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Very good morning to you and welcome to curated top Headlines from Nigerian Newspapers today February 3, 2023.

 

What are the Nigerian Newspapers Saying?.

Weak Borders Fuel Terrorism, Economic Sabotage — Buhari

President Muhammadu Buhari has stated that the precariousness of entry points into various nations facilitates terrorism, economic sabotage, and illegal arms trafficking.

Yesterday, he made these remarks at State House in Abuja while receiving Dr. Kunio Mikuriya, the Secretary-General of the World Customs Organization, who is in Nigeria for the Global Conference on Fragile Borders.

 

1) Chief Edwin Clark, an elder statesman and the First Republic Federal Commissioner for Information, harshly criticized Delta State Governor Ifeanyi Okowa on Thursday, stating that he will not become the nation’s next vice president. Clark expressed his position in an open letter to Okowa dated February 2, 2023 and titled “Your dictatorial government and the reign of impunity in Delta State,” which was made available to journalists in Abuja. Read More

2) Assistant Inspector General of Police and Head of the National Central Bureau, INTERPOL Nigeria, Garba Umar, revealed on Thursday why the Federal Government has failed to extradite Diezani Alison-Madueke over corruption allegations and trial. While testifying before the House of Representatives Ad Hoc Committee to Investigate Alleged Loss of Over $2.4bn in Revenue from Illegal Sale of 48 Million Barrels of Crude in 2015 Including Crude Oil Exports from 2014 to Date, Umar alleged that the British Government denied the request to extradite Alison-Madueke.

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3) Inspector Sunday Akagu told a Lagos State High Court sitting in Tafawa Balewa Square, Lagos Island, on Thursday how Assistant Superintendent of Police Drambi Vandi, the suspected killer of a Lagos-based lawyer, Omobolanle Raheem, asked him for a bullet on Christmas Day after shooting the woman. The Attorney-General and Commissioner of Justice, Mr. Moyosore Onigbanjo, SAN, has filed one count of murder against Vandi. He is currently on trial. On January 16, 2023, he was arraigned and pleaded not guilty to the charge.

4) Justice O. A. Oresanya of a Lagos State High Court has awarded N5 million in damages against singer Ikuforijimi Abdulrahman, aka Oxlade, for leaking an explicit sex tape with a woman on Snapchat. On February 9, 2022, a sex tape of the singer went viral online, and he later apologized to his fans. On Tuesday, January 2023, while delivering judgment, the judge described the singer’s actions of secretly recording explicit sex and leaking the tape online as “despicable, horrifying, distasteful, and classless.”

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5) The FCT Emergency Management Agency has confirmed that the Gwarinpa building collapse has claimed another victim. The incident occurred on Thursday morning on 4th Avenue in close proximity to H-Medix in a popular Abuja estate. Unknown number of workers were trapped within the three-story building with a basement.

6) Thursday, a Kano State Sharia Court dissolved the marriage between Asiya Ganduje and Inuwa Uba. Asiya is the daughter of Abdullahi Ganduje, the governor of Kano State. The judge, Malam Abdullah Haliru, stated that the marriage was dissolved by means of Khul’i (divorce by Islamic means). Read More

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7) IPOB has denied issuing a stay-at-home order during the forthcoming elections. IPOB stated that it has no interest in the Nigerian elections, so it did not call for a boycott during the February elections. Read More

8) The Nigeria Labour Congress has chosen a consensus candidate to succeed Comrade Ayuba Wabba, who is stepping down as president of the country’s premier labor union. Wabba has completed two four-year terms of service. In 2015, he was elected president of the NLC following an election marred by controversy.

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9) Prof. Ibrahim Khalil Umar, the former Vice Chancellor (VC) of Bayero University Kano (BUK), has been described as leaving a void that cannot be filled quickly. Monday’s announcement of his death by his son, Farouk Ibrahim Umar, prompted widespread grief, especially among the residents of Kano State.

10) Along the Kaduna-Birnin Gwari road, troops from the 1 Division Nigerian Army Headquarters in Kaduna have rescued 30 kidnap victims. When the troops encountered the bandits, they were kidnapping commuters in Manini village along the Kaduna – Birnin Gwara road.

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