Happy morning! The summary from Nigerian Newspapers for today is as follows:
1. In light of the terror alerts issued by the US and the UK last week, the Federal Government informed Nigerians on Monday that they can go about their legitimate business in peace and security.
2. Reactions to the alleged demise of Ifeanyi Adeleke, the son of well-known musician Davido and his fiancée Chioma Rowland, have been strong. Unconfirmed rumours suggested that Davido’s first child drowned in a pool at his home in the Banana Island neighbourhood of Lagos State.
3. Aminat Taiwo, one of the victims of the Lagos-Ibadan Expressway kidnapping who was freed, described how her father paid her kidnappers N3.2 million before she and her friend Tobi Orekoya were freed. Aminat, who talked to reporters on Monday, claimed that her father delivered the ransom to the captors who were holding them in a remote area of the jungle.
4. The trial for Andrew Ominikoron, the Lagos Bus Rapid Transit driver accused of killing Oluwabamise Ayanwole, a fashion designer, continued on Monday. At the Tafawa Balewa Square location of the Lagos State High Court, the defence attorney, Abayomi Omotubora, cross-examined the police witness, Goddy Ihende.
5. Cecilia Idowu, a woman, has been charged with murdering Stephen Haruna, one of her tenants, and disposing of his body in a well. The case was brought before an Ondo State Chief Magistrates’ Court in Akure, the state capital. On Oke-Igbala Street in the State’s Oge, Okeagbe, Akoko, and Akoko North-West Local Government Area, the incident took place.
6. The value of the naira continued to decline on Monday, reaching N818 to the dollar in Abuja and N815 to the dollar in Lagos. Following the CBN’s announcement that the freshly redesigned naira notes would begin circulating in the economy on December 15, 2022, it has been discovered that the naira is currently subject to intense selling pressure in the underground market.
7. According to the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), 124,963 Permanent Voters’ Cards (PVCs) had not been picked up in Sokoto State as of Monday. The electoral body claims that certain PVCs have been unused in their office since 2019.
8. Today, President Muhammadu Buhari will visit the UK for a medical examination. The president will return to the nation in the second week of November, according to Femi Adesina, Special Advisor to the President on Media and Publicity, who made the announcement on Monday.
9. The All Progressives Congress (APC) senatorial candidate in Kano central, Abdulkareem Abdulsalam Zaura (also known as AA Zaura), is nowhere to be found for the start of his trial, the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) informed a Federal High Court in Kano yesterday.
10. With the exception of the presidential election, Governor Nyesom Wike has bragged that the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) will triumph in all Rivers State elections in 2023. Wike made this statement yesterday in Port Harcourt during the swearing-in of newly appointed 319 Ward and 32 Constituency Liaison Officers.
