Nigerian Newspapers: 7 Things You Need To Know Today 4th March 2022

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

Here are the top stories making the headlines in Nigerian Newspapers Today

1. Ukraine vice prime minister, Wednesday, informed the public that the government has chosen to postpone the airdrop for crypto contributors. iexclusivenews reports that the crypto giveaway was announced on Tuesday in favor of raising more funds through the sale of nonfungible tokens (NFTs).“Ukraine’s cryptocurrency airdrop program Wednesday took an unexpected turn when a fraudulent account created 7 billion  “Peace World Tokens,”

2. The refusal of some Ukraine-based Nigerians to board evacuation plane back home frustrated the commencement of conveying citizens trapped by the ongoing war between Russia and Ukraine. As a result of the ongoing war, Nigerians had escaped to Romania, Hungary, Slovakia, and Poland, to seek refuge.

3. Andrei Sukhovetsky, a Russian General among the troops fighting in Ukraine, has been shot dead. The deceased was the commanding general of the Russian 7th Airborne Division and a deputy commander of the 41st Combined Arms Army. President Vladimir Putin has confirmed that a general had been killed in the war.

4. The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) has filed charges against suspended Deputy Commissioner of Police (DCP), Abba Kyari. Kyari, alongside six others, were charged for drug trafficking. They will be arraigned before a Federal High Court in Abuja on March 7.

5. Former governor of Kano State, Senator Rabiu Musa Kwankwaso, has said he is set to dump the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) for the New Nigeria People Party (NNPP). In an interview yesterday, Kwankwaso said preparations were in top gear and he would announce his next step of action before the end of March.

6. The Federal Government has approved the request by the United States of America, for the suspended Commander of the Police Intelligence Response Team, Deputy Commissioner of Police (DCP) Abba Kyari, to be extradited. This followed his alleged involvement in the $1.1million wire fraud by Abass Ramon, aka Hushpuppi.

7. The House of Representatives has rejected a bill seeking to regulate how children of public officers enroll in schools outside the shores of Nigeria. It faced stiff opposition at the second reading on Thursday.