Happy morning! The summary from Nigerian Newspapers for today is as follows:
1. On Friday, gunmen opened fire on the vehicle of Apostle Johnson Suleman, General Overseer of Omega Fire Ministries International, in Auchi, Edo State, killing at least six individuals, three of them were police officers.
2. Yesterday, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu, the All Progressives Congress’s nominee for president, revealed his platform for the general elections in 2023. In Abuja, the 80-page “Action Plan” document was made available to interested parties and backers.
3. On Friday, President Muhammadu Buhari claimed that the APC holds Nigeria’s future in safer hands. This is in line with what Buhari said yesterday, that the APC-led government has succeeded in stabilising Nigeria and creating a strong basis for long-term growth. Femi Adesina, the president’s spokesperson, said this in a statement.
4. With only four months until the general election of next year, opposition to Professor Mahmood Yakubu, the head of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), is growing. A plot to have the National Assembly pass a resolution of no confidence in Yakubu could result in his suspension or removal.
5. According to Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu, the presidential candidate for the All Progressives Congress (APC), increasing interest rates is not the answer to growing inflation. In his manifesto, Tinubu claimed that global supply disruptions were mostly to blame for the present trend of rising inflation and that raising interest rates is not the best way to manage it.
6. The 16 governors who earned prizes for their exceptional achievement in carrying out initiatives that had an impact on the lives of citizens included the governors of Rivers State, Nyesom Wike, and Ebonyi, Dave Umahi. At the inaugural Nigeria Excellence Award in Public Service (NEAPS) ceremony, which was held at the State House Conference Center in the Presidential Villa in Abuja on Friday, President Muhammadu Buhari presented them with their prizes.
7. The First Republic’s Minister of Aviation, Chief Mbazulike Amechi, has declared that the Presidency and the First Republic are working on a political solution to free IPOB leader Nnamdi Kanu from custody after the Appeal Court in Abuja ordered his freedom.
8. The Federal Government has taken heat for appealing the Court of Appeal’s decision to release Mazi Nnamdi Kanu, the leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), to the Supreme Court. On Friday, prominent sociopolitical and cultural organisations including Ohanaeze Ndigbo Worldwide, the Middle Belt Forum (MBF), and Aka Ikenga denounced the Federal Government’s appeal of the Court of Appeal’s release ruling for Kanu.
9. After Aminu Ali Shana, a leader of the All Progressives Congress (APC), was arrested, fear overtook Kano’s politicians. He was allegedly found in possession of 367 suspected permanent voter cards. On October 14, 2022, authorities arrested the party chairman in Yautan Arewa ward in the State’s Gabasawa Local Government Area.
10. As of Wednesday, 36 people had died in the herdsmen attack on the Gbeji community in Benue State’s Ukum Local Government Area. The massacre of his innocent agricultural people, according to Senator Gabriel Suswam, who represents Benue North East Senatorial District and was formerly governor of the State, was a sign that the Federal Government was shirking its duties.
