Greetings! Here’s today’s roundup of news from Nigerian newspapers:
1. The Presidential Election Petitions Court has scheduled Monday for the hearing of petitions contesting the declaration of Bola Tinubu, the All Progressives Congress’ standard-bearer, as the president-elect. This sets the stage for legal battles by candidates who dispute the outcome of the 2023 presidential election.
2. President Muhammadu Buhari has claimed that his administration has delivered change to Nigerians, particularly in the realm of affordable housing. The President made the statement during the inauguration of a housing estate in Zuba, Abuja, on Tuesday, stating that the new estate is addressing multidimensional poverty among citizens.
3. The police have started interrogating the suspended Resident Electoral Commissioner for Adamawa State, Hudu Yunusa-Ari, and other suspects in Abuja over alleged impropriety during the April 15 supplementary governorship election in the state.
4. Dave Umahi, Ebonyi State Governor and senator-elect, has told President Muhammadu Buhari of his intention to become the President of the 10th Senate. Umahi stated after meeting with the President at the Aso Rock Villa on Tuesday that “justice, equity, and fairness” should guide the All Progressives Congress in zoning the principal offices of the 10th National Assembly.
5. The Delta State Police Command has neutralized one suspected kidnapper and arrested three others with varying degrees of gunshot wounds. The police team also recovered an AK-47 rifle, a locally made double-barrel gun, 18 rounds of ammunition, and a suspected stolen GLK Benz from the suspects.
6. Governor Nyesom Wike of Rivers State has declared today a public holiday to enable the people of Rivers State to give a warm welcome to President-elect Bola Ahmed Tinubu. The President-elect is scheduled to commission the Rumuola/Rumuokwuta Flyover and the ultra-modern Magistrates’ Court Complex, Port Harcourt, on Wednesday and Thursday during his two-day official visit to Rivers State.
7. The House of Representatives has urged the Central Criminal Court and the government of the United Kingdom to be merciful in sentencing former Deputy Senate President Senator Ike Ekweremadu, his wife Mrs Beatrice Ekweremadu, and Dr Obinna Obeta, who have been found guilty of organ harvesting.
8. The first batch of evacuees from Sudan is expected to arrive today after many difficulties. According to the Chairperson of the Nigerian in Diaspora Commission (NIDCOM), Mrs Abike Dabiri-Erewa, an Air Peace aircraft landed in Egypt last night.
9. President Muhammadu Buhari has fired the Hydrocarbon Pollution Remediation Project (HYPREP) Project Director, Dr. Ferdinand Giadom. A tweet on the official Twitter handle of the Nigerian Presidency, @NGRPresident, contained the dismissal notice.
10. A 42-year-old woman, Fatima Rahman, from Chad Republic, has been remanded in the Ikoyi Custodial Centre for allegedly murdering her co-wife, Adizat, at her residence in Alejo Street, Ijede, in the Ikorodu area of Lagos State. Fatima was arraigned on Tuesday before Magistrate P. E Nwaka at a Magistrates’ Court sitting in Yaba on one-count charge of murder.
