Good morning! Here is today’s summary from Nigerian Newspapers:
1. KOWA and some other opposition parties in Lagos on Friday denied involvement in the endorsement of the governorship candidate of the All Progressives Congress, Mr. Jide Sanwo-Olu, for 2019. Report had claimed that 45 opposition parties under the Coalition of the Progressive Peoples Party were reported to have endorsed Sanwo-Olu at a meeting on November 2. But KOWA and PPA have since denied involvement in the endorsement, saying they were wrongly listed.
2. The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has cautioned the Kaduna State Governor, Nasir El-Rufai, over his statement about Peter Obi, cautioning him to steer clear of the party. El-Rufai had described Peter Obi, the running mate of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, presidential candidate, Atiku Abubakar as a religious bigot, but the party in a statement signed by its National Publicity Secretary, Kola Ologbondiyan warned El-rufai to stay away from Atiku Abubakar and Peter Obi, lauding Peter Obi as a nationalist.
3. Former President, Olusegun Obasanjo has said that Nigeria has remained where it’s today due to the choice its people have made over time. The former president made the remarks in his address at the presentation of the governorship candidate of the African Democratic Congress (ADC), Mr Gboyega Isiaka, his running mate, Mrs Bolade Osinowo, and other candidates. He said to move forward, the right decision by Nigerians was imperative.
4. The National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Adams Oshiomhole, has denied that he was arrested, detained and granted administrative bail by the Department of State Services (DSS), after nine hours of interrogation. Oshiomhole, speaking with editors in Lagos, insisted that he saw DSS once and had conversation with them and that it was not an arrest or detention.
5. Wife of the President, Mrs. Aisha Buhari, has presented an award of excellence to a janitor with Lakewood Development Company, Miss Mary Ishaya, who returned a lost bag she picked up in the male toilet of Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, Abuja. According to reports, Mrs Buhari, who presented the award at a brief reception in the State House, Abuja, urged Nigerians to “emulate the uncommon honesty and incorruptible disposition exhibited by Miss Ishaya.”
6. The Nigerian Air Force says the Air Task Force (ATF) of Operation Lafiya Dole has neutralised several Boko Haram Terrorists (BHTs) in airstrikes it conducted at Talala in Borno. Air Commodore Ibikunle Daramola, the NAF Director of Public Relations and Information, who disclosed this in a statement on Saturday in Abuja, said the operation was carried out on Friday after intelligence report on the relocation of the insurgents from the fringes of Lake Chad to Talala-Ajigin-Buk axis.
7. The Nigerian Army has redeployed some of its officers from Operation LAFIYA DOLE, Operation DELTA SAFE, as well as over-stayed officers from the theatre as part of its routine posting. Also, a Deputy Vice-Chancellor is appointed for the newly established Nigerian Army University Biu (NAUB). Brigadier General Texas Chukwu, Director of Army Public Relations, in a statement on Saturday, said the posting affected 103 officers including Majors and Captains.
8. The Presidency has backed Governor Nasir El-Rufai of Kaduna State for describing Peter Obi, the running mate of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, presidential candidate, Atiku Abubakar as a ‘tribal bigot.’ Speaking on the development, Buhari’s Special Assistant on New media, Bashir Ahmad, in a post on his Twitter page, accused Obi of deporting northerners from his state during his tenure as governor of Anambra State.
9. Boko Haram insurgents have launched a fresh attack on Baleh Shuwari, a village less than 500m from Giwa Barracks. Hundreds of people living in Jiddari Polo Ward in Maiduguri, the Borno State capital have reportedly fled their homes. According to some families who fled their homes to join relations in Bolori ward in the city centre, Baleh Shuwa’s village is currently in flames.
10. Former Minister of Health, Prof ABC Nwosu has stated that the All Progressives Congress, APC, will lose the 2019 presidential election easily. He said the ruling party should be ready to surrender power if it loses like the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, did in 2015.
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