Nigerian Newspapers: 5 Things You Need To Know This Friday Morning

Nigerian Newspapers: 5 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.Sheik Ahmad Gumi, popular Islamic cleric has advised the Federal Government to support splinter groups among bandits as a way to end mass abductions of school pupils.

2. The Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN) has requested for the immediate establishment of Ecclesiastical Courts in Nigeria. CAN’s chairman in Kano State, Reverend Adeolu Adeyemo made the request at the House of Representatives Public Hearings on the Review of the 1999 Constitution (As amended) taking place in Kano.

3. Former President, Olusegun Obasanjo, yesterday, lamented the deplorable state of Nigeria, saying the country now flows with bitterness and sadness, rather than milk and honey. The former president spoke at the unveiling of a book in his honour at the Olusegun Obasanjo Presidential Library (OOPL) in Abeokuta, Ogun State capital.

4. The Director-General of the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC), Brigadier General Shuaibu Ibrahim has said that if the need arises, corps members could be mobilised for war since they were part of the national defence policy.

5. The National Assembly has said it will be difficult to repeal the 1999 Constitution and enact a new law for Nigeria, noting that there are stringent conditions for achieving it. The Deputy President of the Senate and Chairman of the Senate’s Ad Hoc Committee on Constitution Review, Senator Ovie Omo-Agege said this on Thursday.