Good morning! Here is today's summary from Nigerian Newspapers:
1. Three people, including a former councillor identified as Azeez, have reportedly been killed, while 30 others sustained gunshot injuries in a renewed communal clash between Ifon and Ilobu communities in Osun State over a protracted land dispute.
2. A former Abia State Governor, Orji Uzo Kalu failed on Friday in a bid to stop the Federal Government from appealing the September 29, 2021 judgment by Justice Inyang Ekwo of the Federal High Court, Abuja stopping his prosecution on a N7.1billion money laundering charge.
3. No fewer than 100 truckloads of drugs have been destroyed in Awka, Anambra state by the National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control, NAFDAC. The drugs were seized at the bridgehead Market in Onitsha and Aba, Abia State by the agency.
4. The Super Eagles secured a crucial 2-0 victory over Rwanda on Friday to boost their FIFA World Cup qualification campaign. Victor Osimhen opened the scoring in the 11th minute and doubled the lead just before halftime, giving Nigeria a comfortable advantage at the Amahoro Stadium in Kigali.
5. The Sole Administrator of Rivers State, Vice-Admiral Ibok-Ete Ibas (retd.), has confirmed the release of withheld local government allocations. Following the crisis in the state, the Supreme Court withheld the state allocation until the State House Assembly properly appropriates the funds for usage.
6. The Northern Elders Forum has expressed displeasure over the recent political development in Rivers State which led to the suspension of Govenor Siminalayi Fubara and members of the House of Assembly by President Bola Tinubu. In a statement, Professor Abubakar Jika Jiddere, spokesperson of NEF, called on the President to immediately reinstate the governor and his deputy.
7. The Supreme Court has declared Samuel Anyanwu, a strong ally of Federal Capital Territory (FCT) Minister, as the National Secretary of the People's Democratic Party (PDP). Anyanwu and Sunday Ude-Okoye have been locked in a fierce battle for the position, causing division among the party stakeholders.
8. The Oyo State Police Command has announced the arrest of two suspects, Ridwan Bello and Fatai Adeleke with human parts. The command made this known in a statement signed by its Public Relations Officer, Adewale Osifeso.
9. The Federal High Court sitting in Abuja, on Friday, ordered accelerated hearing of the seven-count treasonable felony charge the Federal Government preferred against the detained leader of the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, Mazi Nnamdi Kanu.
10. The Nigerian Air Force said it has killed several terrorists in torrents of airstrikes on their fortified hideouts in Chiralia, Grazah, Yuwe, and Zango Hill, in Borno and Katsina states. This was contained in a statement by the Deputy Director, Public Relations and Information, NAF, Group Capt. Kabiru Ali, on Friday in Abuja.
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