Happy morning! The summary from Nigerian Newspapers for today is as follows:
1. The deployment of the Biometric Voter Accreditation System and electronic transmission of the results of the 2023 election are possible with the quality of telecoms architecture currently available in the nation, according to the Association of Telecommunications Companies of Nigeria, or ATCON, the umbrella body for all telecoms companies in Nigeria, including MTN, Airtel, 9Mobile, Glo and other operators.
2. A large crowd turned out for the South-South rally of the All Progressives Congress Women Campaign team on Saturday in Calabar, the capital of Cross River State. Senator Kashim Shettima, Senator Hajiya Nana, and Zahra Buhari-Indimi, the daughter of President Muhammadu Buhari, were all present at the occasion along with Senator Oluremi Tinubu, the wife of APC presidential contender Bola Tinubu.
3. Ademola Adeleke, the newly elected governor of Osun State, has blocked all state government accounts. Following his inauguration on Sunday, Adeleke issued his first executive order directing this.
4. The Ogun State Police Command has confirmed the detention of 19-year-old Nweke Joshua and a woman named Chioma Okafor for allegedly robbing traders in the State with toy guns. The suspects were detained last Friday during an operation at Adesan, Mowe, in the Obafemi-Owode Local Government Area of the State, according to a statement released on Sunday by SP Abimbola Oyeyemi, the State Police Public Relations Officer.
5. According to reports, a guy who has not been named hanged himself at the flyover close to the NNPC gas station on the Sanni Abacha Expressway in Yenagoa, the capital of Bayelsa State. It was reported that on Sunday, onlookers discovered the victim’s body hanging from the flyover rail.
6. Criminals have set fire to the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) building in Ebonyi State’s Izzi Local Government Area. Festus Okoye, the chairman of the INEC information and voter education committee, verified this in a tweet.
7. On Sunday, a car accident that occurred along the Lagos-Ibadan expressway after the Fidiwo bridge claimed the lives of three people. According to the Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC), the event also resulted in injuries to six adult males and three adult females.
8. The Federal Government has announced an extension of the start date for the rail services between Abuja and Kaduna through the Ministry of Transportation. While on an inspection tour to determine the readiness of the Abuja-Kaduna train services before the start of operations, the Minister of Transportation, Mu’azu Sambo, revealed this to reporters in Kaduna on Sunday.
9. Dr. Chukwuemeka Ezeife, a former civil governor of Anambra State, praised Ohanaeze Ndigbo, the top Igbo sociocultural organisation, for its recent endorsement of Peter Obi, the party’s presidential candidate. Additionally, he requested that they support Obi’s triumph in 2023.
10. On Sunday, the Katsina State government organised a special prayer meeting for the establishment of peace throughout the entire nation. During the ceremony, Islamic experts rebuked State people in turn and prayed for the nation as a whole to return to normalcy.
