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Nigerian Newspapers: 10 major headlines you need to read this Tuesday morning
Good morning Nigerians! Here
is today’s major headlines from Nigerian Newspapers
1. The Nigerian
National Assembly has released stringent guidelines for fresh media
accreditation.
In a guideline
released by the management on Monday and signed by the Director of Information,
Mr. Emmanuel Rawlings Agada, the NASS requested for fresh application letter
from journalists intending to cover the plenary.
2. The National
Leader of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu, on
Monday met with President Muhammadu Buhari in Makkah, Saudi Arabia.
Garba Shehu,
Buhari’s Senior Special Assistant on Media and Publicity, quoted Tinubu as
appealing to elderly Nigerians to avoid inflammatory statements, that could
undermine peaceful co-existence among the nation’s diverse communities.
3. The Arewa Youth
Consultative Forum (AYCF) has cautioned a certain Southwest political leader and
his collaborators in the APC-led Federal Government to steer clear of Senate
President, Bukola Saraki and jettison the new plot to unleash EFCC and other
anti-corruption agencies in order to intimidate him.
They accused the
Lagos-based political leader of the Southwest and some of his cronies in the
corridors of power of planning to embarrass Senate President Bukola Saraki
using the government’s anti-corruption agencies and based on
politically-motivated charges.
4. The All
Progressives Congress (APC) in Edo North senatorial district has vowed to
resist alleged attempts by the Edo State government to tarnish the image of the
party’s national chairman, Comrade Adams Oshiomhole.
Leaders of the
party in the senatorial district urged the State governor, Godwin Obaseki, to
call his media team to order, alleging that they had embarked on campaign of
calumny against Oshiomhole, with a view to joining his political opponents
across the nation in scandalizing his name.
5. The Chairman,
Kaduna State Chapter of the Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN), Rev. Joseph
Hayab, on Monday said the abductors of a pastor and 14 others at ECWA Church,
Dankade, have reached out to the families of the victims demanding for N30
million ransom.
Hayab confirmed
that the kidnappers immediately switched off their phone after presenting their
demand.
6. Rivers State
Governor, Nyesom Ezenwo Wike, has approved the immediate withdrawal of
Certificate of Recognition and staff of office from His Royal Majesty, Chief
Frank Noryaa, Gbenemene Baabe.
According to Wike,
the withdrawal of government’s recognition from HRM Noryaa followed his alleged
indictment on cult-related activities within his kingdom.
7. Rep. Yusuf Buba
(APC-Adamawa) on Monday announced that he is withdrawing from the race for 9th
Assembly Speakership to support the candidature of Rep. Femi Gbajabiamila
(APC-Lagos).
The lawmaker said
it was in the spirit of fair play that he decided to step down, given that the
APC had zoned the office of the Senate President to the North East.
8. The Oyo state
Governorship Election Petition Tribunal has dismissed an application filed by
Mr Adebayo Adelabu, governorship candidate of the APC to recount all the ballot
papers used in the March 9 election.
Delivering his
ruling on Monday, the three-man panel, chaired by Justice Sirajo Muhammed,
dismissed the application, adding that it would jeopardise the respondents’
right to fair hearing.
9. Suspected Fulani
herdsmen have allegedly killed a 35-year-old farmer, Mr. Ariyo Aina, on his way
to the farm at Ogga community, in Yagba West Council of Kogi State.
National president
of Ogga Progressive Union (OPU) Mr. Bamidele Olure, told journalists yesterday
in Lokoja that Aina was murdered on Saturday.
10. Nigerian
musician, Azeez Fashola, aka Naira Marley was, on Monday, arraigned at the
Federal High Court in Lagos and subsequently remanded in prison custody over an
alleged credit card fraud.
The Economic and
Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) charged him with 11-counts before Justice
Nicolas Oweibo, but he, however, pleaded not guilty to the charges when read to
him.
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