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

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

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

1. Sani Dangote, the younger brother of Africa’s richest man, is dead. The deceased was the Group Vice President of Dangote Group, while his brother, Aliko, is the president.

2. The Military on Sunday said it will not hesitate to deal decisively with any person or group that want to tarnish its image or draw it into partisan politics. Acting Director, Defence Media Operations, Brig.-Gen. Bernard Onyeuko, in a statement issued in Abuja, stated this while dismissing a report that claimed Defence Headquarters warned politicians and officers against coup.

3. Report has claimed that farmers and other residents of Damboa in Borno State have started paying Zakat (taxes) to the dreaded members of the Islamic State of West Africa Province (ISWAP). A top state government official stated yesterday that many farmers are living under the control of ISWAP fighters in the Damboa axis.

4. The Anambra State chapter of the All Progressives Congress, APC, has sacked its Publicity Secretary, Mr. Okelo Madukaife over alleged anti-party activities, and for congratulating the winner of the just concluded governorship election, Professor Charles Soludo.

5. Governor Hope Uzodinma of Imo State has assured Imo indigenes living abroad as well as those residing outside the State within Nigeria and want to come home for the Christmas and New Year festivities that their security is guaranteed. He disclosed this weekend in Lagos, at this year’s Imo Cultural Day celebrations organised by the Imo State Towns Development Association, Lagos.

6. The meeting held at the weekend between the Minister of Transportation, Mr Rotimi Amaechi and the Nigerian Railway Workers’ Unions over the planned three-day warning strike ended in a deadlock. The unions had declared the three-day warning strike from Thursday, November 18 to 20 to demand better pay.

7. The Katsina Police command yesterday, said it has repelled an attack by bandits on Gidan Duka village, in Kankara Local Government Area (LGA) of the state, during which it rescued 11 kidnap victims in Safana. SP Gambo Isah, the command’s spokesperson who disclosed this in a statement issued to newsmen, on Sunday, said 38 cows and 11 sheep were also recovered.