Nigerian Newspapers: 10 things you need to know Tuesday morning
Good morning! Here is today’s summary from Nigerian Newspapers:
1. President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has conferred the national honour of Officer of the Order of the Niger (OON) on all 24 players of Nigeria’s victorious WAFCON team, along with a cash reward of $100,000 and a three-bedroom apartment for each player. Members of the team’s technical crew also received $50,000 each as part of the presidential recognition.
2. No fewer than 100 members of the state-owned Community Watch Corps were killed, and more than 30 police officers and several soldiers have lost their lives in the line of duty in Katsina State. The State Commissioner for Internal Security and Home Affairs, Dr. Nasir Muazu, disclosed this while reacting to social media reports which he described as aimed at causing panic.
3. The United States of America has vowed to withhold visa approval from Nigerians whose sole intent of travelling to the US is for the primary purpose of birth tourism. The US Mission in Nigeria issued the warning yesterday in a post on its official X handle, saying the practice is not permitted in the US.
4. A personnel of the Department of State Services (DSS), attached to the Office of the Chief Medical Director (CMD), Federal University, Owerri (FUTO), Imo State, has been shot dead by armed men who operated along the Okigwe–Umuna axis of the highway.
5. The naira on Monday depreciated to N1,540 per dollar in the parallel market from N1,535 per dollar last weekend. Likewise, the naira depreciated to N1,535.5 per dollar in the Nigerian Foreign Exchange Market (NFEM).
6. Peter Obi, the Labour Party’s presidential flagbearer in the 2023 election, has criticised President Bola Tinubu for allegedly presenting inaccurate statistics to obscure the country’s worsening economic situation. In a post on X on Monday, Obi said Tinubu, the All Progressives Congress candidate during the last election, once ridiculed his emphasis on data when discussing governance.
7. The abductors of six Nigerian Law School students have reportedly threatened to execute the victims if the ransom demanded is not paid. The students were abducted in Benue State on Saturday, July 26, while travelling from Onitsha, Anambra State, to the Yola campus of the Nigerian Law School in Adamawa State.
8. Some yet-to-be-identified gunmen have abducted a businessman, Ifesinachi Onyekere, at the Okpuno community in the Awka area of Anambra State. A security expert, Zagazola Makama, made this known via his X handle on Monday. According to him, the attackers invaded the victim’s residence around 10:30 p.m. on Saturday, shot him in the leg, and whisked him away to an unknown destination.
9. The 2023 deputy governorship candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party in Kaduna State, John Ayuba, has resigned from the party and joined the African Democratic Congress. Ayuba confirmed his defection on Monday in a formal resignation letter addressed to the PDP Ward Chairman of Ungwan Gaiya Ward in Zangon Kataf Local Government Area of the state.
10. Troops of the Nigerian Army, operating under Operation Hadin Kai, on Monday apprehended a suspected Nigerien terrorist while attempting to infiltrate a security perimeter in Yobe. The troops also neutralised scores of terrorists, apprehended several others, and rescued victims in various operations across theatres of operation.
Nigerian Newspapers: 10 things you need to know Tuesday morning
