Happy morning! The summary from Nigerian Newspapers for today is as follows:
1. The federal government has been urged by the House of Representatives to keep building the Lagos-Calabar coastal railway line. The decision was taken by the legislators on Tuesday after they approved a motion submitted by Dozzie Ferdinand in plenary.
2. Voting-age Nigerians living in the UK and other countries have filed lawsuits against President Muhammadu Buhari and the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) in Abuja, Nigeria, to enforce their fundamental right to vote in the general elections of 2023.
3. Yesterday, the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) distanced itself from Simon Ekpa’s directive to stay at home in the Southeast from December 9 to December 14. Emma Powerful, the IPOB spokesperson, urged the residents of the area to disregard the order and emphasised that it was not a part of the instruction.
4. The presidential candidate for the All Progressives Congress (APC), Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, has once more revealed his source of wealth, claiming that he inherited excellent real estate and restored its values. In an interview with BBC in London yesterday, Tinubu claimed that despite being the most investigated and accused former governor, no evidence had been uncovered against him.
5. On Tuesday, President Muhammadu Buhari claimed that it is now difficult to rig elections in Nigeria. The President made this statement while serving as host to the West African Elders Forum Pre-Election Mediation Mission, which was headed by Dr. Ernest Bai Koroma, a former president of Sierra Leone.
6. The maximum over-the-counter (OTC) cash withdrawal per week for individuals is N100,000 and N500,000 for corporate organisations, according to the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN). The apex bank also set a daily cap of N20,000 on each individual Point of Service (POS).
7. On Tuesday night in Abuja’s Federal Capital Territory’s Kubwa neighbourhood, gunmen kidnapped Adenike, a corps member, along with seven other people. Adenike was abducted in her father’s house when she was completing the National Youth Service requirement.
8. Five people have been charged by the Rivers State Police Command with raping an 11-year-old girl, including a stepfather, a pastor, and a teacher, at a magistrate’s court in Port Harcourt, Rivers State. The incident took place in the State’s Asari Toru Local Government Area at Buguma.
9. In the Gwarzo Local Government Area of the State, the Kano State Hisbah Board stopped a car carrying more than 18,000 beer bottles. Sheikh Harun Ibn Sina, the board’s commander general, stated on Tuesday that the vehicle was stopped on Monday while en route to Kano on Gwarzo Road.
10. Chukwunonye Irouno, the Labour Party’s candidate for the Okigwe Local Government Area in Imo State, has passed away. Irouno, a well-liked master of ceremonies in Owerri and Rochas Okorocha’s senior special assistant on public affairs and entertainment, passed away on Monday night at his home in Owerri.
