Nigerian Newspapers: 7 Things You Need To Know This Friday Morning

Nigerian Newspapers: 7 Things You Need To Know This Friday Morning

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iexclusive News Nigeria brings to you today’s summary from Nigerian Newspapers:

1. Former Minister of Aviation, Femi Fani-Kayode yesterday, formally defected to the All Progressives Congress, APC. Fani-Kayode’s defection was disclosed when Mai Mala Buni, Chairman of the All Progressives Congress, APC, Caretaker Committee presented him to President Muhammadu Buhari.

2. Abdulrasheed Bawa, Chairman of Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), on Thursday reportedly collapsed while delivering a speech at the Presidential Villa, Abuja. Bawa was giving a goodwill message at the National Identity Day celebration when he suddenly stopped speaking.

3. Southern Governors met in Enugu on Thursday, declaring that it is within their purview to collect the Value Added Tax, VAT. The governors also reaffirmed their stand on open-grazing ban, urging every State in the region to quickly pass a law to that regards. A communiqué after the meeting was read by Chairman of the Forum and Ondo State Governor, Rotimi Akeredolu..

4. The Inspector-General of Police, Alkali Baba, says the dispute between the Police Service Commission (PSC), and the Police hierarchy over who should recruit policemen into the force has been resolved. Baba disclosed this while addressing officers and men of the Police Command in Niger, at the command’s headquarters in Minna on Thursday.

5. The Kaduna State Police Command said on Thursday that it arrested kidnappers of students of Greenfield University as well as students of the Bethel Baptist High School, all in the state. While parading suspects on Thursday at the Command’s Headquarters along Bida Road in the state capital, the Command’s spokesman, Mohammed Jalige, also announced the arrest of the suspected killers of 36-year-old Captain, Abdulkareem Na’Allah, a pilot and son of Senator Bala Na’Allah.

6. The Christian Association of Nigeria, CAN has suspended its Gombe State Caretaker Chairman, Rev. Sunday Congo. Congo was suspended after he wrote a congratulatory letter to the Minister of Communication and Digital Economy, Isa Pantami, without the approval of the association’s National Executive Committee.

7. The Federal Government, has tasked the media to put the nation first in the reportage of the nation’s activities, particularly the fight against insecurity. Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, spoke at the renaming of the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) Headquarters building after the late Wada Maida in Abuja, yesterday.