Happy morning! The summary from Nigerian Newspapers for today is as follows:
1. The governor of Ekiti State, Abiodun Oyebanji of the All Progressives Congress (APC), was sworn in yesterday. At the State Government House, Justice Oyewole Adeyeye, the State Chief Judge, administered the oath of office to the previous Secretary to the State Government (SSG).
2. On Sunday, Bola Tinubu, the All Progressives Congress (APC) presidential candidate, urged the people of Ekiti State to vote against Peter Obi and Atiku Abubakar, the candidates of the Labour Party (LP) and the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), respectively. He spoke during Abiodun Oyebanji’s oath-taking as governor of the state of Ekiti.
3. Our correspondent discovered that public institutions across the nation had scheduled special senate council meetings in anticipation of exams and resuming following the suspension of the strike by the Academic Staff Union of Universities.
4. Alhaji Atiku Abubakar, the Peoples Democratic Party’s presidential candidate, has come under fire after urging Northerners to support him in the 2023 election because he is a northerner. Atiku urged his audience not to support a Yoruba or Igbo candidate in 2023 at an interactive session with the Arewa Joint Committee on Saturday in Kaduna.
5. Recent history Emeka Ihedioha, the governor of Imo State, encouraged security personnel to look into anyone posing as him or using his signature without authorization on Sunday. Ihedioha claimed that a voice message that was reportedly being circulated online and a letter to the minister of justice pleading with him not to release the leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra, Nnamdi Kanu, were “criminally” manufactured to put him at odds with the people.
6. Rabiu Musa Kwankwaso, the presidential candidate for the New Nigeria People’s Party (NNPP), disassociated himself from the interactive session with presidential aspirants hosted by the Arewa Joint Committee. The presidential interactive session is organised by a number of organisations, including the Arewa Consultative Forum, Arewa House, Sir Ahmadu Bello Memorial Foundation, Northern Elders Forum, and Arewa Research and Development Project.
7. Dr. Mustapha Inuwa, a significant All Progressives Congress (APC) official in Katsina State, has defected to the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP). After meeting with hundreds of his followers and groups on Sunday, who were shouting songs of solidarity about his capability and ability to influence state politics, he made this known at his campaign office in Katsina.
8. On Sunday, the Arewa Citizens’ Watch for Good Governance (ACWGG) organisation demanded that Mahmood Yakubu, the chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), quit due to allegations that the voters’ list had been compromised while he was in office. Mohammed Grema Adamu, the group’s chairman, further alleged the registration of foreigners in a statement he released yesterday.
9. Yesterday, the Edo State government announced the removal of three HOLGAs for failing to follow orders prohibiting the passage of trucks weighing more than 30 tonnes on roads built and maintained by the State government.
10. Mr. Peter Obi, the Labour Party’s presidential candidate, has denied getting a private jet contribution for his campaign from Gen. Theophilus Danjuma, a former minister of defence (rtd). Obi responded to rumours that Gen. Danjuma gave a Challenger 605 Bombardier plane to his campaign by tweeting on his verified account claiming he had never been offered such a gift and that the rumours were untrue.
