Nigerian Newspapers Daily Front Pages Review | Monday, 13th January, 2025

Naijaonpoint looks at the top happenings making headlines on the front pages of Nigeria’s national newspapers today Monday, 13th January 2025.

The PUNCH: As the country battles incessant blackouts, about 250 manufacturers and academic institutions have abandoned their respective power distribution companies to generate their own electricity. The organisations, many of whom are bulk electricity users, shunned the national grid to generate reliable electricity for themselves.

Vanguard: Nigeria’s daily average oil production rose by 7.38 percent year-on-year in December 2024 to 1.667 million barrels per day, bpd from 1.552 million bpd, including condensate, recorded over the corresponding period in 2023.

The Guardian: Reminiscing Lagos abortion law controversy and Jonathan’s childbirth control, the country may be on a collision course with multiple religious and cultural institutions as well as humanitarian organisations in the coming months unless it prevails on the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) to withdraw the planned inclusion of activities considered as illicit and immoral into the new output computation template.

The Nation: Federal Government is taking a step forward today in the implementation of the Supreme Court judgment on local government autonomy. An Inter-Ministerial Committee set up to enforce the verdict would begin a two-day meeting in Abuja, the Federal Capital Territory (FCT).

Daily Trust: The Nigerian Air Force (NAF) has dismissed reports that 16 civilians were killed during an airstrike targeting insurgents in Tungar Kara, Maradun LGA of Zamfara state. On Sunday, a counter-insurgency publication focused on the Lake Chad region, Zagazola Makama, quoted intelligence sources as saying that the victims include members of the Zamfara Community Protection Guard (ZCPG), vigilantes, and residents of the community.

Thank you for reading, that is all for today, see you again tomorrow for a review of Nigerian newspapers.