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NIGERIAN NEWSPAPERS

Published on November 30, 2023

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Good morning! Here is today’s summary

from Nigerian Newspapers:

1. The Commissioner of Police, Ogun State,

Abiodun Alamutu, on Wednesday night

confirmed the killing of Mr Taiwo Oyekanmi,

the Director of Finance and Accounts

attached to the office of Governor Dapo

Abiodun at Oke-Mosan, Abeokuta. Alamutu

said Oyekanmi was gunned down while

returning from the bank where he had taken

a bullion van to withdraw some funds for

the state.

2. The President Bola Tinubu-led

administration is planning to spend N6.75tn

of its projected N27.5tn budget on defence

and security, education, and infrastructure in

2024. This is as it earmarked N6.48tn (96

per cent of the amount to be spent on the

three sectors mentioned above) for

personnel and pension, an increase of

N576.16bn over the 2023 provision.

3. The Nigeria Police on Wednesday

arrested and detained three officers of the

Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps for

shooting two students of Senior Secondary

School, Life Camp, within the Jabi and

Gwarinpa areas of the Federal Capital

Territory. The two students shot by the

NSCDC officers are currently receiving

treatment at the Gwarinpa Hospital.

4. The Kano State Commissioner of Police,

Mohammed Usaini Gumel, has ordered the

arrest of the inspector who killed a resident

during a clash between some rival gangs in

the state. At least two residents of Kano

were shot when the police were invited to

quell an outbreak of violence at Kurna

Asabe area of Fagge Local Government

Area of Kano State, on Wednesday.

5. The office of the Independent National

Electoral Commission (INEC) in Lokoja,

Kogi State capital on Wednesday came

under a siege by a mob that took the

intervention of the Nigerian Army to

disperse. The Social Democratic Party

(SDP) and the ruling All Progressives

Congress (APC) have continued to trade

words on who “sponsored” the mob that

laid siege on the INEC office.

6. The naira was stable on Wednesday at

N1,167 per dollar in the parallel market.

However, it appreciated to N831.47 per

dollar in the Nigerian Foreign Exchange

Market (NAFEM).

7. Peace may be returning to the Ondo

State Executive Council as it holds its

meeting today in Akure, the state capital,

after three months. Deputy Governor, Lucky

Aiyedatiwa will preside over the meeting,

which is the first since the warring camps

endorsed a peace deal at a reconciliation

meeting hosted in Abuja by President Bola

Ahmed Tinubu at the weekend.

8. The Supreme Court on Wednesday laid to

rest anxiety over the lifespan of the old 200,

500 and 1,000 naira notes. It granted the

Federal Government’s request to allow the

bills to circulate indefinitely. The extension

of the bills’ lifespan will subsist until

necessary facilities are put in place for their

replacement.

9. A Chief Magistrate Court sitting in Isabo,

Abeokuta, Ogun State, has sentenced the

Osolo of Ado-Odo, Muftau Dosunmu, to six

months in prison for presenting himself as

an Oba. The Osolo title, which is one of the

high chiefs in Ado-Odo, Ado-Odo/Ota Local

Government Area of Ogun State, was

upgraded to a coronet Oba by the past

administration of Senator Ibikunle Amosun,

among 74 others across the state.

10. The Benue State Police has arrested 25

suspects for various offences across the

state. Among those arrested were a

suspected spiritualist, his pregnant wife and

five others who travelled from Delta State to

Benue State. The spokesperson for the

state command, SP Catherine Anene, in a

statement issued and made available to

journalists on Wednesday, also said 15

suspected arm manufacturers were

arrested.