, Prof. Wole Soyinka, has stated that neither President Muhammadu Buhari nor former Vice President, Atiku Abubakar, would get his vote.
ThisDay said Justice Ahmed Mohammed of the Federal High Court, Abuja on Thursday, adjourned till February 7, 2019, for hearing on the suit seeking the disqualification of President Muhammadu Buhari in the February 16 presidential election.
The Sun reported that ahead of his trial at the Code of Conduct Tribunal (CCT) slated for Monday, suspended Chief Justice of Nigeria (CJN), Justice Walter Onnoghen, has opened up on how he got the foreign currencies he deposited in his domiciliary accounts.
The Nation said that information making rounds in Abia State this morning has it that the Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Hon. Donatus Nwankpa has been released.