Happy morning! The summary from Nigerian Newspapers for today is as follows:
1. In Ogbaru Local Government Area of Anambra State, many employees of the US Embassy in Nigeria were fatally murdered. According to sources, as the embassy officials’ convoy passed through the region, they came under fire.
2. On Tuesday, President Muhammadu Buhari returned to Nigeria from a lengthy trip to London. Around 4:45 pm, the President landed at Abuja’s Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport.
3. According to Garba Shehu, Senior Special Assistant to the President on Media and Publicity, the administration of President Muhammadu Buhari added 12 million new employment, just in agriculture. In a televised interview, Shehu said that the administration had accomplished much, especially in the areas of security, power, and anti-corruption, among others.
4. Senator Rabiu Kwankwaso, one of the president-elect Bola Tinubu’s opponents in the elections on February 25, 2023, and Tinubu met. Only Kano State, a bastion of the governing All Progressives Congress (APC), was won by Kwankwaso, who campaigned on the platform of the New Nigerian Peoples Party (NNPP). Kwankwaso finished fourth overall in the election.
5. A new analysis released on Tuesday identified Nigeria as needing $12 billion to clean up decades-old oil spills in southern Bayelsa State over a 12-year period.
6. The All Progressives Congress’ national chairman, Abdullahi Adamu, has cautioned the party’s approved candidates for the National Assembly leadership positions to be wary of an uprising during the 10th legislature’s inauguration. Senator Godswill Akpabio and Deputy Senate Presidential candidate Jibrin Barau were in attendance, and Adamu urged them to get to the inauguration on time on June 13.
7. The Federal Government on Tuesday gave advice to Bola Tinubu’s incoming administration on how to successfully contribute to a strong economy and public finances by strengthening anti-corruption and reform-minded agencies. In Abuja, Zainab Ahmed, the minister of finance, budget, and national planning, made this statement.
8. The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has acknowledged that two of its staffers, Apata Odunayo and
9. Bola Tinubu, the incoming president, and Kashim Shettima, the incoming vice president, have pleaded with the Presidential Election Petition Court (PEPC) to reject Atiku Abubakar and the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP)’s request for a live broadcast of the proceedings. The application was deemed frivolous and an attempt to squander the court’s time by Tinubu and Shettma.
10. Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, the president-elect, stated that women would be fairly represented in his cabinet. At a book presentation in Abuja, Tinubu, who was represented by Dr. Betta Edu, the National Women Leader of the All Progressives Congress (APC), claimed that Nigerian women have paid a high price for the country’s growth, peace, and togetherness.
