Happy morning! The summary from Nigerian Newspapers for today is as follows:
1. APC supporters in the South-South, particularly in Rivers State, including candidates for the 2023 elections, called on Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, the party’s presidential candidate, and the governors of the South-West yesterday to cease socialising with Governor Nyesom Wike.
2. The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA, has once more seized 13,451,466 tramadol 225mh pills worth N8.9 billion from the same estate, just two months after discovering a methamphetamine clandestine laboratory in a posh residential development in Victoria Garden City, Lekki area of Lagos.
3. The Federal Government yesterday referred to the claimed list of recipients of national honours that some internet media outlets were disseminating as a hoax. However, the list of nominations has drawn criticism, particularly about the calibre of those up for honours. The list of nominees has now gone viral on the Internet.
4. Mr. Aminu Umar-Sadiq has been named the new managing director of the Nigeria Sovereign Investment Authority by President Muhammadu Buhari (NSIA). This was said in a statement released last night by Mr. Tanko Abdullahi, Special Adviser, Media & Communications to the Honorable Minister of Finance, Budget & National Planning.
5. The Board of Trustees of the Peoples Democratic Party, or PDP, will meet this week to discuss the crisis roiling the party, barring any last-minute changes of heart. According to information obtained, the advisory body is concerned about the escalating conflict between the party and supporters of Rivers State Governor Nyesom Wike and may request the resignation of the party’s national chairman, Iyorchia Ayu.
6. The Academic Staff Union of Universities’, or ASUU’s, appeal of the National Industrial Court’s decision will be heard by the Court of Appeal in Abuja on Tuesday (today). As conversations and discussions between the union and the House of Representatives, led by Speaker Femi Gbajabiamila, have persisted.
7. Four family members died after consuming cassava flour, also known as amala, in the Kogi State town of Mopa in the Mopa-Muro Local Government Area, and the community has been plunged into grief. According to reports, the deceased passed away suddenly between Friday, September 30, and Sunday, October 2.
8. Yusuf Abubakar, the younger brother of Abubakar Abubakar, was shot and killed on Sunday while Abubakar Abubakar tested the effectiveness of a new gunshot protective charm that their father had recently acquired in Dutse Gogo town, close to Kaiama, the administrative centre of the Kaiama Local Government Area in Kwara State.
9. According to reports from the States, several legal disputes are following the major political parties’ primaries as of today, when the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) will publish its final list of candidates for governor.
10. Flooding on the axis where a new bridge is being built around Kotonkarfei town in Kogi State caused chaos for drivers and other road users on the Lokoja-Abuja highway on Monday. Because commuters were delayed for several hours, there was a significant accumulation of traffic on the Lokoja-Koton-Karfe road.
