Nigerian Newspapers Daily Front Pages Review | Saturday 24th August, 2024

Naija News looks at the top happenings making headlines on the front pages of Nigeria’s national newspapers today Friday 24th August 2024.

The PUNCH: While many Nigerians are keeping vigil at filling stations to fuel their vehicles, motorists in the neighbouring countries of Benin Republic and Niger are enjoying fuel smuggled from Nigeria, a Saturday PUNCH investigation has shown. Our correspondents, who visited the two countries discovered that the smuggled petrol was being sold by black marketers, whose rates were cheaper than those operating in filling stations.

Vanguard: THE February 20, 2027 presidential election is exactly 910 days away, going by the timetable of the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, but the political firmament is astir as if the poll will be held next year.

The Nation: Justice Kudirat Kekere-Ekun got her tenure as Chief Justice of Nigeria (CJN) underway yesterday with a pledge to build a judiciary that every Nigerian will be proud of. This she plans to do by making the generality of the people “have more confidence in the judiciary.” Justice Kekere-Ekun spoke moment after her swearing in by President Bola Tinubu at the State House, Abuja.

Tribune: Governors of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) have thrown their weight behind Governor Siminalayi Fubara of Rivers State in his ongoing feud with his predecessor and minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Nyesom Wike. Their renewed support for the Rivers governor followed the conduct of a disputed party congress in which the Fubara was denied a say

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