Nigerian Newspapers: Major stories on Sunday

Good morning to readers. Daily Sun brings you the major stories from Nigerian Newspapers:

2027: Opposition parties entangled in endless lawsuits

With barely six months to the 2027 general elections, Nigeria’s main opposition parties are sinking deeper into a season of leadership wars and courtroom battles, even as the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) consolidates its structures and prepares to face a divided and depleted field.

Insecurity: US airstrikes saved Christians in Nigeria – Trump

United States President Donald Trump has claimed that American military airstrikes in Nigeria helped halt the mass killings of Christians by terrorists, saying the operation eliminated key militant leaders and significantly reduced attacks on vulnerable communities.

NDC deregistration bid: Nigerians now seeing Tinubu’s true colours – Atiku

Nigeria’s former vice president, Atiku Abubakar, has called out President Bola Tinubu over the Federal High Court’s ruling vacating its December 10, 2025 judgement compelling the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to register the Nigeria Democratic Congress (NDC) as a political party.

State police: Sparks fly over execution, others

A new legislative framework is taking shape in Nigeria to shift the country from a centralised police system to state-controlled policing. The constitutional amendment passed by the National Assembly now moves the debate to the states’ Houses of Assembly.

Death knell for apprenticeship as potential trainees shun artisanal vocations

Nigeria is gradually drifting towards a skills crisis, as youths continue to lose interest in and shun apprenticeship.

The warning came last week at a forum where artisans and experts lamented the growing dearth of trainees in workshops across the country. Youths are abandoning skill acquisition, leaving ageing masters with no successors, they bewail.