Good morning! Here is today’s summary from Nigerian Newspapers
1. President Muhammadu Buhari has approved the dissolution of the Governing Board of the National Business and Technical Examination Board (NABTEB).
Sonny Echono, Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Education, on Monday, said the approval was with immediate effect, adding that Buhari also directed the Minister of Education, Malam Adamu Adamu to take immediate measures to reposition and refocus NABTEB for greater efficiency and to render its performance more responsive to the expectations of the present administration.
2. A Federal High Court sitting in Abuja, on Monday, granted bail to four pro-Biafra agitators- Bright Chimezie, Chidiebere Onwudiwe, Benjamin Madubugwu and David Nwawuisi.
Trial Justice, Binta Nyako granted the defendants bail to the tune of N10million each with two sureties in like sum and also directed that the money should be deposited in cash to the Chief Registrar of the Court, even as she ordered the defendants to surrender all their travelling documents and not to travel without leave of the court.
3. No fewer than 103 corpses have been recovered following attacks by suspected herdsmen on some communities in Jos, Plateau state, in the north central, Nigeria and the subsequent retaliation by locals who claimed to have taken up arms in self defence.
Community leaders in some of the areas attacked alleged that the military special task force, STF, is trying to destroy evidence of the killings.
4. The Social Democratic Party, SDP, has accused the ruling All Progressives Congress of stealing its slogan, ‘Progress’.
The SDP noted that all political parties were mandated to make their slogan known to the Independent National Electoral Commission at the point of registration.
5. Segun Oni, a governorship aspirant of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Ekiti state, has filed a suit at a Federal High Court in Abuja, challenging Kayode Fayemi’s emergence as the party’s flagbearer for the July 14 governorship election.
Oni, therefore, asked the court to determine if it was proper for the former Minister of Solid Minerals to contest in the primaries, without resigning as a member of the federal cabinet
6. An undergraduate student of Lagos State University, LASU, Kingsley Gabriel, Monday, jumped into Lagos lagoon.
The student jumped from Falomo Bridge into the lagoon at about 11 am, leaving no reason for his action but was rescued alive by officials of the Lagos state Waterways Authority, LASWA.
7. Vice President Yemi Osinbajo on Monday advised stakeholders in Plateau State not to allow a religious crisis to occur in the country, saying no country in the world had ever survived a religious crisis.
Osinbajo stated this while addressing stakeholders from the communities affected by the attacks at the weekend in Jos.
8. Nigeria has overtaken India as the country with the largest number of people living in extreme poverty, according to a new report by the World Poverty Clock.
At the end of May 2018, the survey showed that Nigeria had an estimated 87 million people in extreme poverty, compared to India’s 73 million.
9. The Advocacy for Integrity and Economic Development, AIED, has called on the Senate President and the Speaker of the House of Representatives to declare the office of the President and Commander-in-Chief of Nigeria vacant.
AIED stated that the unabated massacre of helpless Nigerians across the country, especially the North East and North Central was a clear indication that the control of the country was “no longer” in the hands of President Muhammadu Buhari.
10. The Super Eagles of Nigeria would today clash with Argentina in their last game in the ongoing World Cup in Russia.
Winner of today’s encounter would join Croatia who had already qualified for the round of 16.
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