Nigerian Newspapers: 10 things you need to know this Friday morning

Good morning! Here are 10 things you need to know this morning:

1. The opposition All Progressives Congress (APC), yesterday, held its governorship primaries across the country in preparation for the 2015 governorship election, with the following candidates emerging victorious from the exercise; they include; Governors Ibikunle Amosun (Ogun), Abiola Ajimobi (Oyo), Abdulfatah Ahmed (Kwara), Ibrahim Geidam (Yobe) and Abdulaziz Yari (Zamfara), Akinwunmi Ambode (Lagos), former Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, Nasir el-Rufai (Kaduna); Others are, a member representing Andoni/Opobo/Nkoro Federal Constituency in the House of Representatives, Mr. Dakuku Peterside (Rivers); Olorogun O’tega Emerhor (Delta); Chief Okey Ezea (Enugu); a former Secretary to the Akwa Ibom State Government, Mr. Umana Umana (Akwa Ibom), Umaru Al-Makura (Nasarawa) and a host of others.

2. Five Peoples Democratic Party’s governors including the Chairman, PDP Governors Forum, and Akwa Ibom State governor, Godswill Akpabio, the governors of Bauchi, Jigawa, Cross River, and Niger states, Isa Yuguda, Sule Lamido, Liyel Imoke and Babangida Aliyu respectively held a closed-door meeting with former President, Olusegun Obasanjo, at his Hilltop residence in Abeokuta, Ogun State on Thursday. The meeting according to report lasted for 3 hours. According to Obasanjo who spoke after the meeting, it was a forum where they tried to address some national issues, particularly the present state of the nation’s economy.

3. The National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress, Chief John Odigie-Oyegun,  had on Thursday taken a swipe at President Goodluck Jonathan, saying his tolerance for corruption was largely responsible for the present security situation in the country.. Odigie-Oyegun was speaking in Abuja while explaining how the APC’s will successfully tackle corruption if it takes over power in 2015.

4. The Boko Haram Islamic sect have not done yet with their violent campaign  as they launched
another attack on Bajoga, the headquarters of the Funakaye Local Government Area of Gombe State. Report says the insurgents who decked on military uniforms invaded Bajoga in about 20 Hilux jeeps around 8am.

5. For attempting to return to his position, and for taking on the national chairman of the ruling Peoples Democratic Party, Alhaji Adamu Mu’azu, members of the National Working Committee of the party have suspended Alhaji Bamanga Tukur. The suspension came on Saturday in a meeting presided over by the National Chairman of the party, Adamu Mu’azu.


6. Former Federal Commissioner for Information, Chief Edwin Clark, yesterday in Abuja expressed  fears that President Goodluck Jonathan may be killed by the opposition as the 2015 presidential election gets on the way. He said the opposition was capable of doing anything to wrestle power from the present government.

7. The Federal Government, yesterday said logistic problem was responsible for its cancellation of the training of Nigerian soldiers by American security experts, saying that the condition laid down by US government was not healthy for the security of lives and property of its citizens in the north.

8. In a prayer through his counsel, Ahmed Raji (SAN) with an application pursuant to Order 2, Rule (1),(2),(3) of the Fundamental Enforcement Procedure rule and Sections 34,35,36,37 and 42 of the 1999 Constitution seeking for the enforcement of his fundamental human right, Sadiq Ogwuche, the alleged mastermind of the Nyanya bomb blast is challenging his detention without trial by the Nigerian government, demanding for 100 million naira compensation.

9. The Katsina State Command of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency has  destroyed 6,795.2 kilogrammes of drugs, including Cannabis sativa(popularly called hemp) among other narcotic substances.  This was contained in a statement on Thursday by the NDLEA Public Relations Officer, Mr. Mitchell Ofoyeju.

10. What would have turned out to be a major disaster on Thursday was averted by the Police  as a “grenade” reportedly found near a Primary school in the city  of Jos was reportedly defused by the Police Anti-bomb. Report says the bomb had already been lit, but it went off before it could cause an explosion.

Culled from DailyPost