Nigerian Newspapers Daily Front Pages Review | Monday 18th November, 2024

Naijaonpoint looks at the top happenings making headlines on the front pages of Nigeria’s national newspapers today Monday, 18th November 2024.

The PUNCH: The re-election of Ondo State Governor, Lucky Aiyedatiwa, of the All Progressives Congress in Saturday’s election has sparked controversy, with the Peoples Democratic Party rejecting the results and alleging electoral fraud. However, the Independent National Electoral Commission disagreed with the PDP on the conduct and outcome of the poll, insisting that it was free, fair and credible.

Vanguard: The candidate of the All Progressives Congress, APC, Mr Lucky Aiyedatiwa, was, yesterday, declared the winner of Saturday’s governorship election by the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC. Mr Aiyedatiwa polled 366,781 votes to defeat his main rival, Mr Agboola Ajayi of thePeoples Democratic Party, PDP, who got 113,845 votes. Aiyedatiwa got the upper hand in all the 18 local councils.

The Nation: The disarray in the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) is a major factor that gave Lucky Orimisan Aiyedatiwa total victory in Saturday’s Ondo State governorship election, it was learnt. Other factors include the unity of All Progressives Congress (APC) senior figures in the states, including former aspirants, and the belief that Aiyedatiwa is spending one term, which made likely aspirants to line up behind him.

Daily Trust: The Presidency has kept silent on the criticisms of President Bola Ahmed Tinubu’s reforms by former President Olusegun Obasanjo and the International Monetary Fund (IMF). Obasanjo had, according to a statement by his media aide, Kehinde Akinyemi, alleged that Nigeria is currently under a state capture and that the country’s situation is bad.

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