Nigerian Newspapers: 7 Things You Need To Know Today 3rd March 2022 

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

What Nigerian Newspapers online are saying today:

1. President Muhammadu Buhari has approved the sum of $8.5 million to evacuate at least 5,000 Nigerians who are stranded as a result of the ongoing war between Russia and Ukraine.

2. Exiled Russian Kremlin critic Mikhail Khodorkovsky said in an interview with FRANCE 24 from London that the Russian invasion of Ukraine is political “suicide” for Russian President Vladimir Putin, who “cannot win in Ukraine, even if he manages to take Kyiv or Kharkiv”. This war is the result of an “emotional decision” by Putin, the former oligarch said.

3. The Indigenous People of Biafra has accused the Imo State Governor, Hope Uzodimma, of setting up the Ebubeagu security outfit as a militia group to carry out odd jobs for him. The group berated the Governor for allegedly denying the activities of Ebubeagu in the State when he was questioned about it recently.

4. Ukraine has offered to waive visa requirements for foreigners who assist in its fight against Russian troops. President Volodymyr Zelensky of Ukraine has already authorised a decree that would allow foreigners to help his country in the ongoing war.

5. A former Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Attahiru Jega, on Wednesday, called on Nigerian workers to, as a matter of urgency, wake up and rescue the country from “a few reckless elites in control of the governance process who are running the country aground”.

6. Students from Tertiary Institutions in Ondo State led by the National Association of University Students, NANS, on Wednesday, shut down the popular Akure/Ilesha highway while protesting the ongoing strike by ASUU. The blockade generated heavy vehicular traffic along the highway, with numerous heavy-duty trucks and passenger buses stranded on their way to and from Abuja, Lagos, as well as Benin.

7. Controversy has surrounded the death of suspected lovers inside a vehicle along the Lagos-Ibadan Expressway on Wednesday. According to eyewitnesses, the lovers died while having sex inside a Toyota Sienna vehicle around the NASFAT area of Mowe-Ibafo axis of the expressway. However, the police denied the claim, saying the man killed his lover and committed suicide.