Good morning! Here is today’s summary from Nigerian Newspapers:
1. The Nigeria Police Force (NPF) on Monday declared a British national, Andrew Wynne, aka Andrew Povich, and a Nigeria, Lucky Obiyan, wanted for allegedly plotting to overthrow the democratically elected government. The police accused the British national of building a network of sleeper cells to topple the government and plunge the nation into chaos.
2. The mother of the late President Umaru Musa Yar’Adua, Hajiya Dada Musa Yar’Adua, has died. She was 102. A friend to the Yar’Adua family, Hamza Saulawa, confirmed the death of the centenarian on Monday to Radio Nigeria.
3. The senator representing Ebonyi South, Anthony Okorie Ani, has urged Nigerians to be patient with President Bola Tinubu’s administration. He assured fellow citizens that the President’s policies would soon begin to yield positive results.
4. Vice President Kashim Shettima on Monday reassured Nigerians that President Bola Ahmed Tinubu is taking the country’s security challenges very seriously. He called for regional and collective efforts to address the insecurity in West Africa’s Sahel region, saying the security situation in the region has implications for Nigeria and its neighbouring countries.
5. The Federal Government on Monday charged 10 #EndBadGovernance protesters with counts bordering on treason before Justice Emeka Nwite of a Federal High Court, Abuja. The Federal Government, through the Inspector-General (IG) of Police, arraigned the defendants in a charge marked: FHC/ABJ/CR/454/2024 filed on August 30.
6. Boko Haram terrorists were said to have killed many villagers, mainly farmers, and set houses and shops ablaze at Mafa village in Tarmuwa Local Government Area of Yobe State on Sunday. Security agencies confirmed the attack on Monday, but could neither give the details of the attack nor confirm the casualty figures.
7. The Kano State Public Complaints and Anti-Corruption Commission (PCACC) has arrested the headmaster of Gaidar Makada Special Primary School in Kumbotso Local Government Area of Kano for allegedly selling the school’s assets. A statement by the spokesperson of the commission, Kabir Abba Kabir, on Saturday, said the arrest followed the discovery of a disturbing scheme involving the illicit sale of vital school assets.
8. An Adamawa State-born Senator is again embroiled in controversial news of an alleged sexual scandal via a video that has gone viral. In a leaked viral video that surfaced late last week, a light-skinned man could be seen having sexual intercourse with an alleged married woman.
9. Traders at a popular market in Ibadan, the Oyo State capital, lamented their losses on Monday when their over 40 shops were completely razed to the ground after a fire incident. Though no life was lost, the incident, which happened on Saturday, at the popular Oranyan Market herbal section, in the Ibadan North East Local Government Area of the state, destroyed multi-million naira property and herbs.
10. Justice Deinde Dipeolu of the Federal High Court in Lagos on Monday granted N20m bail to two staff members of Keystone Bank Limited, Ebele Okpala and Perpetua Onyeto, over alleged obtaining of N35m. Okpala and Onyeto were granted bail after their counsel argued the bail application brought before the court.
Nigerian Newspapers: 10 things you need to know Tuesday morning
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