Thursday, June 11, 2026

The Sun Nigeria

Nigerian Newspapers: Major stories on Thursday

Constitution review: Reps to vote on state police

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

Constitution review: Reps vote on state police today

The House of Representatives has said it would vote on the alteration of the 1999 Constitution (as amended) today to create a framework for the decentralisation of policing in the country.

Akpabio charges APC NWC to carry NASS members along in final list of candidates

Senate President, Godswill Akpabio, has tasked the national leadership of the All Progressives Congress (APC) to ensure the party work with members of the National Assembly in deciding the final list of legislators that emerged victorious as candidates in the primaries.

Police kill 2 kidnappers, rescue 5 hostages

The Federal Capital Territory (FCT) Police Command has rescued five kidnapped victims following an intensive joint rescue operation conducted in the Byazhin area of the territory.

NDC lawyers ask Okonkwo to retract defamatory comments against Obi

The legal wing of the National Democratic Congress (NDC) has threatened to haul former actor and politician Kenneth Okonkwo before the Legal Practitioners Disciplinary Committee (LPDC), accusing him of conduct unbecoming of a lawyer following what it described as repeated and malicious attacks on the party’s 2027 presidential candidate, Peter Obi.

NHRC, Nwosu Centre demand electoral reforms, fault INEC’s lack of independence

National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) and the unveiled Prof. Humphrey Nwosu Centre for Democracy and Human Rights have called for sweeping electoral reforms in Nigeria, warning that the perceived lack of independence of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) remains one of the gravest threats to democratic governance in the country.