Happy morning! The summary from Nigerian Newspapers for today is as follows:
1. In response to the House of Representatives’ intervention in the protracted dispute between university lecturers and the Federal Government, the Academic Staff Union of Universities applauded the House of Representatives. Prof. Emmanuel Osodeke, the president of ASUU, declared: “For the first time, we have seen light at the end of the tunnel.”
2. On Monday, Atiku Abubakar and Ifeanyi Okowa, the Peoples Democratic Party’s presidential candidate and vice presidential nominee, stormed Uyo, Akwa Ibom State, in no less than 15 private and chartered jets to officially launch the party’s campaign. The elections are scheduled for 2023.
3. Yakubu Dogara, a former speaker of the House of Representatives, and several Christians in the ruling All Progressives Congress were dubbed impostors by the Tinubu-Shettima Presidential Campaign Council on Monday. Bayo Onanuga, the director of media and publicity for the Tinubu-Shettima Presidential Campaign Council, said this in a statement on Monday.
4. On Tuesday (today), President Muhammadu Buhari will bestow national honours on at least 447 people in Abuja. Nigerians and those designated as “Friends of Nigeria” are among those on the honours list.
5. The Onigua of Iggua, Oba Talabi Dosunmu, and a few chiefs in the Yewa North Local Government Area of Ogun State have been accused of killing Adebiyi Ogunyele, a 40-year-old man. According to information received, the herbalist Adebiyi was purportedly killed in an evil woodland after being sent there by the ghost Jemego.
6. Residents of Abuja who were trapped due to flooding on the dual carriageway between Lokoja and Abuja have received some relief. Recall how the flood in Abuja made it difficult for trucks carrying fuel to reach the capital of the country.
7. The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) was referred to as a party of termites by All Progressives Congress (APC) presidential candidate Asiwaju Bola Tinubu on Monday. At the launch of the APC Women Campaign Council at the presidential palace in Abuja, Tinubu made this statement.
8. The Coalition of Northern Groups (CNG) has urged Nigerians to avoid making the same error as in 2015 during the upcoming general elections by prioritising competence, capacity, and integrity above all other factors in the selection of leaders.
9. In the Dass Local Government Area of Bauchi State, some 2000 members of the All Progressives Congress (APC) have defected to the state’s dominant Peoples Democratic Party (PDP). Alhaji Shatima Sani Korau, the PDP Chairman of Dass local government, welcomed the decampees and thanked them for joining his party during the official commissioning ceremony of the Bundilin Dutse PDP office in Bundot ward.
10. In Kaduna State, a renowned terrorist commander named Ali Dogo and numerous of his fighters were eliminated. Operation Whirl Punch carried out an air raid that resulted in the deaths of Dogo and his gang members.
