S/West Leaders Demand Restructured Nigeria And The Newspaper Headline

Newspaper Headline

THE PUNCH

Buhari’s minister at Villa, says no going back on support for Atiku

• Alhassan fails to see President, Osinbajo, chief of staff

The Minister of Women Affairs and Social Development, Aisha Alhassan, on Thursday, said that there was no going on her decision to support former Vice-President Atiku Abubakar in the 2019 presidential election.

 

THE NATIONS

2019: Anxiety in APC over minister’s Buhari comment

• Senator, others seek minister resignation

There is anxiety in the All Progressive Congress (APC) over Minister of Women Affairs Haija Aisha Alhassan’s comment on President Muhammadu Buhari’s yet undeclared plan to run in 2019.

 

NIGERIAN TRIBUNE

On regional govt we stand – Yoruba leaders, S/West govs

• Say Nigeria can only know peace, development if run along federating units
• We are on the same page – South-East, South-South leaders

Prominent Yoruba leaders and South-West governors, on Thursday, led representatives from the Yoruba nation, including Kogi and Kwara, to demand a restructured Nigeria, with emphasis on the returning government as practiced under the 1960 and 1963 constitutions.