Nigerian Newspapers Daily Front Pages Review | Friday, 04 February, 2022

Naija News looks at the top happenings making headlines on the front pages of Nigeria’s national newspapers today Friday, February, 4th 2022.

According to The PUNCH, the Federal Government says the Nigerian Financial Intelligence Unit has uncovered 96 financiers of terrorism as well as the 424 associates and supporters of the financiers.

One year after the Federal Government imposed the National Identification Number and Subscribers Identification Module card (NIN-SIM) verification and linkage exercise on Nigerians, with the hope of curbing rising insecurity in the country, nothing concrete has so far been achieved in stemming the tide of attacks, The Guardian reports.

Governor Babagana Zulum of Borno State yesterday raised the alarm that the Islamic States of West African Province, ISWAP, is  poised to take over the country, according to Vanguard.

The Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) has reiterated its commitment to democracy, saying it has decided to move in military force to stabilise countries under the threat of military take-over. The regional bloc disclosed this after an Extraordinary Summit in Accra, yesterday, chaired by Ghana’s President and Chairperson of ECOWAS, Nana Akufo-Addo, This Day reports.

Last-minute push by some party chiefs to shift the All Progressives Congress (APC) convention date has collapsed. The Nation reports that the President Muhammadu Buhari staved off pressure from lobbyists, insisting that the February 26 date is sacrosanct.

According to Daily Trust, the federal government Thursday said it has identified individuals, companies and forex operators with links to terrorism financing in Nigeria.

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