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Good morning to readers. Daily Sun brings you the major stories from Nigerian Newspapers on Tuesday morning.
APC will remain in power beyond 2031, Yari boasts
The Director-General of the All Progressives Congress (APC) Presidential Campaign Council, Senator Abdul’Aziz Yari, has boasted that the ruling party will remain in power beyond 2031, declaring that former Vice-President Atiku Abubakar of the African Democratic Congress (ADC), former Anambra State Governor, Peter Obi of the Nigeria Democratic Congress (NDC) and other opposition figures cannot stop President Bola Tinubu’s re-election in 2027. Read more here.
Return to fuel subsidy will reverse Nigeria’s economic gains – Minister
The Minister of Information and National Orientation, Mohammed Idris, has warned against calls to restore the petrol subsidy, saying a return to the old regime would undermine Nigeria’s improving fiscal position, weaken investor confidence and reverse gains from the economic reforms of President Bola Ahmed Tinubu’s administration. Read more here.
Fresh crisis rocks Ogun APC as NWC disowns Hunye as guber candidate
The crisis within the Ogun State chapter of the All Progressives Congress (APC) deepened on Monday as the party’s National Working Committee (NWC) disowned Abayomi Hunye as its governorship candidate for the 2027 election, describing his claim to the ticket as false and unauthorised. Read more here.
Actor Ogogo buried amid tears, tributes as Tinubu mourns ‘major loss’ to creative industry
Veteran Nollywood actor, filmmaker and screenwriter, Taiwo Hassan, popularly known as Ogogo, was on Monday buried in his hometown of Ilaro, Yewa South Local Government Area of Ogun State, amid tears and tributes from colleagues, family members and sympathisers. Read more here.
US pledges $125,000 to preserve 4,000-year-old Enugu iron-smelting site
The United States has awarded a $125,000 grant to the Centre for Memories in Enugu State to preserve and digitally document the historic Lejja Iron-Smelting Site, believed to date back about 4,000 years. Read more here.
