Happy morning! The summary from Nigerian Newspapers for today is as follows:
1. When hoodlums broke into the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, huge gathering for the presidential campaign in Kaduna on Monday and started attacking the crowd, chaos ensued. Armed with sticks and machetes, the thugs burst into Ranchers Bees Stadium and began attacking the spectators, leaving several people hurt.
2. Nyesom Wike, the governor of Rivers State, has expressed conflicted emotions on remarks attributed to Alhaji Atiku Abubakar, the PDP presidential candidate, telling Northerners that they should support him in the 2023 election because he is from the north. If accurate, according to Wike, such a claim poses a danger to the nation’s cohesiveness.
3. The Lagos State Police Command has verified the arrest of Ikechukwu Ogbonna, alias IVD, a 37-year-old Lagos vehicle trader, in connection with the death of his wife, Abimbola, in the state’s Lekki region. Benjamin Hundeyin, the State Police Public Relations Officer, confirmed this to our correspondent on Monday. Domestic violence is said to have killed the wife.
4. Edwin Clark, an elder statesman and Pan-Niger Delta Forum chairman, has urged President Muhammadu Buhari to order the release of Nnamdi Kanu, the leader of the Indigenous Peoples of Biafra, in accordance with the court’s decision. Clark also chastised Malami, accusing him of abandoning part of his duty and engaging in “executive rascality,” much to the chagrin of patriotic citizens.
5. On Sunday, gunmen stormed a Celestial Church of Christ in Felele, Lokoja, Kogi State, leaving two people dead and three others wounded. According to an eyewitness, the fully-armed gunmen stormed the chapel and began firing nonstop.
6. The village head and a relative who was sent to deliver the ransom for his release were killed by the kidnappers of the village head in Adamawa State. After receiving N2 million, the kidnappers held the village chief and the ransom bearer hostage and demanded more money before killing them.
7. John Campbell, a former U.S. ambassador to Nigeria, has warned the Nigerian government against the far-reaching effects of disobeying the Appeal Court decision that cleared Nnamdi Kanu, the leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), of the terrorism charge brought against him by the Federal Government.
8. The 62 new Senior Advocates of Nigeria (SANs), whose appointments were announced on September 29, will be sworn in by Justice Olukayode Ariwoola, the Chief Justice of Nigeria (CJN), on November 28. The Supreme Court’s Director of Information, Dr. Festus Akande, said in a statement released yesterday in Abuja that the event, which had originally been scheduled for November 21, had been moved to make room for other court-related activities.
9. Atiku Abubakar of the Peoples Democratic Party and Bola Ahmed Tinubu of the All Progressives Congress met on Monday at the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport in Abuja. When they saw each other, they traded jokes in front of their aides and associates.
10. The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has accused the Federal Government of refusing its presidential candidate, Atiku Abubakar, a campaign rally location in Kaduna State. The campaign rally was originally slated to take place at the famed Ahmadu Bello Stadium (ABS), however the authorised application was withdrawn just hours before the event.
