Happy morning! The summary from Nigerian Newspapers for today is as follows:
1. Zainab Ahmed, the minister of finance, budget, and national planning, voiced concerns over the Central Bank of Nigeria’s redesign of various naira denominations on Friday (CBN).
The CBN had previously revealed on Wednesday that it would begin issuing the freshly redesigned N100, N200, N500, and N1000 notes on December 15.
2. On Friday, the Court of Appeal in Abuja granted a stay of execution on a decision clearing Nnamdi Kanu, the leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), of terrorism-related charges. The Federal Government asked the court to postpone the execution of Kanu’s release order on the grounds that Kanu had been released but not exonerated.
3. According to President Muhammadu Buhari, there is no need to fear as a result of the recent modifications to the travel advise issued by the governments of the US and UK. The President urged the nation’s security establishment and all residents to maintain vigilance and caution about security in a statement released by his spokesperson, Malam Garba Shehu, on Friday.
4. The Federal Government increased security in the nation’s capital on Friday, but the growing anxiety in the Federal Capital Territory over the terror alerts issued by the United States and the United Kingdom remained. In order to stop potential terrorist attacks, it saw the elite Presidential Guards Brigade and Special Forces deployed in large numbers in Abuja.
5. Festus Keyamo, the head of the All Progressives Congress Presidential Campaign Council, said Wednesday that he is confident that Asiwaju Ahmed Tinubu, the party’s presidential candidate, will uphold the law after suffering at the hands of the military in his fight for democracy.
6. Alhaji Hashimu, the district head of Birnin Tsaba in the Zurmi Local Government Area of Zamfara State, and his younger brother Danbalange, an APC member in the region, have both been kidnapped by terrorists.
7. The Naira depreciated by 0.06 percent on Friday at the Investors and Exporters window, trading for N444.75 to the dollar as opposed to N444.50 on Thursday.
8. The proposed seven-day warning strike scheduled to begin on Monday, October 31, 2022, according to the Lagos State Chapter of the Joint Drivers Association of Nigeria (JDWAN), remains sacred. At a news conference held at the Right’s House, Adeniyi Jones, Ikeja, Lagos State, the joint drivers announced this.
9. If the Labour Party (LP) wins the presidency in 2023, Mr. Peter Obi, the party’s presidential candidate, promises to create an equal, free, and prosperous Nigeria. Speaking at a celebration in his honour by the Ebonyi chapter of the Civil Society Action Group, Obi made the commitment on Friday in Abakaliki (CSAG).
10. In the Zuru Emirate regions of Kebbi State, more than 40 towns and villages have been raided by bandits, and the number of IDP camps has grown. Governor Abubakar Atiku Bagudu visited the IDPs to show sympathy for victims, according to Chief Press Secretary to the Kebbi State Governor Abubakar Mu’azu Dakingari, who verified this in a statement.
