Nigerian Newspapers Daily Front Pages Review | Friday, 24 December, 2021

Ezenwoko’s Blog looks at the top happenings making headlines on the front pages of Nigeria’s national newspapers today Friday, December, 24th 2021.

According to The PUNCH, the military and other security agencies including the Nigeria Immigration Service have intensified security within Abuja following a warning from the Presidency over a planned attack by some terrorists during the Christmas holiday.

As Nigerians prepare for Christmas and New Year celebrations, the Federal Government, yesterday, restricted religious gathering indoors to 50 per cent capacity in full compliance with public health measures, even as it threatened to introduce more restrictions should there be an increase in COVID-19 cases virus in the country, Vanguard reports.

The Nation leads with a report that an 89.39 per cent stake in Union Bank Plc has been acquired by Titan Trust Bank Limited (TTB), the first generation back announced yesterday.

The new investment has put TTB in a position to take over one of Nigeria’s oldest back

According to This Day, the Board of Seplat Energy yesterday announced that it has terminated the appointment of Austin Avuru as a Non-Executive Director of the company, due to alleged breaches of the company’s corporate governance policies and his fiduciary duties.

Former Military President Ibrahim Babangida on Thursday endorsed the candidature of Vice President Yemi Osinbajo ahead of the 2023 presidential elections, Daily Trust reports.

Daily Independent reports that President Muhammadu Bu­hari on Thursday in Maidu­guri, the Borno State capital, urged troops of Operation Hadin Kai to remain steadfast as they go into the final phase of the campaign against insurgency and other forms of criminalities.

Thank you for reading, that all for today, see you again tomorrow for a review of Nigerian newspapers.

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