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

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

1. To lessen the suffering of Nigerians, the House of Representatives has directed the Nigerian National Petroleum Company (NNPC) Limited and other regulatory bodies to address the ongoing gasoline shortage in one week. Following Sa’idu Musa Abdullahi’s (APC, Niger) acceptance of a resolution of urgent public urgency during Tuesday’s plenary, the order was made.

2. Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, the APC’s presidential candidate, has been proclaimed as President Muhammadu Buhari’s successor by Senator Abdullahi Adamu, the party’s national chairman. The overwhelming number of people who attended the APC’s North West Presidential Campaign Rally in Kaduna on Tuesday, according to Adamu, demonstrated the popularity of the party.

3. The ex-vice president Atiku Abubakar has been advised by Lai Mohammed, minister of information and culture, not to blame President Muhammadu Buhari for the growing insurgency. Atiku, the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) candidate for the 2023 presidential election, voiced amazement at Boko Haram’s ongoing presence during a weekend campaign stop in Abuja.

4. According to the police, a quest will be launched to find politicians who hold Permanent Voter Cards in order to rig the general elections in 2023. This occurred at the same time that the Independent National Electoral Commission issued a warning to politicians and political parties that it would not tolerate any unlawful conduct and pledged to arrest and punish anybody found purchasing or selling PVCs.

5. On Tuesday, Justice Ibrahim Yusuf of the Kwara State High Court in Ilorin sentenced two students, Abdulazeez Ismail and Ajala Oluwatimileyin, to death for the murder of Blessing Olajide, a 300-level undergraduate at the University of Ilorin. On June 2, 2021, the two attacked Olajide and killed her at her sister’s home in Ilorin, Kwara State’s Tanke neighbourhood.

6. In Kafin Madaki, the administrative centre of Ganjuwa Local Government Area in Bauchi State, two yet-to-be-identified hoodlums amputated one of a 12-year-old student’s eyes. According to information obtained, the victim, Najib Hussaini, a native of Kano State, travelled to Kafin Madaki to study the Qur’an.

7. According to Mr. Bala Wunti, head of upstream investments at National Petroleum Investment Management Services (NAPIMS), a division of the Nigerian National Petrolum Company Limited (NNPC Limited), the government agency’s actions have helped to lessen the issue of oil theft. He described the steps taken so far to stop pipeline vandalism and theft of crude oil in a TV appearance yesterday.

8. The governor of Rivers State, Nyesom Wike, declared yesterday that he had no political beef with Alhaji Atiku Abubakar, the PDP’s nominee for president. He clarified that the PDP’s ongoing crisis—often attributed to him—was brought on by southern stakeholders’ demands that Dr. Iyorchia Ayu, the party’s national chairman—who is from the north—resign and be replaced by a southerner.

9. A horrifying tragedy along the Koko-Jega route in Kebbi State is said to have claimed the lives of about 14 persons and 22 livestock. In a statement made available to newsmen in Birnin Kebbi yesterday, Nafiu Abubakar, the Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO), for the state of Kebbi, verified this.

10. Sunday Oliseh, a footballing icon from Nigeria, predicted Morocco to win the 2022 FIFA World Cup in Qatar on Sunday. After Morocco became the first ever African nation to make it to the World Cup semifinals, the FIFA technical expert went on to call this tournament the finest event Africa has ever seen.