Nigerian Newspapers: 5 Things You Need To Know Today Thursday Morning

Nigerian Newspapers: 5 things you need to know Today  Thursday morning

Good morning!

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

1. The Onion Producers and Marketers Association of Nigeria (OPMAN) has announced its decision to suspend onion supply to the Southeast over insecurity. The National President of OPMAN, Aliyu Isah, made the announcement on Wednesday.
2. Two commercial banks and police stations were on Wednesday attacked by unknown gunmen in Apomu and Ikire towns in Osun state. The spokesperson for Osun State Police Command, Yemisi Opalola, confirmed the attack.
3. There was palpable tension in Benue State, yesterday, following the assassination of the Senior Special Assistant to Governor Samuel Ortom on Security, Assistant Inspector General of Police (AIG) Christopher Dega (retd). Gov Ortom who confirmed the murder, said the aide was killed in Jos, the Plateau State capital.
4. Applause and condemnations, yesterday, trailed Twitter’s decision to delete President Muhammadu Buhari’s threat tweet. While several Nigerians were jubilating over the deletion, Minister of Information and Culture, Lai Mohammed, accused Twitter of double standard.

5.Ohanaeze Youth Council has petitioned the UN, US over recent statements by President Buhari threatening to brutally deal with Igbos. President Buhari had, in a series of tweets Tuesday, threatened Biafra agitators, saying that those responsible for the destructions of the INEC properties would be treated the way a secessionist group, Biafra, was treated during the Nigerian Civil war.