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Top Summary From Nigerian Newspapers For Saturday, September 7th, 2024

Top summary from Nigerian Newspapers for Saturday, September 7, 2024, can be accessed on this platform.

 

Glamtush has compiled the top 10 Nigeria News Headlines and Nigeria News from Nigerian newspapers. This means the latest Nigeria news, trending news today can be accessed on this page.

Good morning! Here is today’s summary from Nigerian Newspapers.

 

1. Twenty persons have died as a result of devastating floods that ravaged the Bade Local Government Area of Yobe since early August, its Chairman, Alhaji Babagana Ibrahim, has said. Ibrahim told newsmen on Friday in Gashua that most of the deceased were people trapped under the debris of collapsed mud houses.

2. President Bola Tinubu has reacted to the recent hike in the price of Premium Motor Spirit (PMS), popularly known as petrol. Speaking on Friday at a meeting with Nigerians in Beijing, China, after rounding off his official engagements in the country, Tinubu said the increase in petrol price is a “bold and unprecedented decision” necessary for Nigeria’s growth.

3. The Federal Government has said it did not place an age limit for students taking the National Examinations Council (NECO) and West African Examination Council (WAEC). Minister of State for Education, Dr. Tanko Sununu, disclosed this to newsmen on Friday at a World Literacy Day event in Abuja.

4. The Executive Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Mr. Ola Olukoyede yesterday said the agency has recovered $180,300 for two Canadian victims of romance scam. He also said the EFCC tracked and intercepted 53 stolen vehicles from Canada, which were shipped into the country.

5. Justice Deinde Dipeolu of the Federal High Court, Ikoyi, Lagos, has fixed Thursday, September 12, for hearing of all applications on all forfeited funds and properties linked to a former governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), Godwin Emefiele.

6. A US court has sentenced two Nigerian brothers, Samuel Ogoshi, 24, and Samson Ogoshi, 21, to 17 years and six months in prison. They were sentenced for their involvement in a sextortion scheme that tragically led to the suicide of 17-year-old Jordan DeMay.

7. The Kebbi State Police Command has reported that its operatives killed a suspected bandit terrorising a local community and arrested two others. The command’s spokesperson, Nafiu Abubakar, in a statement issued on Friday, disclosed that three AK-47 rifles and ammunition were recovered during the operation.

8. Students of Moshood Abiola Polytechnic (MAPOLY) in Abeokuta have started receiving credit alerts from the banks for the students’ loans they applied for, the institution’s Rector, Dr Adeoye Odedeji, said. Odedeji disclosed this on Friday in Abeokuta during the inauguration of newly-elected members of the institution’s Students Union Government (SUG).

9. A former Nigeria President, Chief Olusegun Obasanjo, will be the chairman of the African Biblical Leadership Initiative Conference (ABLI) to be hosted by the Bible Society of Nigeria (BSN) in October. Mr Samuel Sanusi, a Pastor and General Secretary, Chief Executive Office of BSN, stated this at a news conference on Friday in Lagos.

10. The Police Command in Gombe State says it detained nine suspects for various offences in the state. The command’s Public Relations Officer (PPRO), ASP Abdullahi Buhari disclosed this at a news conference in Gombe. Buhari, who represented the Commissioner of Police, Hayatu Usman, at the conference, said the crimes committed by the suspects included armed robbery, assisting in concealment, criminal conspiracy, theft and receiving stolen property.

GLAMTUSH

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