Happy morning! The summary from Nigerian Newspapers for today is as follows:
1. Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, the All Progressives Congress, APC’s presidential candidate, arrived back in Abuja, Nigeria, last evening. Days after rumours surfaced that Tinubu was ill in the UK, he finally arrived.
2. The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has stated that if it wins the 2023 presidential election, it will not leave a single kobo in Nigeria’s treasury, according to Information and Culture Minister Lai Mohammed. If the PDP ever gains access to power, he claimed, it will be impossible for it to break its vice of plundering the public coffers.
3. The Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited (NNPC Ltd) has advised the public not to succumb to panic buying since it has enough petroleum products in stock. According to a statement released by the firm on Thursday by Garba Muhammad, Group General Manager, Group Public Affairs Division, NNPC Ltd., the current line-ups in Abuja and its surroundings are due to fuel truck arrival delays.
4. Yesterday, President Muhammadu Buhari met with the 23 survivors of the attack on the train between Abuja and Kaduna on March 28, 2022. President Buhari met the victims at the hospital affiliated with the Nigerian Defense Academy in Kaduna State, according to presidential spokesman Malam Garba Shehu.
5. In Thursday, in a rare occurrence, Kogi State Governor Yahaya Bello visited some of the communities in the State that had been devastated by flood on boats. Highways from or via Lokoja to Abuja are now impassable due to the water, causing traffic jams and severe hardship for Nigerians.
6. Celestine Omehia’s status as a former governor of the state was de-recognized by the Rivers State House of Assembly yesterday at a session. Omehia was instructed to return all of the N600 million in financial entitlements he obtained during his tenure as governor within seven days of the development.
7. At the Moore Blessing Hotel in Ikenne, in the Sagamu Local Government Area of Ogun State, a shopkeeper named Wasiu Oduwole has demanded justice after a traditional leader named Nureni Oduwaye is accused of kicking him in the eye. The sufferer allegedly couldn’t see with his eyes anymore. After allegedly accusing Wasiu of dancing with his queen during a birthday celebration at the hotel, Oduwaye allegedly committed the act.
8. Concerned about the socioeconomic hardship affecting millions of Nigerians, the Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN) in the 19 northern States and the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) has called on the federal and state governments to act quickly to address the issues of hunger, widespread poverty, unemployment, and the high cost of food.
9. The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU), which is currently on strike, has filed two motions with the Court of Appeal in Abuja appealing the National Industrial Court of Nigeria’s (NICN) interlocutory injunction ordering union members to return to work.
The appeal had been dismissed as being incompetent, according to the Federal Government’s request to the appellate court.
10. Former Aviation Minister Femi Fani-lawsuit Kayode’s alleging attempted murder against his estranged wife, Precious Chikwendu, was dismissed by the Federal High Court in Abuja. The sudden withdrawal by the former minister served as the foundation for Justice Inyang Ekwo’s decision to dismiss the lawsuit. When the case was called for arraignment, Mr. John Ijagbemi, the prosecution’s attorney, told the court that the Inspector General of Police (IGP) had instructed him to end the case.
