Naija News: View Today’s Top Headlines for September 30, 2022
Read today’s top headlines in Naija News, Friday, September 30, 2022, below.
The newspaper headlines and today’s Naija news from Nigerian newspapers are listed below. Happy morning! The summary from Nigerian Newspapers for today is as follows:
1. On Thursday, the House of Representatives wrapped up its meetings with stakeholders regarding the ongoing dispute between the Federal Government and the Academic Staff Union of Universities, announcing that President Muhammadu Buhari would soon receive its recommendations.
2. On Thursday, Usman Baba, the Inspector-General of Police, said the force would not abandon the community policing system arrangements already in place to thwart various crimes at the local level. At the Police Community Relations Committee (PCRC) forum’s 11th anniversary in Abuja, the police head made this statement.
3. Four members of the Peoples Democratic Party’s National Working Committee, or NWC, have returned the N122.4 million that the leader of the main opposition party had deposited into their accounts. According to media reports, Iyorchia Ayu, the PDP’s national chairman, allegedly paid the NWC members more than N100 million after the party’s primary elections.
4. The Road Transport Employers Association of Nigeria, or RTEAN, has been ordered by Lagos State Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu to immediately suspend all of its operations in the state. Sola Giwa, the Special Adviser to the Governor on Transportation, made the announcement on Thursday. He claimed that recent pockets of violence in Ojo and Lagos Island made the suspension necessary.
5. The Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) have argued that Nnamdi Kanu’s extradition was unlawful and that no Nigerian court has the authority to try him. In a statement released yesterday, the group’s spokeswoman, Emma Powerful, claimed that by allegedly supporting Kanu’s rendition, the Nigerian court had broken both domestic and international law.
6. The House of Representatives leadership announced yesterday that they would request a meeting with President Muhammadu Buhari to discuss how to end the current standoff between the Federal Government and the Academic Staff Union of Universities. Femi Gbajabiamila, speaker of the house, mentioned this while speaking with stakeholders on Thursday.
7. Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, the All Progressives Congress’ presidential candidate, was not present when other presidential candidates signed a peace agreement on Thursday ahead of the 2023 elections. Kashim Shettima, who is Tinubu’s running mate and is now in London, served as his representative.
8. The Catholic Diocese of Enugu, yesterday, lifted the ban on Rev Fr Ejike Mbaka’s adoration ministry. The contentious priest revealed the situation in a statement on Thursday.
9. Following the Supreme Court decision that favored Ademola Adeleke as the party’s candidate in the gubernatorial primary election, the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Osun State expelled Dotun Babayemi. Babayemi attempted to reverse Adeleke’s victory in the PDP’s gubernatorial primaries.
10. On Thursday, a list of about 50 additional attorneys, including three prominent EFCC attorneys and nine law professors, was released for the prestigious Senior Advocates of Nigeria designation (SANs). The Legal Practitioners’ Privileges Committee (LPPC), which is presided over by Justice Olukayode Ariwoola, the acting Chief Justice of Nigeria, will honor them.
That is a summary of today’s newspaper headlines from Nigerian news sources. On Touchaheart Nigeria, you can read more news about Nigeria, Africa, and the rest of the world. I’ll see you tomorrow.
