Happy morning! The summary from Nigerian Newspapers for today is as follows:
1. Atiku Abubakar, the Peoples Democratic Party’s presidential candidate, tried again on Thursday to end the ongoing dispute between him and Nyesom Wike, the governor of Rivers State, but their meeting fell short. According to reports, the governor urged that the party’s national chairman, Iyorchia Ayu, must step down before a peace agreement can be reached.
2. OVH Energy has sold all 380 Oando retail locations, aviation brands, and gas brands to the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited (NNPCL). This was said Tuesday in Abuja by Mele Kyari, the Chief Executive Officer of NNPC Limited.
3. According to Governor Abdulrazaq Abdulrahman of Kwara State, despite some setbacks in its nation-building efforts, Nigeria is progressing. The Governor addressed the crowd during Nigeria’s 62nd Independence Day parade in the state capital of Ilorin’s metropolitan area.
4. According to the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), all registered political parties in the country are required to identify the sources of their campaign funding and abide by the laws governing it, including spending caps. In a television appearance on Saturday, Prof. Mahmood Yakubu, the chairman of INEC, announced this.
5. Nigeria’s 62nd Independence Day was commemorated by President Muhammadu Buhari on Saturday in Eagle Square, Abuja. Numerous events were held to honour the occasion, including military exercises and artistic performances.
6. Yobe State Governor Mai Mala Buni has been named the Tinubu/Shettima Presidential Campaign Council’s special adviser on “Party Integration and Reintegration,” according to Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu, the APC’s presidential candidate.
7. According to Daniel Bwala, a spokesman for Atiku Abubakar’s presidential campaign, the Peter Obi presidential campaign event in Kaduna was evidence of the All Progressives Congress’ (APC) fall in the State. To celebrate Independence Day, Obi’s supporters organised a “one million march” earlier in the day in various States.
8. On Saturday, a truck carrying petroleum products fell into a ditch in the Nkwelle Ezunaka neighbourhood near Onitsha, Anambra State, causing a fire event. According to eyewitnesses, the tanker driver lost control and plunged into the ditch, spilling its contents and setting the area on fire.
9. On Saturday, a collision between a Nissan Cabster and a Mack truck at Iyana Egbado, Itori on the Lagos-Abeokuta Expressway resulted in two confirmed fatalities and four injuries. Mr. Ahmed Umar, the Sector Commander of the Federal Road Safety Corps in Ogun, verified the event to reporters in Abeokuta.
10. The Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) said on Saturday that Atiku Abubakar, the presidential candidate for the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), lacks the ability to put an end to the Biafra struggle. The group issued the warning while blasting Atiku for a claim that, if elected president in 2023, he will put an end to the Biafra agitation.
