Happy morning! The summary from Nigerian Newspapers for today is as follows:
1. Five governors who were elected on the Peoples Democratic Party, or PDP, platform gathered on Sunday in Enugu State to discuss who they would support in the February 2023 presidential elections. However, insiders claimed that the topic of conversation was how to elect Mr. Peter Obi, the Labour Party’s presidential candidate, in 2023.
2. Despite reports of his demise, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, the candidate for president of the governing All Progressives Congress (APC), has stated that he is alive, well, and prepared to serve Nigeria immediately. This claim was made by Tinubu in a message that was included with a video of him exercising that was published on his verified Twitter page on Sunday.
3. Ijeoma Otabor, often known as Phyna, a fellow Big Brother Naija ‘Level Up’ contestant, has won the seventh season of the reality TV competition. Phyna, a successful hype lady and singer, claimed she entered the BBNaija home not only for the money but also to make a difference.
4. Prof. Samuel Ohaegbulam, President of the Nigerian Academy of Medicine (NAMed), raised worry over Nigeria’s deteriorating health indicators yesterday and challenged the presidential contenders in the general elections of 2023 to explain to Nigerians how they intend to address the issue.
5. Over the weekend, gunmen abducted HRH Abdulrahaman Ifabiyi, the Onire of Owa-Onire in Isin Local Government Area of Kwara State, along with his chauffeur. According to reports, the monarch and his driver, along with an unnamed town resident, were taken hostage at gunpoint as they were leaving a social event.
6. When compared to the month before, July, the number of reported cases of abduction decreased nationwide by 28% in August. This was ascribed to the continuous activities of the security forces. Beacon Consultancy, a security risk management and intelligence consulting firm with offices in Abuja, made this claim in its most recent report yesterday.
7. The Kwara State Police Command reported that its agents detained Dr. Adio Adeyemi of Kaiama General Hospital in connection with the suspected kidnapping and murder of two women. It was claimed that in 2021, Adeyemi abducted and killed a housewife —Nofisat Halidu and his partner Ifeoluwa—before dumping the bodies.
8. In response to the current Academic Staff Union of Universities strike, the leadership of the House of Representatives will meet with President Muhammadu Buhari on Tuesday.
9. Ariwayo Oloyede, aka Oyinbo, a retired police officer, was given a one-year prison term for people trafficking by a Federal High Court in Lagos. The former police officer was found guilty along with a Nigerian living in Burkina Faso named Christian Owanebi, who received a seven-year prison sentence from Justice Abimbola Awogboro for committing the same crime.
10. A flood caused by a lot of rain in Adamawa State has killed 37 people. 58 other individuals were injured, according to the Adamawa State Emergency Management Agency (ADSEMA), which confirmed the human casualty.
