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Welcome to the AllNews roundup of the top 10 Nigerian newspapers headlines for today Wednesday, November 18th, 2020.
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has reacted to the defection of Dave Umahi the Ebonyi State governor from the Party to the All Progressive Congress (APC).
Reacting to the development in a statement on Tuesday, PDP said that the Ebonyi governor left the party for personal reasons which will soon be made known to Nigerians in due time. Read more here.
Mayhem in Lagos continues as okada riders with officials of the Lagos State Taskforce clash at Cele-Express inward Mile 2 axis of the Oshodi-Apapa Expressway.
According to an eyewitness, the trouble started when officials of the Lagos State Task Force stormed the express to clear articulated vehicles parked indiscriminately on both sides of the road. Read more here.
Social networking app, Twitter has disclosed that it will roll out tweets that will disappear after 24 hours.
Titter which disclosed this on Tuesday, will be joining rival social platforms in offering ephemeral messages. Read more here.
Tajudeen Yusuf a member of the House of Representatives has asked Abubakar Malami, the Attorney General of the Federal (AGF) apologies for saying that hoodlums dressed in military uniform were the responsible attack of #EndSARS protesters on the 20th of October 2020.
Making this call in a statement on Tuesday, Yusuf said that Malami's statement deserved to be followed with a national apology. Read more here.
President Muhammadu Buhari has warned that his administration will not tolerate a repeat of the #ENDSARS protest.
Buhari who gave this warning during the National Security Council meeting at the Presidential villa in Abuja on Tuesday, said that his administration was willing to do all it takes to ensure the #ENDSARS protest does not re-occur. Read more here.
Florence Adene, mother to Eromosele Peter Adene, an #EndSARS protester who was recently granted N1 million bail by the Yaba Magistrates’ Court in Lagos State has reacted to the bail amount.
Speaking with Arise TV shortly after the court granted her son bail, Florence described the N1 million naira bail as ‘Chicken Feed’ and said that it would be settled as quickly as possible. Read more here.
Omoyele Sowore, the publisher of Sahara Reporters, has advised students to engage in a mass protest so as to force President Muhammadu Buhari to end the lingering ASUU strike.
Sowore, who took to his Twitter page to charge the students to protest against the "destiny destroying" strike promised to join the students if they decide to take to the streets to protest. Read more here.
Investors' confidence in Access Bank is dropping as there was a massive sell-off leading to the bank's share price plummeting. The decline in the bank's share price follows online protest to boycott Access Bank for freezing accounts belonging to #EndSARS protesters without a court order.
Access Bank had blocked accounts of eight protesters who took part in the #EndSARS protest after receiving a directive from the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN). Access Bank restricted the accounts despite its rival, Stanbic IBTC stating that without a court order, it won't be freezing its customers' accounts. Read more here.
One of the active voices during the #EndSARS protest, Aisha Yesufu, has taken to her Twitter page to react to the bail recently granted to Eromosele Adene, an #EndSARS protester, who was arrested two weeks ago.
Yesufu, who faulted the Yaba Magistrates' court for granting Eromosele bail said that the case was meant to be dismissed. Read more here.
Lagos State Government has vowed to sanction any religious house that fails to comply with the Nigeria Centre For Disease Control (NCDC) guidelines to prevent a second wave of COVID-19.
State Commissioner for Home Affairs, Prince Anofiu Elegushi, said this at the 2020 International Day for Tolerance, held at NECA House, Alausa, Ikeja, on Monday. Read more here.
That’s the roundup of the top 10 Nigerian newspapers headlines this morning. More Nigerian newspapers headlines are available on AllNews website.
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