Top 10 stories from across Nigerian Newspapers, Monday July 25th 2022

These top 10 stories across the nation’s newspapers might interest you.

1. Atiku dares Tinubu to sit for an hour-long interview like he did

The war of words and brickbats between the presidential candidates of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and the All Progressives Congress (APC), Atiku Abubakar and Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, is not going away anytime soon as Atiku has thrown a challenge to Tinubu, daring the former Lagos State Governor sit down and grant an hour long interview like he (Atiku) did last Friday. Read more

2. Fashola speaks on APC’s Muslim-Muslim ticket, insists on competence for leadership positions

The Minister of Work and Housing, Babatunde Fashola, has described the All Progressives Congress (APC) decision to adopt a Muslim-Muslim ticket as a perfect step for the country’s development. Read more

3. Magnus Abe missing as INEC releases list of Rivers governorship candidates

The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) on Sunday released the names of candidates from 16 political parties cleared to take part in the 2023 governorship election in Rivers State. Read more

4. Buhari vows to ‘crush’ terrorists hours after criminals released video of abducted Kaduna train passengers

President Muhammadu Buhari on Sunday underlined his administration’s commitment to the fight against insecurity, saying he would stop at nothing to bring down the terrorists and bandits wreaking havoc in various parts of the country. Read more

5. About 7m eligible voters registered in Lagos – INEC

The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) said on Sunday about seven million eligible voters had registered in Lagos State. Read more

Read also: Top 10 stories from across Nigerian Newspapers, Sunday July 24th 2022

6. Ex-Edo commissioner, Afegbua accuses PDP of financing CAN’s campaign against APC over Muslim-Muslim ticket

A former Commissioner for Information in Edo State, Kassim Afegbua, on Sunday accused the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) of fuelling the dispute between the All Progressives Congress (APC) and the Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN) over the former’s decision to adopt a Muslim-Muslim ticket ahead of 2023 general elections. Read more

7. Stock round-up: Investors spend N14.80bn on 917.1m shares as Seplat leads trading

Investors spent N14.803 billion on 917.190 million shares in 19,513 deals last week. Read more

8. 5,222 people killed in violent crimes across Nigeria within six months

The Nigeria Security Tracker (NST), has raised an alarm over the violent killing of no fewer than 5,222 Nigerians across the country between January and June of 2022. Read more

9. Abductors of Abuja-Kaduna train passengers release new video showing victims’ torture

The abductors of passengers on a Kaduna bound train from Abuja on March 28, have released a new video showing the torture of the remaining victims still in their captivity following government’s failure to meet demands for their release. Read more

10. S’Africa emerge African champions after defeating Morocco in AWCON final

South Africa’s Banyana Banyana have emerged champions of Africa after they defeated hosts Morocco in the final of the Africa Women’s Cup of Nations (AWCON). Read more

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