Good morning! Here is today’s summary from Nigerian Newspapers:
1. A Federal High Court in Abuja, on Tuesday sacked Senator Ayogu Eze as the governorship candidate of the All Progressives Congress, APC, in Enugu State. In a judgment delivered by Hon. Justice I. Ekwo of the Federal High Court 5, the court asked the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, to recognize Barr. George Ogara as the candidate. He berated the committee sent by the APC NWC to conduct the primary election in Enugu.
2. Report says chapters of the Academic Staff Union of Universities have voted to continue the three months old strike. This is after a nationwide referendum conducted by the chapters of the union to decide on whether to suspend the strike or not.
3. No fewer than 10,000 members of the National Association of Nigerian Prostitutes, NANP, on Tuesday stormed Abuja, the nation’s capital ahead of the February 16 presidential and National Assembly elections. The group vowed to mobilize its members across the country for the presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar. Confirming the development, Secretary General of the group, Sandra Efosa, said they settled for Atiku after studying his policy documents carefully for several weeks.
4. Speaker of the House of Representatives, Hon Yakubu Dogara, has said that the February 16 Presidential election offers a very rare opportunity for the northeast to produce a president in the person of Alhaji Atiku Abubakar under the platform of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP). Speaking in Bauchi on Tuesday at the Presidential campaign rally of the PDP, Hon Dogara noted that some people think that the northeast can never be able to produce someone that will have the golden opportunity of becoming the president of Nigeria.
5. Some armed bandits on Tuesday morning allegedly killed the elder sister of Senator Kabiru Garba Marafa, Hajia Ade Marafa in Ruwan Bore community in Gusau Local Government area of Zamfara State. It was gathered that the armed bandits who stormed their residence in the early hours of Tuesday also abducted the deceased’s husband. Confirming the incident, the Police Public Relations Officer, Mohammed Shehu, said they some policemen have been mobilized to the scene of the incident.
6. Several persons have been reported killed and many others injured after suspected herdsmen attacked The Taavaan, in Mbadwem, Guma LGA of Benue State. Reliable sources said that among those killed was a community leader, Mr. Clement Kulugh. Consequently, Residents of the community have fled their homes for fear of further attacks from the herdsmen.
7. The Zamfara State Police on Tuesday confirmed the killing of 15 persons and the kidnapping of six women by gunmen in Gusau local government area of the state. The Public Relations Officer of the command, SP Muhammad Shehu, made the confirmation in a statement.
8. Nigerians residing in South Africa on Tuesday alleged that Nigeria was sliding back to the era of dictatorship instead of moving forward democratically. Nigerians under the aegis of Southgerians said they can’t allow one man to destroy the gains “our country has made in civil leadership.’’ This, they said was the reason for their constant protests.
9. The Governor of Sokoto State, Aminu Tambuwal on Tuesday sacked the Commissioner for Information, Mr Bello Muhammad-Goronyo, following his defection to the All Progressives Congress (APC). Tambuwal’s Director-General, Media and Public Relations, Malam Abubakar Shekara, disclosed this in a statement in Sokoto.
10. Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, the National Leader of the All Progressives Congress (APC), on Tuesday said former President, Olusegun Obasanjo and the Peoples’ Democratic Party (PDP) presidential candidate, Atiku Abubakar, owe Nigerians explanations on alleged mismanagement of the Petroleum Trust Development Funds (PTDF). Tinubu stated this during APC campaign at the 12,000 capacity Ekiti Parapo Pavilion in Ado Ekiti, the State Capital.
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