Nigerian newspapers: 10 major headlines you need to read this Wednesday morning

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Nigerian newspapers: 10 major headlines you need to read this Wednesday morning

 

Good morning Nigerians! Here are today’s major headlines from Nigerian Newspapers:

1. Abubakar Shekau, factional leader of the Boko Haram sect, has mocked Nigeria and its national pledge. He called it “shirk” which in Islam means the sin of idolatry or worshipping of anyone or anything besides the singular God. In excerpts posted on Twitter on Tuesday, Ahmad Salkida, an investigative journalist close to the sect, said Shekau was seen in the video clutching an AK 47 rifle as he read a prepared speech in Arabic about the doctrines of the insurgents.

2. The sum of £211,000,000 has been seized from a Jersey bank account that belonged to Nigeria’s former military ruler, General Sani Abacha. The money through the US into the Channel Islands was put in accounts held in Jersey by Doraville Properties Corporation, a British Virgin Islands company. The money will remain with authorities in Jersey until the US and Nigeria come to an agreement on how it should be distributed.

3. The Miyetti Allah Cattle Breeders Association of Nigeria, MACBAN, has denied recent reports in which it was quoted as threatening to soon attack the five South-eastern state of the country over the purported stubbornness of their governors. The chairman of the group in the South-East, AIh. Gidado Sidikki, who briefed journalists in Awka during a short prayer to mark the Eid-el-Fitr celebration for Muslims in the city, said that the reports ascribed to him, in which he was quoted to have said that states of the South-east zone would be attacked by herders, were blatant falsehood.

4. Nigeria’s Permanent Representative to the United Nations, Amb. Tijjani Muhammad-Bande has emerged President of the 74th UN General Assembly. Muhammad-Bande, the sole candidate for the position, was elected through acclamation at the 87th plenary meeting of the Assembly in New York on Tuesday. He is the second Nigerian to hold the office after Joseph Garba. He will be inaugurated in September.

5. The Chief Cyril Ogodo-led faction of the All Progressives Congress (APC) has asked the Supreme Court to determine who is the Delta Central Senatorial district candidate between incumbent Senator Ovie Omo-Agege and Olorogun O’tega Emerhor. This follows the Appeal Court’s ruling in a judgment delivered by Justice Jimi Olukayode Bada, Chidi Nwaoma Uwa and Muhammed L.Shuaibu on May 19th which set aside the judgment of the Federal High Court, Asaba Division which had earlier upheld the Ogodo-led Executive Committee as the authentic leadership of the party in Delta State.

6. Head coach of the Super Eagles, Gernot Rohr, has claimed that the players were happy to have captain John Mikel Obi back in the squad. Mikel Obi, who is currently without a club, has not featured for Nigeria since the 2018 World Cup in Russia. However, the midfielder is in camp, ahead of the 2019 Africa Cup of Nations this month. Describing Mikel Obi’s integration back into the team as “natural”, Rohr said, “the players are happy to see him and he has been working very hard.”

7. Former National Vice Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, and former Ondo State Military Administrator, Chief Olabode George, has revealed that the party’s governorship candidate in Lagos State in the last election, Jimi Agbaje, has joined the All Progress Congress, APC. George also revealed that Agbaje failed in the last election because ‘he thinks he knows it all’, adding that it was Lagos people that worked against him.

8. The Catholic Archbishop of Lagos Metropolitan See, Anthony Cardinal Olubunmi Okogie, has outlined his reasons the recent claim made by former President Olusegun Obasanjo about alleged Fulanization of Nigeria under President Muhammadu Buhari may become a reality. Okogie questioned the leadership of President Buhari while lamenting that “the security situation in Nigeria has become worse than deplorable.” The cleric noted that Nigeria was being attacked; wondering if this was how the citizens will be watching while the country becomes more inhabitable than it has ever been in her history.

9. Mike Ozekhome, a senior lawyer in the legal team of former Vice President Atiku Abubakar at the Presidential Election Petition Tribunal, has set an agenda for President Muhammadu Buhari, as he begins his second term in office. In a statement on Tuesday, Ozekhome called on Buhari to be more nationalistic in his approach to governance. He also asked the president to “quickly take Nigeria out of the social, economic and political doldrums he and his APC government have provided.

10. Rihanna has been named the wealthiest female musician in the world. According to Forbes, the 31-year-old has amassed a $600 million fortune. This puts her ahead of fellow musician, Madonna ($570 million), Céline Dion ($450 million), and Beyoncé ($400 million).

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Nigerian Newspapers: 10 major headlines you need to read this Monday morning

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Nigerian Newspapers: 10 major headlines you need to read this Monday morning

 

Good morning Nigerians! Here is today’s major headlines from Nigerian Newspapers

1. Governor Samuel Ortom of Benue State has rejected claims that he was against the granting of autonomy to local governments.

Ortom’s Chief Press Secretary, Terver Akase, said that the governor was surprised at the allegation which he described as “a misrepresentation” of his reaction to a statement credited to the Nigeria Financial Intelligence Unit (NFIU).

2. The General Superintendent of the Deeper Christian Life Ministry, Pastor William Kumuyi on Sunday urged Christians not to attack the President of the country through any means.

Kumuyi, who gave the admonition during his sermon at the Deeper Life Bible Church, Headquarters, Gbagada, in Lagos said that real Christians must obey constituted authorities and shun violence.

3. Atiku Abubakar, the presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the 2019 presidential election, has petitioned the Court of Appeal over what he called a deliberate ploy, to truncate the constitutional timeline of the presidential election petition before the Tribunal.

According to him, the Tribunal has a timeline to prosecute the petitions, adding that 76 days have already been expended out of the 180 days allowed by law, as seen in Section 134 (2) and (3) of the Electoral Act (2010 as amended).

4. Chief John Odigie Oyegun, the immediate past national chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC), has said that his successor, Adams Oshiomhole, lacks capacity to manage a political party.

In a statement issued on Sunday by his Public Affairs Adviser, Chief Ray Morphy, Oyegun described it as “ludicrous and infantile and an attempt to dream up justification for the failings of the party under Oshiomhole chairmanship”.

5. A support group of the All Progressives Congress, APC Support Core, has called on President Muhammadu Buhari to immediately relieve the nation’s service chiefs of their jobs.

The group said the sack of the service chiefs had become imperative to pave way for the injection of fresh ideas into the country’s security architecture.

6. Satguru Maharaj Ji, the founder of the One Love Family sect, has said that familiar and highly notorious western imperialists are ganging up against the President Muhammadu Buhari government.

He said that President Buhari needs the support of all Nigerians to salvage the economy.

7. Senator representing Kogi West District in the National Assembly, Dino Melaye, has declared his intention to contest the Kogi governorship election scheduled for November 16.

Melaye, reportedly made the declaration on Saturday during a meeting of Kogi West PDP executives held yesterday at his country home in Aiyetoro Gbede, Ijumu local government area of the state.

8. The National Agency for the Prohibition of Trafficking in Persons (NAPTIP), has arrested a 48-year-old pastor in Abuja for alleged rape and sexual exploitation of a 16-year-old orphan.

NAPTIP’s Head, Press and Public Relations Unit, Stella Nezan, alleged that the suspect, a pastor in the Mountain of Fire and Miracle Church (MFM), Gwarinpa branch, impregnated his victim in the process.

9. President Muhammadu Buhari on Sunday returned to Nigeria, after attending the 14th summit of the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) in Makkah.

The presidential aircraft conveying the president and members of his entourage left the Jeddah airport for Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, Abuja, at about 2:45pm local time.

10. Nigeria will take on Senegal in the 2019 U-20 FIFA World Cup Round of 16 on Monday night.

The encounter is scheduled to kickoff at 7.30pm (West African Time).

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Nigerian Newspapers: 10 major headlines you need to read this Tuesday morning

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Nigerian Newspapers: 10 major headlines you need to read this Tuesday morning

 

Good morning Nigerians! Here is today’s major headlines from Nigerian Newspapers

1. The Nigerian National Assembly has released stringent guidelines for fresh media accreditation.

In a guideline released by the management on Monday and signed by the Director of Information, Mr. Emmanuel Rawlings Agada, the NASS requested for fresh application letter from journalists intending to cover the plenary.

2. The National Leader of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu, on Monday met with President Muhammadu Buhari in Makkah, Saudi Arabia.

Garba Shehu, Buhari’s Senior Special Assistant on Media and Publicity, quoted Tinubu as appealing to elderly Nigerians to avoid inflammatory statements, that could undermine peaceful co-existence among the nation’s diverse communities.

3. The Arewa Youth Consultative Forum (AYCF) has cautioned a certain Southwest political leader and his collaborators in the APC-led Federal Government to steer clear of Senate President, Bukola Saraki and jettison the new plot to unleash EFCC and other anti-corruption agencies in order to intimidate him.

They accused the Lagos-based political leader of the Southwest and some of his cronies in the corridors of power of planning to embarrass Senate President Bukola Saraki using the government’s anti-corruption agencies and based on politically-motivated charges.

4. The All Progressives Congress (APC) in Edo North senatorial district has vowed to resist alleged attempts by the Edo State government to tarnish the image of the party’s national chairman, Comrade Adams Oshiomhole.

Leaders of the party in the senatorial district urged the State governor, Godwin Obaseki, to call his media team to order, alleging that they had embarked on campaign of calumny against Oshiomhole, with a view to joining his political opponents across the nation in scandalizing his name.

5. The Chairman, Kaduna State Chapter of the Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN), Rev. Joseph Hayab, on Monday said the abductors of a pastor and 14 others at ECWA Church, Dankade, have reached out to the families of the victims demanding for N30 million ransom.

Hayab confirmed that the kidnappers immediately switched off their phone after presenting their demand.

6. Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Ezenwo Wike, has approved the immediate withdrawal of Certificate of Recognition and staff of office from His Royal Majesty, Chief Frank Noryaa, Gbenemene Baabe.

According to Wike, the withdrawal of government’s recognition from HRM Noryaa followed his alleged indictment on cult-related activities within his kingdom.

7. Rep. Yusuf Buba (APC-Adamawa) on Monday announced that he is withdrawing from the race for 9th Assembly Speakership to support the candidature of Rep. Femi Gbajabiamila (APC-Lagos).

The lawmaker said it was in the spirit of fair play that he decided to step down, given that the APC had zoned the office of the Senate President to the North East.

8. The Oyo state Governorship Election Petition Tribunal has dismissed an application filed by Mr Adebayo Adelabu, governorship candidate of the APC to recount all the ballot papers used in the March 9 election.

Delivering his ruling on Monday, the three-man panel, chaired by Justice Sirajo Muhammed, dismissed the application, adding that it would jeopardise the respondents’ right to fair hearing.

9. Suspected Fulani herdsmen have allegedly killed a 35-year-old farmer, Mr. Ariyo Aina, on his way to the farm at Ogga community, in Yagba West Council of Kogi State.

National president of Ogga Progressive Union (OPU) Mr. Bamidele Olure, told journalists yesterday in Lokoja that Aina was murdered on Saturday.

10. Nigerian musician, Azeez Fashola, aka Naira Marley was, on Monday, arraigned at the Federal High Court in Lagos and subsequently remanded in prison custody over an alleged credit card fraud.

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) charged him with 11-counts before Justice Nicolas Oweibo, but he, however, pleaded not guilty to the charges when read to him.

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Nigerian newspapers: 10 major headlines you need to read this Friday morning

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Nigerian newspapers: 10 major headlines you need to read this Friday morning

 

Good morning Nigerians! Here is today’s major headlines of  Nigerian Newspapers:

1. The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), on Monday said it was not aware of the alleged seal-off of houses believed to belong to President of the Senate, Dr Bukola Saraki. Acting Head, Media and Publicity of the commission, Mr Tony Orilade, told newsmen on Monday that he was unaware of the issue.

2. Some aviation unions have given the Federal Government a seven-day ultimatum to review the newly-approved organogram for the Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA) by the Federal Ministry of Transportation. The unions, which issued the ultimatum on Monday, during a peaceful protest at the NCAA Headquarters in Lagos, vowed to embark on a warning strike if their demands were not met.

3. African Action Congress (AAC) National Executive Committee (NEC) has explained that it removed Omoyele Sowore as National Chairman of the party for alleged corruption. The party also confirmed the installation of Dr. Leonard Nzenwa as the Acting National Chairman. Comrade Oladele Ade, Acting Director Communication, in a statement said Dr Nzenwa was until March 27 the National Secretary of the party. The party recalled that at its second NEC meeting in Abuja, Sowore and nine other NEC members of the party were accused of corruption and anti-party activities.

4. The Association of Resident Doctors, Chukwuemeka Odumegwu Ojukwu University Teaching Hospital (COOUTH), Awka branch, has embarked on an indefinite strike over poor conditions of service. Dr. Obinna Aniagboso, Chairman of the branch, announced this in a statement on Monday in Awka, Anambra State capital. He said the strike was caused by the inability of the Anambra Government to honour the agreement it signed with the body on Jan. 17, during its warning strike.

5. Two persons reportedly died in a flood after a heavy rainfall in Uyo, the Akwa Ibom State capital. The victims, a man and woman, were discovered in a gutter along Atiku Abubakar lane by GWT fuel station in Uyo after the rain that started at about 5:30 pm on Sunday. A witness said the unidentified victims, who were found dead inside the gutter on Monday morning were not residents of the area. She stated that residents of the area called the police who promptly responded and took the corpses away.

6. The Governor of Kaduna State, Mallam Nasir El-Rufai, has again taken a swipe at Bola Tinubu, former Lagos State Governor and National Leader of the All Progressives Congress (APC). He insisted that the days of godfatherism in Nigeria were gone and that Lagosians should unseat those still in place. El-Rufai spoke with State House correspondents on Monday after a meeting with President Muhammadu Buhari.

7. The organised labour on Monday protested alleged infringement of workers’ rights by Senator Chris Ngige, the Minister of Labour and Employment. According to reports, Ayuba Wabba, President, Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC), said the protest was to express their stand against workers’ treatment during a rally at the residence of Ngige on Wednesday in Abuja. The protesting workers held placards with inscriptions like ‘Workers rights to peaceful protest and picketing are not negotiable’ and ‘Picketing is lawful while thuggery is a crime’ among others.

8. The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has disclosed that it remitted N5 billion to the Federal Government’s purse after the conduct of its 2019 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME). This is contained in the board’s weekly bulletin, signed by the JAMB Head of Media and Information, Dr Fabian Benjamin, on Monday in Lagos. Benjamin explained later in a telephone interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) that the Federal Government gave N2 billion out of the N5 billion back to the board to enhance its operations.

9. Zainab Aliyu, the Nigerian student who was detained in Saudi Arabia for alleged drug trafficking, on Monday arrived in Nigeria. Aliyu arrived Nigeria through the Malam Aminu Kano International Airport in Kano on Monday. She was released to the Nigerian mission in Saudi Arabia after President Buhari directed Abubakar Malami, the Attorney-General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, to immediately intervene in her case as she was wrongly accused. Aliyu, a 22-year-old student of the Maitama Sule University in Kano, had travelled to Saudi Arabia for lesser hajj alongside her mother and sister before her arrest with a banned drug.

10. Godwin Emefiele, Governor of Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) Monday, met with President Muhammadu Buhari at the ASO Villa, Abuja. Emefiele who recently got reappointed as governor of CBN shook hands with the president who congratulated him. The reason for the meeting was not disclosed but their meeting happened almost at the peak of a controversial leaked audio exposing an alleged missing N500 billion under Emefiele’s watch.

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Nigerian Newspapers: 10 major headlines you need to read this Wednesday morning

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Nigerian Newspapers: 10 major headlines you need to read this Wednesday morning

 

Good morning Nigerians! Here is today’s summary from Nigerian Newspapers

1. The US Embassy, on Tuesday announced the indefinite suspension of interview waivers for renewals, otherwise known as the “Dropbox” process.

A statement on its website noted that visa applications will no longer be accepted by DHL in Nigeria.

2. The Hope Democratic Party, HDP, has appealed to the Presidential Election Tribunal to restrain President Muhammadu Buhari from his inauguration on May 29.

HDP made the appeal in a motion filed before the tribunal, which is also seeking an order restraining the Chief Justice of Nigeria from swearing-in, administering the oath of office and oath of allegiance to the president on May 29th, 2019.

3. Kingmakers in the Kano emirate, had filed a case against the Governor of the state, Abdullahi Ganduje, for splitting the emirate.

In the suit, with number K/197/2019 filed on Tuesday at a State High Court, Ganduje, the State House of Assembly, Attorney-General of the state and five others were listed as the defendants.

4. President Muhammadu Buhari on Tuesday said he has reviewed the relationship between the executive arm of the government and the outgoing 8th National Assembly and concluded that it was not the best, and that the country deserves more.

He said the nation deserved better than what it got and hoped for a better working relationship between the two arms of government with the forthcoming 9th National Assembly.

5. Acting Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, Ibrahim Magu, on Tuesday declared that the fresh investigation of the Senate President, Bukola Saraki, was not a witch-hunt.

Magu said the commission does not witch-hunt any government official, irrespective of their political background.

6. The Code of Conduct Tribunal (CCT) said the Speaker of Bayelsa House of Assembly, Kombowei Benson and four other serving and former staff of the assembly will be arraigned in the court on May 22.

Mr. Ibraheem Al-Hassan, the tribunal’s Head, Press & Public Relations said those to be charged alongside the speaker are former Clerk of the Assembly, Aaron Timiye and former Accountant, Thomas Tamaraodubo, NAN reports.

7. The Senate has threatened to shutdown sports betting company, Bet9ja offices if it failed to honour its invitation for a second time.

The lawmakers issued the threat on Tuesday in Abuja during the verification of Loto companies with license to operate in Nigeria.

8. The Armed Forces of Nigeria (AFN) has dissociated itself from a document being circulated by a group known as Nigerian Continuity and Progress (NCP) calling for support of a revolution to oust the President Muhammadu Buhari-led government and in its place establish an interim government.

A statement from Navy Captain Muhammed Ahmed Wabi, Deputy Director Defence Information on Tuesday said the AFN outrightly frowned at what it termed “undemocratic and demonic actions of the author of the document.”

9. The All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA) on Tuesday removed Governor Willie Obiano of Anambra State as its Board of Trustees Chairman (BoT).

The party also removed late Dim Chukwuemeka Odumegwu Ojukwu’s wife, Bianca as a member, alongside others.

10. Benue State Governor, Samuel Ortom has refuted reports that he was set to dump the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, for the All Progressives Congress, APC.

In a statement issued by his Chief Press Secretary, Terver Akase, Governor Ortom maintained that he enjoys a robust relationship with other PDP leaders and members at the state and national levels.

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Nigerian Newspapers: 10 hot headlines you need to read this Monday morning

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Nigerian Newspapers: 10 hot headlines you need to read this Monday morning

 

Good morning Nigerians! Here is today’s summary from Nigerian Newspapers

1. A group, Access to Justice, on Sunday asked President of the Court of Appeal, Justice Zainab Adamu Bulkachuwa, to step down from the Election Tribunal hearing the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and Atiku Abubakar’s petition against the victory of President Muhammadu Buhari.

The justice advocacy group said this had become necessary as Bulkachuwa is married to a Senator-elect on the platform of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC), Mohammed Bulkachuwa.

2. Kano State Governor, Abdullahi Ganduje, Sunday night, presented the staff office to the newly appointed Emir of Gaya, Ibrahim Abdulkadir.

The presentation took place 48 hours after a State High Court stopped the governor, the State House of Assembly and the Attorney-General from implementing the splitting of the Kano Emirate.

3. Wudil indigenes in Kano State have appealed to the State House of Assembly and Governor Abdullahi Ganduje to revisit the recent creation of Gaya Emirate Council under which they have been grouped.

Alhaji Yawale Muhammad-Idris, spokesman of the indigenes, who made the call shortly after a stakeholders’ meeting on Sunday in Wudil, headquarters of Wudil Local Government Area (LGA) of the state, appealed to the State Government to return them to the old Kano Emirate where they rightly belong.

4. The Director, Corporate Communications, Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) Mr Isaac Okoroafor has said that no money is missing or stolen from the bank’s coffers as reported in some section of the media.

Okoroafor said this in a statement on Sunday while reacting to a recent article and audio clips in which the CBN Governor, Godwin Emefiele, and other senior officials were heard discussing discrepancies in the bank’s accounts.

5. Troops of the Nigerian Army have arrested a policeman and a soldier for illegal possession of ammunition.

Col. Sagir Musa, the Acting Director Army Public Relations in a statement said that a Mobile policeman, Sgt. Markus John, with number PNo 383106 was arrested at Njimtilo check point on Maiduguri-Damaturu road, while on transit to Lagos.

6. Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Wike, has recalled the 12 suspended Local Government Council Chairmen.

They are heads of Okrika, Emohua, Abua/Odual, Degema, Khana, Gokana, Ahoada East, Ikwerre, Eleme, Andoni, Omuma and Ogu/Bolo Local Government Areas.

7. Former Governor of old Anambra State, Jim Nwobodo, has revealed why Nigeria will never have peace.

Nwobodo said peace will continue to elude Nigeria until somebody from the Igbo extraction is allowed to become president.

8. ISIL has claimed killing of 11 Nigerian soldiers in an attack on the northeastern town of Gajiganna, Borno.

Reports said that the group made the claim at the weekend through its news agency, AMAQ.

9. Outgoing Governor of Imo State, Rochas Okorocha, has claimed that the National Chairman of the ruling All Progressives Congress, APC, Comrade Adams Oshiomhole, once sent his DSS detail to insult him.

Okorocha said he had gone to interact with his party Chairman about issues relating to happenings in the party when he (Oshiomhole) sent his DSS personnel to push him out of his office.

10. Manchester City are champions of England again.

Pep Guardiola’s men, who won the title last season, came from a goal down to defeat Brighton 4-1 at the Amex Stadium.

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The Major Headlines On Nigerian Newspapers Today 21st March, 2018

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The Major Headlines On Nigerian Newspapers Today 21st March, 2018

Good morning! Here is today’s summary from Nigerian Newspapers

1. The death has been announced of Abubakar Tsara, Chairman, Bodinga Local Government Area of Sokoto State.

Tsara died in the early hours of Tuesday at Usmanu Danfodiyo University Teaching Hospital, Sokoto after a brief illness.

2. The Nigerian Senate, on Tuesday, adjourned plenary in honour of late Senator Ali Wakili who died at the weekend.

At the resumed plenary Tuesday, the Senate Leader, Ahmad Lawan, brought to the attention of the Senate, through order 43, the need to adjourn sitting as a tradition of paying last respect to one of their own.

3. Vice-President Yemi Osinbajo, on Tuesday said the $3bn allegedly embezzled during the last administration through the Strategic Alliance Contract with the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation and the Nigerian Petroleum Development Company could have been used to construct seven major roads and the Second Niger Bridge.

He said the current administration had reversed what he called grand corruption in public finance and the impunity which attended the conduct of public business especially in the past five years.

4. Agencies, parastatals and government-owned companies have been given till Friday this week to submit the details of their 2018 budget to the National Assembly.

The order was given by President Muhammadu Buhari who also directed heads of the agencies to honour invitation from the lawmakers to defend their budgets without further delay.

5. The Federal High Court, Abuja, on Tuesday, dismissed a suit seeking to remove Kogi Governor, Alhaji Yahaya Bello, from office.

Justice John Tsoho dismissed the suit on grounds that the plaintiffs, Michael Elokun, Ibrahim Sule and Mrs Hauwa Audi, had no business instituting the case.

6. The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) said it has not released some results of candidates that sat for this year’s Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME), after considering reports of CCTV footages during the conduct of the examination.

The board’s spokesman, Fabian Benjamin, noted that the results of 112,331 and those of visually candidates were yet to be released.

7. Former Vice President Namadi Sambo was summoned to brief President Muhammadu Buhari on some issues related to power and transport sectors.

Report suggested that Sambo was at the Presidential Villa at the instance of the president, against speculations that he sought audience to see the president.

8. The Inspector General of Police, Ibrahim Idris, on Tuesday, revealed the role President Muhammadu Buhari will play in the withdrawal police personnel attached to politicians, public office holders and senior citizens in the country.

The IGP said President Buhari’s permission was needed for him to effect withdrawal of the police personnel.

9. Vice President, Prof. Yemi Osinbajo on Tuesday said the federal government has so far shared N1.9 trillion among states as support from the Paris Club Refund.

Osinbajo said that the Muhammadu Buhari -led administration had continued to extend equal and unbiased support to states of the federation regardless of party affiliations.

10. The Arewa Consultative Forum (ACF) has declared that Nigeria cannot survive without the North.

ACF Chairman Ibrahim Coomassie said the northern region remained Nigeria’s strongest pillar, noting that the country cannot survive without it.

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Major Headlines In Nigerian Newspapers Today 14th March, 2018

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Major Headlines In Nigerian Newspapers Today 14th March, 2018

Good morning! Here is today’s summary from Nigerian Newspapers

1. Several persons, including a Catholic cathecist have been confirmed dead after suspected herdsmen attacked Tse Igbe in Nyiev Council Ward, Guma LGA of Benue State.

Report says that the Catholic catechist, Christopher Unenge and several others were killed by the suspected herdsmen barely 24 hours after President Muhammadu Buhari paid a condolence visit to the state where he promised to end the lingering crisis between herders and farmers.

2. The House of Representatives on Tuesday recalled its former Chairman, Committee on Appropriation, Abdulmumini Jibrin, from suspension.

Jibrin was recalled following a letter of apology he wrote to the House which was announced during plenary by Speaker, Yakubu Dogara.

3. The West African Examinations Council, WAEC, has released results of the West African Senior School Certificate Examination (WASSCE) for private candidates 2018-First Series.

The exam body in Lagos on Monday said 17.13% candidates secured pass in English Language and Mathematics, adding that the results of 1,021 candidates, representing 9.03% of the total candidates who sat for the examination were withheld in connection with various reported cases of examination malpractice.

4. President Muhammadu Buhari, yesterday rejected the amendment to the Electoral Act proposed by the National Assembly.

The president gave three reasons for withholding assent to the bill, which was passed by both chambers of the National Assembly.

The president on Monday communicated his decision to the federal legislature in two separate letters addressed to the Senate President Bukola Saraki and Speaker Yakubu Dogara.

5. No fewer than 25 persons have been reportedly killed in fresh attack in Plateau state.

The attack was carried out by suspected herdsmen on Monday night in Dundu village, Kwall District in Bassa Local Government Area of the state.

6. Three persons have been confirmed dead in a fresh case of Lassa fever in Ekiti.

The Commissioner for Health, Dr Rotimi Ojo, who made the disclosure, said that five out of the eight new suspected cases in the state tested negative while one was uncertain, with the last pending as at press time.

7. Senator representing Nasarawa West in the National Assembly, Abdullahi Adamu has opened up on the N70 million belonging to the Northern Senators Forum, NSF, allegedly swallowed by monkey.

According to the senator, the allegation was made to give him a bad name following his position on the electoral act amendment bill.

8. President Muhammadu Buhari on Tuesday summoned the Inspector General of Police Ibrahim Idris over his disobedience to his directive to relocate to Benue.

Buhari asked IGP Idris to provide a comprehensive report on Police Operations in the affected States, after which further decisions will be taken.

9. President Muhammadu Buhari on Tuesday sacked Brigadier-General Paul Boroh (Rtd) as Coordinator of the Presidential Amnesty Programme for Niger Delta militants.

He replaced him with Professor Charles Quaker Dokubo, who was until his appointment the Director of Research and Studies at the Nigerian Institute of International Affairs.

10. On the international scene, President Donald Trump of the United State has fired US secretary of state, Rex Tillerson.

Tillerson’s sack came barely 24 hours after meeting President Muhammadu Buhari in Aso Rock.

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The Major Headlines In Nigerian Newspapers Today 12th March, 2018

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The Major Headlines In Nigerian Newspapers Today 12th March, 2018

Good morning! Here is today’s summary from Nigerian Newspapers

1. President Muhammadu Buhari will today visit Benue State.

During the visit, Buhari will pay a courtesy call on the Chairman of the Benue State Council of Chiefs, Tor Tiv the fifth, Professor James Ayatse and will also hold a meeting with major stakeholders at the Benue Peoples House in Makurdi.

2. The chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Prince Uche Secondus, weekend, said only PDP has what it takes to rescue Nigeria from total collapse in 2019.

According to Secondus, the ruling All Progressives Congress, APC, can no longer rely on propaganda to win elections.

3. The Plateau State police command has confirmed the arrest of a herdsman with an AK-47 rifle in Bokkos Local Government Area of the state.

The command’s spokesman, Mr. Terna Tyopev, who confirmed the arrest on Sunday, gave the rifle’s serial number as HC2614.

4. Four persons have been reported dead following an accident that occurred at Lekki Toll gate, Lagos.

It was gathered that the accident occurred after a Lexus GX470 SUV with the registration number, KJA – 615DF plying one way ran into a commercial bus numbered (KRE-302XA) that was just cleared by the ticketing officers at the toll gate.

5. The first civilian governor of Adamawa State, Abubakar Saleh Michika, is dead.

Michika died weekend after being been in coma for several days at the Federal Medical Centre, Yola.

6. The Department of Petroleum Resources on Saturday sealed off nine filling stations.

This was just as the agency intercepted 225,000 litres of Premium Motor Spirit valued at over N32m, which was being diverted to an unknown destination.

7. There was confusion in Kogi State on Sunday after Governor Alhaji Yahaya Bello, announced the dissolution of the State Executive Council and the 21 Local Government Administrators and thirty minutes later recalled them.

Report says Gov Bello during the meeting, where he earlier announced he dissolution, pardoned the dissolved appointees and charged them to return to their respective offices.

8. Nigeria’s External Reserves are steadily heading towards the $50 billion mark, berthing at $46 billion as at the close of business on Friday, March 9, 2018.

Figures obtained from the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) at the weekend indicate that the reserves grew by about $3.2 billion between February and March 2018.

9. Organized labour, yesterday, warned that irrespective of several challenges facing the country, it would resist any illegal and undemocratic takeover of government in Nigeria.

Speaking through the Association of Senior Civil Servants of Nigeria, ASCSN, labour cautioned those mooting the idea to desist from throwing Nigeria into anarchy.

10. A middle aged man, Mr. Joshua Angulu Adejoh was reportedly killed on Saturday while working on his farm at Abejukolo community, the headquarters of Omala Local Government Area of Kogi State.

It was gathered that trouble started when the deceased went to his farm and met herders with large number of cows grazing on his farm. He confronted them to leave but got more than he bargained for.

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The Major Headlines On Nigerian Newspapers Today 11th March, 2018

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The Major Headlines On Nigerian Newspapers Today 11th March, 2018

Good morning! Here is today’s summary from Nigerian Newspapers

1. The first civilian governor of Adamawa State, Abubakar Saleh Michika is reportedly in a state of coma at the Federal Medical Centre, Yola, report says.

According to his son, Hafiz Saleh, Michika had been complaining to the state authorities that he needed to go for medical check-up but he was refused assistance.

2. The Social Democratic Party (SDP) says it is expecting governors under the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) and Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) to join the party.

SDP’s National Publicity Secretary, Alfa Mohammed, said the party will form the majority in the National Assembly before the 2019 general elections

3. The Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), has vowed to stage fresh protests in 88 countries to compel the Federal Government to produce its leader, Nnamdi Kanu.

IPOB’s Media and Publicity Secretary, Emma Powerful, noted that the absence of its leader in the country, did not mean that the struggle for Biafra was over.

4. About 53 policemen serving in the Presidential Villa, Abuja have staged a protest over their unpaid Risk Caution Allowances since 2015, when they were posted to the Presidency.

The aggrieved officers made the protest through in a petition sent to President Muhammadu Buhari.

5. John Oyegun, National Chairman of All Progressive Congress (APC) has declared that the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) in Katsina state is “dead and buried”.
He said since hundreds of thousands of PDP members had defected to APC, then the party was completely dead and buried.

6. Former President, Olusegun Obasanjo, on Saturday arrived Makurdi, the Benue State capital, to condole with the government and people of the state over recent herdsmen attacks.

Obasanjo, who was received at the airport by the state Governor, Samuel Ortom and other top government officials in the state, headed straight to the mass graveyard of the herdsmen attack victims where he laid a wreath.

7. The Federal Government on Saturday said its new vision for the Niger Delta was on course with two modular refineries to be installed in Delta and Rivers states almost ready.

It also said the Maritime University, Okerenkoko, Delta State, would commence academic activities for the 2017/2018 academic year with 196 students.

8. The Nigerian Prisons Service has listed conditions that the United Kingdom must meet before it would be allowed to build structures at the Kirikiri Prison in Lagos State.

The NPS Spokesman, Francis Enobore, said the UK had yet to formally notify the Federal Government and the NPS about the plan to build a prison annex in Kirikiri.

9. As Benue State plays host to President Muhammadu Buhari on Monday, the state governor has revealed the itinerary of the President.

According to Governor Samuel Ortom, during the visit, the President will make a courtesy call on the Chairman of the Benue State Council of Chiefs, Tor Tiv V, Prof. James Ortese Ayatse, at his residence in Makurdi

10. A chieftain of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Chief Ebenezer Babatope, said on Saturday the exit of Prof. Tunde Adeniran and Prof. Jerry Gana from the party would not diminish its strength.

Babatope, a former Minister of Transport, said although the two politicians contributed greatly to the PDP, the party should respect their decision to move on.

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