Good morning! Here is today’s summary of Nigerian newspapers:
1. The Nigeria Labor Congress and the Trade Union Congress have given conditional support to the removal of fuel subsidy. The two labor bodies said they would only allow the removal of fuel subsidy if the incoming Bola Tinubu administration takes steps towards the repair and revitalization of government refineries across the country and allows modular refineries.
2. The Abia command police have alleged that an attack on their men by some elements of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) resulted in the death of five members of the outlawed group. The claim is contained in a statement by the PRO of the command, Geoffrey Ogbonna, on behalf of the Commissioner of Police, Mr Mustapha Bala.
3. Operatives of the Department of State Services (DSS) yesterday arrested the Igbo Eze of Ajao Estate, Lagos, Fredrick Nwajagu, who promised to invite members of the outlawed Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) to Lagos to secure the properties of the Igbo people in the State.
4. The Governor-elect of Kano State, Abba Kabir Yusuf, popularly known as Abba Gida-Gida, has asked lenders to seek his permission before extending any loan to the administration of Governor Abdullahi Ganduje. The incoming governor gave the directive hours after Ganduje responded to him for a public consultation on government land.
5. The Kogi State Police Command has arrested a prime suspect Arome Danjuma who allegedly ambushed and stripped a girl in a viral video. Danjuma, together with his friend who is currently at large, was reported to have carried out the heinous act at Achigili village around Abocho under Dekina Local Government Area of Kogi.
6. Policemen have arrested three lawyers who are said to be filing cases for the All Progressives Congress at the Electoral Petition Tribunal in Port Harcourt. Lawyers are said to be preparing petitions against the results declared by the Independent National Electoral Commission for the just concluded governorship election in Rivers State.
7. Amotekun Corps, the South West security outfit, on Friday foiled a vehicle theft attack on the Akure-Ilesa Expressway and recovered a vehicle loaded with motor oil. Corps Commander in Osun, retired Brigadier General. Bashir Adewinmbi told newsmen in Osogbo on Saturday that the robbers attacked vehicles on the Ileki/Osu axis of the Ilesha-Akure road for almost an hour.
8. Gunmen on Friday evening went on a rampage, killing over 15 people in Garin Baka village in Ardo Kola Local Government Area of Taraba State. A distraught villager, Yakubu Garba, told reporters that the attackers entered while they were praying at the village mosque and started shooting sporadically, killing more than 15 people.
9. The Arewa Consultative Forum, ACF, has warned those agitating for an interim national government following the emergence of President-elect, Bola Tinubu, to desist. ACF Kwara state chapter chairman Mohammed Ghali-Alaaya said those agitating for an interim government should be arrested and prosecuted for treason.
10. British-Nigerian fighter Anthony Joshua has returned to winning ways, defeating Jermaine Franklin to bounce back from a losing streak. AJ returned to the ring for the first time since his back-to-back loss to Ukrainian war hero Oleksandr Usyk.
