Nigerian Newspapers: 10 things you need to know this Monday morning

Happy morning! The summary from Nigerian Newspapers for today is as follows:

1. On Sunday, the Peoples Democratic Party’s (PDP) presidential candidate failed to swear that, if elected, he would use Nigerian medical facilities. Among the presidential candidates that participated in the town hall hosted by ARISE Television and the Center for Democracy and Development was Atiku (CDD).

2. Yesterday, armed men broke into Mohammed Sani Musa’s Minna, Niger State, home. He is a senator who represents the Niger East Senatorial District in the National Assembly. The suspects, who were estimated to number seven, must have followed the senator from Abuja after learning that he was in the State to attend a coronation ceremony, according to a local.

3. On Saturday, Isha’i prayer was being observed by worshipers when a mosque in Maigamji village, along the Funtua-Dandume route, in the Funtua Local Government Area of Katsina, was attacked by bandits. Alhaji Lawal Maigamji, a former councillor of the Maigamji ward in Katsina’s Funtua LGA, claimed that when the bandits arrived, they opened fire on two persons, including the Imam leading the prayers.

4. Gunmen reportedly kidnapped at least 46 individuals in separate attacks on two communities over the weekend in Katsina State’s Batsari and Funtua local governments. In the Karare village of the Batsari Local Government Area, it was reported that one person was killed and about 28 people were kidnapped.

5. Yesterday, the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) reported that arsonists had set fire to its office in the Oru West Local Government Area of Imo State. Festus Okoye, the National Commissioner and Chairman of the Information and Voter Education Committee, made this declaration on Sunday.

6. Given that both Bauchi and Gombe States have begun staking claims to the oil wells, a crisis looks to be developing over who is the rightful owner of the Kolmani Oil and Gas field. Officials and citizens of the two States have also accused one another of trying to take control of the site, which is thought to hold 500 billion standard cubic feet of gas and one billion barrels of crude oil reserves.

7. Three people’s deaths in an accident in the Delta State region of Ugheli have been officially confirmed. According to information obtained, the accident occurred on Sunday along the Evwreni axis of the East West Road in the State’s Ughelli North Local Government Area.

8. Before announcing its preferred candidate, the Association of South East Town Unions (ASETU) stated that it would allow Nigerians to make informed decisions about which presidential candidate to vote for, free from tribal and cheap considerations.

9. The Presidency has urged Nigerians at all levels to do their part in the effort to eradicate the HIV/AIDS pandemic. Tijjani Umar, the permanent secretary of the White House, made this statement at a one-day sensitization programme for World AIDS Day in 2022 that was organised by the State House Medical Center.

10. Alhaji Atiku Abubakar, a candidate for the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Dr. Rabiu Musa Kwankwaso, a candidate for the New Nigerian Peoples Party (NNPP), and Mr. Peter Obi, a candidate for the Labour Party, all spoke to Nigerians on Sunday about what they would each do for the nation if elected president in 2023. The speakers were part of the Arise News Presidential Town Hall series, which was coordinated from the television station’s Abuja and Lagos studios, respectively.