Happy morning! The summary from Nigerian Newspapers for today is as follows:
1. A new coup has been confirmed by soldiers in Burkina Faso. On Friday night, masked, armed men appeared on television to announce the resignation of President Paul-Henri Damiba. This is the country in West Africa’s second coup of the year.
2. According to Ayo Oyalowo, a member of the APC presidential campaign committee, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, the party’s candidate for president has travelled to London to rest. The absence of Tinubu from the Thursday peace deal sparked outrage, with rumours flying that the ruling party’s presidential candidate is ill.
3. Alhaji Ibrahim Gusau has been chosen to lead the Nigeria Football Federation as its new president (NFF). The election, which was conducted in Benin, the capital of Edo State, had the highest number of votes cast for the football administrator from Zamfara.
4. The Supreme Court dismissed an appeal filed before the court by a side led by Dan Orbhi on Friday, putting an end to the leadership dispute in the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Edo State chapter.
According to a ruling by Justice Emmanuel Akomaye Agim of the Apex Court, the problem of political party leadership is an internal one, and as such, the courts have no authority over it.
5. At the well-known Eleven-Eleven junction in Calabar, a young woman who was thought to be in her early 20s was stoned to death. The event took place early on Friday morning. A few stones had been placed next to the body when it was discovered at the roundabout.
6. Peter Obi, the Labour Party’s presidential candidate, was hosted by Rivers State Governor Nyesom Wike on Friday in Port Harcourt. Wike expressed his pleasure at hosting the former governor of Anambra while posting photos of himself and the presidential candidate.
7. Emeka Ihedioha, a former governor of Imo State, apologised to Igbo people on Friday for his remarks during the 2022 New Yam celebration ceremony of the Mbaise People who reside in Ghana. In a viral video that received millions of comments, Ihedioha allegedly referred to those who are backing Labour Party presidential candidate Peter Obi as saboteurs.
8. Duruocha Joel, a member of the Independent National Electoral Commission, who was reported missing in Anambra State, has been discovered dead. Festus Okoye, the National Commissioner and Chairman of the Information and Voter Education Committee, made the claim in a statement on Friday. On Thursday, Joel’s body was discovered on the Isu-Aniocha-Urum route in Awka.
9. The president’s wife, Aisha Muhammadu Buhari, apologised to Nigerians for the nation’s seven-year period of insecurity and the poor economic conditions that made life difficult for Nigerians. She delivered the apology on Friday at the National Mosque Conference Hall in Abuja’s 62nd Independence Day Special Juma’at Prayer and Public Lecture.
10. The Lagos State Police Command has issued a warning to Peter Obi’s supporters, urging them to abide by the court order prohibiting them from having a protest at the Lekki Toll Gate in Lagos. Abiodun Alabi, the commissioner of police for Lagos State, issued a statement warning that anyone who disobeyed the court order will face consequences from the Force.
