Good morning! Here is today’s summary from Nigerian Newspapers:
1. President Bola Ahmed Tinubu on Friday hosted members of the 1999 Class of Governors at the State House, Abuja, in a symbolic reunion that celebrated their shared political journey at the inception of Nigeria’s Fourth Republic. The delegation, led by former Edo State Governor, Chief Lucky Igbinedion, met with the President behind closed doors.
2. The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) on Saturday warned the public against falling victim to ubiquitous foreign airlines’ ticketing discount promos. The anti-graft agency said it had arrested some suspects. It said the suspects were using malware to gain unauthorised access to the account information of unsuspecting victims.
3. Chairman of the Forum of State Chairmen of the Social Democratic Party (SDP), Femi Olaniyi Ferrari, on Friday dissociated his members from what he called fake meeting of the party’s National Executive Committee (NEC) in Abuja, accusing former Kaduna State Governor, Mallam Nasir El-Rufai, of masterminding the purported meeting.
4. Former governor of Ekiti State, Ayodele Fayose, has said that President Bola Ahmed Tinubu will win the 2027 election. Fayose stated this during an interview on Channels TV’s Politics Today, on Friday. He said that the president has taken over the south, saying he needs little to turn it in the north.
5. President Bola Ahmed Tinubu on Friday appealed to power generation companies (GENCOs) to give the federal government more time to complete the verification and validation of longstanding debts owed to the companies. He spoke during a meeting with members of the Association of Power Generation Companies, led by Col. Sani Bello (rtd), at the Presidential Villa in Abuja.
6. The Emir of Gusau in Zamfara State, Dr. Ibrahim Bello, on Friday passed on at the age of 71 after a protracted illness in Abuja. President Bola Tinubu and Governor Dauda Lawal have expressed sadness over the loss of the monarch.
7. The Kaduna State Police Command has busted a notorious kidnapping syndicate operating in Jema’a Local Government Area, arresting six suspects and recovering four rifles, including two fabricated AK-47s. The breakthrough, according to the Command, followed a distress report filed by a resident of Ungwan Ninzom, Jagindi Tasha village, whose son, Hussaini Ibrahim, was abducted by unknown gunmen.
8. The Academic Staff Union of Universities, University of Maiduguri chapter, has “vehemently rejected and strongly condemned” the Federal Government’s decision to rename the institution after the late former President Muhammadu Buhari, vowing to challenge the move in court. The union threatened to drag the Federal Government to court.
9. The Delta State Police Command says preliminary findings have shown that the 11-year-old girl arrested at the Ekpan Police Division was being used to traffic hard drugs. The command’s spokesperson, SP Bright Edafe, disclosed this on Friday via his official X handle, following social media backlash over the child’s arrest and detention.
10. Two Peoples Democratic Party lawmakers in the Edo State House of Assembly, on Friday, defected to the ruling All Progressives Congress. The lawmakers are Eugene Inegbeboh, member representing Igueben constituency and Andrew Uzamere, who represents Ovia II constituency.
