Nigerian Newspapers Daily Front Pages Review | Saturday 26th October, 2024

Naija News looks at the top happenings making headlines on the front pages of Nigeria’s national newspapers today Saturday, 26th October 2024.

The PUNCH: The identities of the six Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited employees who lost their lives in a helicopter crash on Thursday have been disclosed, Saturday PUNCH can confirm. The platform the electronic manifest of the flight, which revealed the names of the workers as Tamunoemi Suku, Alu Lawrence, Etim Emmanuel, Kenneth Chikwem, Frank Oriamre, and Borris Ndorbo.

Vanguard: The World Bank has expressed support for Nigeria’s National Youth Service Corps, NYSC, scheme, describing it as a goldmine capable of boosting the nation’s drive towards industrialization. The Bank therefore urged the Federal Government to leverage on the scheme.

ThisDay: After nine years of losing the 2015 election to former President Muhammadu Buhari, former President Goodluck Jonathan, yesterday, recounted what he went through after the process, saying it was a tough moment in his political life. The ex-president admitted that he was emotional when he learned about the result, adding that it felt as if the whole world was against him.

The Nation: The search and rescue operation at the site of Thursday’s helicopter crash at the Atlantic Ocean, near Bonny Finima, entered the second day yesterday with divers recovering two additional bodies. Three bodies were found on Thursday soon after the crash. Three of the passengers aboard the ill-fated helicopter remained missing at press time.

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