Posted by Hey there! From today's Nigerian newspapers, here is the rundown:
1. Today, Thursday, President Bola Tinubu will meet behind closed doors with governors of the states at Abuja's Aso Rock Villa to discuss the country's economic situation and possible solutions. The president is scheduled to leave for Ethiopia for the African Union summit right after this meeting.
2. On Wednesday, the Federal Government of Nigeria said that the power sector's debt to electricity producing companies and gas producers had increased to around N3.3tn. Additionally, it was found that electricity subsidies for 2024 will consume approximately N3 trillion, even though only N450 billion was allocated for this reason in this year's budget. It was also noted that maintaining power subsidies had become extremely challenging.
3. On Wednesday, a court in Kwara State, sitting in Ilorin, issued a remand order for thirteen individuals accused of the murder of Oba Olusegun Aremu-Cole, Olukoro of Koro in the Ekiti LGA of the state, from a Federal Correctional Service facility in the capital of the state, Ilorin.
4. Inspector Michael Odey, who was terminated by the Rivers State Police Command, was implicated in an extortion case. In a similar vein, it came to light that two other agents implicated in the incident had been investigated and, under standard operating procedure, advised to be fired.
5. In a matter of weeks, President Bola Tinubu will commission the Lagos State Red Line Rail project. Babajide Sanwo-Olu, the state governor, made the announcement on Wednesday.
African Union (AU) Heads of State and Government will gather in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, for the 37th Ordinary Session on Wednesday, after President Bola Tinubu left Abuja for the Ethiopian capital. This information was revealed in a statement made by Ajuri Ngelale, his Special Adviser on Media and Public.
6. On Wednesday, the House of Representatives condemned the ongoing violence in several communities in Benue State, stating that the culprits must be apprehended through thorough investigations by the police and other authorities. Additionally, the House of Representatives pushed for increased federal surveillance of the border towns hit hard by the attacks.
8. Oluchi Opara, who was asked by Julius Abure, the party's national chairman, to account for N3.5 billion in party money, has been suspended by the National Working Committee (NWC) of the Labour Party (LP). While speaking to reporters at the LP secretariat in Abuja on Wednesday, Obiora Ifoh, the party's national publicity secretary, made the announcement.
Governor Douye Diri of Bayelsa State and his deputy, Lawrence Ewhrudjakpo, re-took the oath of office on Wednesday. Dignitaries from all across the nation gathered at the Samson Siasia Sports Complex for the ceremony in Yenagoa, the capital of the state.
In a building in Pakachi Village of Mangu local government area of Plateau State, troops of the command, operating under HAKORIN DAMISA IV, have discovered a gun factory, according to Operation Safe Haven (OPSH). This was revealed in a statement made public on Wednesday by Captain Oya James, the operation's spokeswoman.