Nigerian Newspapers Daily Front Pages Review | Friday, 12 November, 2021

Ezenwoko’s Blog looks at the top happenings making headlines on the front pages of Nigeria’s national newspapers today Friday, November 12th 2021.

The PUNCH leads with a report that there are indications that the leaders of self-determination groups, Nnamdi Kanu of the Indigenous People of Biafra, and Sunday Adeyemo, aka Sunday Igboho, of the Yoruba Nation, are ready for discussions with the Federal Government

The Nigeria police high command has arrested 14 suspects who raided the home of Supreme court judge, Justice Odili.

The suspects consist of syndicates drawn from police, military, journalism and the legal profession, The Guardian reports.

The Federal Government said, yesterday, it was on the trail of about 3,906 inmates, who escaped from Correctional Services in different parts of the country, Vanguard reports.

The dust raised by the planned deduction of $418 million from states’ allocation to settle Paris Club Refund consultants has not settled. Read more in The Nation

According to This Day, the Nigeria Governors’ Forum (NGF) yesterday maintained that the Attorney General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Mr. Abubakar Malami has continued to mislead President Muhammadu Buhari in the case of the $418 million (N169 billion at official FX rate) Paris Fund deductions being claimed by some consultants.

The case of the invasion of the residence of Supreme Court Justice, Mary Odili took another twist on Thursday when the prime suspect and the Attorney General of the Federation (AGF) and Minister of Justice, Abubakar Malami, traded words, Daily Trust says.

According to Daily Independent, The All Progressives Congress APC Governorship candidate in Anambra state, Sen. Andy Uba has rejected the outcome of last Saturday’s Governorship election as declared by the Independent National Electoral Commission INEC, saying, “it is surprising that APGA that lost almost 80% of its stalwarts through defection to the APC before the election came out ‘victorious’.

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