Nigerian Newspapers: 10 things you need to know this Thursday morning

Happy morning! The summary from Nigerian Newspapers for today is as follows:

1. Travel advisories on Nigeria have been issued by Australian and Canadian authorities, cautioning their residents to exercise caution. They issued the alert 72 hours after the US and UK claimed that terrorists were preparing an attack in the capital of Nigeria.

2. Vice President Yemi Osinbajo has been forgiven, according to Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, the presidential candidate for the All Progressives Congress (APC), who also notes that he has no ill will toward the previous candidate. Osinbajo, a former close associate of Tinubu’s, was a serious contender for the APC presidential nomination, which the latter ultimately won.

3. The United States government has authorised the evacuation of its personnel and their families from Nigeria, less than 72 hours after expressing concern about what it called a “elevated danger of terror acts” in Nigeria, notably in Abuja.

4. Festus Okoye, the Independent National Electoral Institution’s (INEC) commissioner for information and voter education, claimed that the commission is under pressure to fulfil its duty. He added that the procedure for ousting the head of INEC is similarly rigorous.

5. Lagos socialite and businessman Mallinson Ukatu, who is being detained at the Ikoyi Custodial Center for drug trafficking, has N20 billion stored in 103 bank accounts that were seized by the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency. Ukatu is a well-known figure in Lagos.

6. On Wednesday, Prof. Mahmood Yakubu, the head of the Independent National Electoral Commission, revealed that the number of registered voters had increased to 93.5 million. Analysis of the preliminary register reveals that Lagos, Kano, Kaduna, Rivers, Katsina and Oyo States have the highest number of registered voters.

7. According to Governor Samuel Ortom, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) must apologise to the residents of Benue State if he truly wants their support in the general election in 2023. Because the presidential candidate recently lied about him during his appearance in Kaduna State, Ortom claimed that the apology must be made public.

8. On Wednesday, Godwin Emefiele, the governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria, said that the bank would issue newly redesigned naira notes by December 15, 2022. Yesterday in Abuja, Emefiele made this declaration and provided justifications for the action.

9. The Department of State Services agents attacked the Trademore Estate in the Federal Capital Territory of Abuja on Monday and detained two terror suspects there. While the operation was going on, the security personnel reportedly locked the estate’s access and exit gates.

10. Yesterday, Nnamdi Kanu, the leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), was awarded N500 million in damages by the Federal High Court in Umuahia, Abia State, as compensation for his illegal kidnapping from Kenya and violations of his human rights.