Nigerian Newspapers Daily Front Pages Review | Sunday 28th July, 2024

Naija News looks at the top happenings making headlines on the front pages of Nigeria’s national newspapers today Sunday 28th July 2024.

The PUNCH: Hours after Inspector General of Police Kayode Egbetokun issued guidelines for the planned nationwide #EndBadGovernance protest scheduled for August 1, opposition parties have kicked against the conditions, saying they are against Nigeria’s constitution. They insisted that the right to protest is recognised as a fundamental human right in Nigeria and is protected by the constitution

Vanguard: Amid growing opposition to the nationwide protest planned to commence on Thursday, August 1 by some youths in the country aggrieved about the state of the economy, two notable activists came out at the weekend to say there is no going back on the action.

ThisDay: President Bola Tinubu, President of the Senate, Senator Godswill Akpabio; Speaker of the House of Representatives, Tajudeen Abbas; his deputy, Benjamin Kalu; and presidential candidate of the Labour Party (LP) in the 2023 general election, Mr. Peter Obi yesterday mourned the passing of Senator Ifeanyi Ubah, who died in London at the age of 52.

The Nation: National Leader of the New Nigeria Peoples Party (NNPP) and former Kano State Governor Rabiu Kwankwaso yesterday warned that the planned anti-government protest would not be in the best interest of the country, especially coming at this time in point. He asked the protest organisers to rather channel their energies into more effective means of transformation while waiting to use their votes to end perceived bad governance in 2027.

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