2019: Govs Alone Can’t Endorse Buhari- Tinubu and Other Newspaper Headlines Today

Against the backdrop of a gale of second term endorsements for President Muhammadu Buhari in the 2019 Presidential race, especially by governors, national leaders of All Progressive Congress, APC, and former governor of Lagos State, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, yesterday, ruled out an automatic ticket for the President. According to the Vanguard this came on a day governors, political leaders and other stakeholders from the North-Central geo-political zone of the country asked President Buhari to re-present himself for election in 2019.

Still on the President’s political ambitions Daily Sun’s headline reads; No Automatic Ticket For Buhari In 2019- Tinubu. National leader of the All Progressive Congress (APC) Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu has said governors have no right to endorse President Muhammadu Buhari for 2019.

Finally on the Buhari’s ambitions, The Nation reveals, Tinubu: Buhari’ll Follow Due Process. All Progressive Congress (APC) stalwart Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu said yesterday that President Muhammadu Buhari’s nomination for second term will follow the due process. On Buhari’s return bid in 2019, Tinubu said: “I have not heard about that and the APC spokesman has not said that.”

Nigerian Tribune reveals Magu Insits On Arrest Of Ekpeyong, Oke. Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Ibrahim Magu, has expressed the anti-graft body’s determination to go after the former Director-General of the Department of State Services (DSS), Ita Ekpeyong and ex Director-General of the National Intelligence Agency (NIA), Ayo Oke, over corruption charges.

Sagay, Falana Berate DSS For Stopping Ekpeyong, Oke’s Arrest heads The Punch this morning. The Presidency is still waiting for the official reports on what transpired between the officials of the Department of State Services and the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission in Abuja on Tuesday. Officials of the sister agaencies were on Tuesday involved in a showdown when the EFCC operatives attempted to arrest a former Director General of the National Intelligence Agency, Ambassador Ayo Oke.

Finally New Regulation Threatens N466b Power Sector Loans. The nation’s bank could lose over N466 billion ex-posures to the power sector due to new policy by the Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission (NERC). According to The Guardian operations in the ailing sector say the regulation would impact negatively on their revenue and ability to pay back loans.