G o od morning! Here is today’s summary from Nigerian Newspaper 1.  Vice President, Yemi Osinbajo yesterday, admitted that millions of Nigerians are living below the poverty line. Osinbajo lamented that the COVID-19 pandemic had further worsened the unemployment and poverty rate in the country. 2.  A former Governor of Jigawa State, and a former presidential aspirant,  Sule Lamido,  says he cannot pray for the success of the President Muhammadu Buhari and All Progressives Congress, APC government. The former Governor said this when he appeared on a television programme, insisting that at 60, the country has recorded a number of successes despite many setbacks. 3. European Union governments will support the Nigerian and South Korean candidates to lead the World Trade Organization as the race enters its final month. EU member-country envoys agreed on Monday in Brussels to endorse Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, Nigeria’s former finance minister, and Yoo Myung-hee, South Kore...

G o od morning! Here is today’s summary from Nigerian Newspaper 1. President Muhammadu Buhari has approved the payment of stipends to Bachelor of Education students, as well as granting them automatic employment after graduation. The Minister of Education, Adamu Adamu, who represented President Buhari at the event to mark World Teachers Day in Abuja, said this is now a Federal Government policy. 2. President of the United States of America, Donald Trump, has announced that he is leaving the hospital where he is undergoing treatment for COVID-19. The President said he now feels better “than I did 20 years ago.” 3. Prince Uche Secondus, the National Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, has advised Governor Godwin Obaseki of Edo State to forget the past and demonstrate the spirit of democracy by bringing everybody on board in the development of the state. Secondus, who gave the advice at the party’s National Secretariat in Abuja, yesterday when Obaseki pa...

  G o od morning! Here is today’s summary from Nigerian Newspaper 1. The Inspector-General of Police, IGP Abubakar Adamu, has banned the personnel of the Federal Special Anti-Robbery Squad, FSARS. The police force in a statement signed by PPRO, Frank Mba demanded that all stop and search duties and patrols by SARS be terminated with immediate effect. 2. The Minister of State, Labour and Employment,Festus Keyamo, yesterday said operatives of Special Anti-Robbery Squad, SARS, didn’t kill anybody in Ughelli, Delta State. Keyamo said information from the state Police Commissioner, in Ughelli, and the brother of the alleged victim, Ochuko said he is not dead. 3. Vice President Yemi Osinbajo and the Inspector General of Police, Mohammed Adamu, met yesterday over the Special Anti-Robbery Squad, SARS, and issues of police reform. Osinbajo, who gave details of the meeting, said President Buhari is very concerned about it and wants to see a reform. 4. Convener of C...

G o od morning! Here is today’s summary from Nigerian Newspaper 1. The Court of Appeal has set aside the judgment that nullified the election of Douye Diri as Bayelsa State Governor. The Court yesterday said the ANDP did not prove valid nomination of its candidate to contend unlawful exclusion. The five-man panel held that the tribunal that nullified the election earlier acted outside its jurisdiction. 2. The Federal Government of Nigeria has ordered the reopening of all schools in the country. This is after about six months of shutting down in order to prevent the spread of COVID-19. The Minister of Education, Adamu Adamu, disclosed this during a press briefing in Abuja. The minister said all unity schools should open by October 12, while states and private schools will determine their own modalities of reopening. 3. Similarly, the federal government has directed the reopening of Universities, Polytechnics and Colleges of Education in the country. Tertiary instit...

G o od morning! Here is today’s summary from Nigerian Newspaper 1. Nigeria yesterday marked the 60th anniversary of her freedom from colonial masters. The event was, however, greeted with a nationwide protest tagged ‘Revolution Now.’ 2. The peaceful protesters of Coalition of Revolution, CORE, movement, yesterday, decried the brutality they suffered in the hands of operatives of the Department of Security Service, DSS, in Osun State. The protesters, who gathered at the popular Olaiya in Osogbo yesterday to protest the state of the nation, were allegedly dispersed, arrested and brutalized by the DSS. 3. President Muhammadu Buhari has announced a new price for the pump price of petrol in the country. Buhari said fuel will now be sold at 161 naira per liter in Nigeria, noting that other nations such as Ghana, Niger, Chad, Saudi Arabia and other oil-producing countries sell petrol on a higher prices than Nigeria. 4. The Nigeria Labour Congress, NLC, has called on the F...

G o od morning! Here is today’s summary from Nigerian Newspaper 1. Today, Nigeria is celebrating the diamond jubilee (60th anniversary) of her independence from colonial masters. From the stables of THE LENS MEDIA LIMITED, we join the rest of Nigerians to wish Africa’s giant and most populous black nation a happy independence. 2. President Muhammadu Buhari, today addressed the nation from the Eagle Square, Abuja. Buhari’s address is part of the activities commemorating the 60th Independence Anniversary of Nigeria; the broadcast was televised on the network service of NTA, FRCN and other TV and radio stations. 3. Governor Bello Mohammed Matawalle of Zamfara State has approved the setting up of a commission of inquiry to probe massive misappropriation of over 107 billion naira by the immediate past administration in the State, led by Alhaji Abdulaziz Yari. A statement signed and issued to newsmen in Gusau, the State capital, by the Special Adviser to the Governor on ...

G o od morning! Here is today’s summary from Nigerian Newspapers 1. Senate President, Dr Ahmad Ibrahim Lawan, has revealed that the 2021 National budget would be presented to the joint session of the National Assembly next week. Giving a hint on what was discussed upon resumption of plenary after a two-months’ annual holiday, the Senate President explained that the 2020 implementation of Nigeria’s annual budget has been disrupted due to COVID-19 pandemic. 2. The House of Representatives has rescinded the passage of the controversial National Water resources bill over flaws in the procedure that led to its passage bill. Upon resumption yesterday, a member of the House, Ben Nzondo from Benue State moved a point of privilege and argued that the proper procedure was not followed on the bill. In his ruling, speaker, Gbajabiamila concluded that Nzondo had raised fundamental objections that must be looked into. 3. The Oba of Benin, Oba Ewuare II, has warned the Peoples Democratic Party, P...

G o od morning! Here is today’s summary from Nigerian Newspapers 1. The Governor of Ekiti State, Kayode Fayemi, has been suspended by the State Executive Committee of the All Progressives Congress, APC. This was confirmed in a statement signed by eight members of the executive committee yesterday. They are: Senator Tony Adeniyi, Senator Babafemi Ojudu, Senator Dayo Adeyeye, Congressman Bimbo Daramola, Hon Robinson Ajiboye, Hon Oye Ojo, Hon (Dr) Adewale Omirin and Hon Femi Adeleye. 2. Meanwhile, the National Secretariat of the All Progressives Congress, APC, has denied the “suspension” of the Governor of Ekiti State, Kayode Fayemi. Reacting, the party in a statement by Yekini Nabena, Deputy National Publicity Secretary of the APC, said the actions are a nullity as the Party’s National Secretariat is yet to receive communication from the state chapter on the purported “suspensions”. 3. Similarly, Governor Kayode Fayemi of Ekiti State has reacted to his suspension by a faction of the...

G o od morning! Here is today’s summary from Nigerian Newspapers 1.  President Muhammadu Buhari’s spokesperson, Garba Shehu, has insisted that Nigeria is not building a rail line into Niger Republic. In a series of tweets yesterday, Shehu clarified the rail line will stop at the designated border point, saying that this was part of an agreement reached between both nations in 2015 and coordinated by the Nigeria-Niger Joint Commission for Cooperation. 2.  The National Industrial Court has granted an interim injunction restraining the Nigeria Labour Congress, NLC, and Trade Union Congress, TUC, from embarking on a nationwide strike. Yesterday, Justice Ibrahim Galadima said the order was pending the hearing and determination of the Motion on Notice. 3. The Kogi State Government has declared two days of mourning for the 23 victims of Wednesday’s tanker explosion in Felele, Lokoja. The state’s Commissioner for Information, Mr Kingsley Fanwo, who made the announcement in a stat...

Good morning! Here is today’s summary from Nigerian Newspapers 1. The Nigeria Labour Congress, NLC, has insisted that it would proceed with its planned nationwide protest with effect from Sept. 28 over Federal Government refusal to reverse the hikes in electricity tariff and fuel pump price. According to Wabba, the NEC after its extensive deliberations resolved to reject the hike in electricity tariff by almost 100 percent and also reject the fuel price increase in the name of deregulation. 2. The federal government has insisted there is no going back on the passage of the National Water Resources Bill. The Minister of Information and Culture, Lai Mohammed, who stated this during a press conference yesterday, said those criticizing the Bill, were either ill-informed or have not read it or do not understand its provisions. 3. The Aslem Ojezua-led faction of the Edo All Progressives Congress, APC, has dispelled rumour that plans are underway to expel Adams Oshiomhole, a former Nation...

Good morning! Here is today’s summary from Nigerian Newspapers 1. The President of Ghana, Nana Akufo-Addo, has said Al-Qaeda and Boko Haram are taking advantage of poverty in North-East Nigeria to recruit new members. Akufo-Addo, who stated this yesterday, while on a working visit to the Economic Community of West African States, ECOWAS Commission in Abuja, said the insurgents were also making inroads in the Lake Chad Basin, Mali and the Greater Sahel. 2. The reelected Governor of Edo State, Godwin Obaseki,  yesterday , said the lions and tigers of the State have been caged. Obaseki said his victory at the Saturday’s governorship election was an indication that the tigers and the lions in Edo State politics have been permanently caged. 3. An observer group in the just concluded Edo State Governorship election, Intercontinental Leadership Initiative, has faulted the integrity of the September 19 poll. Mr Stafford Bisong, the Country Head of the organization, who disclosed that ...