good morning! Below is today’s summary from a Nigerian newspaper.
1. Former Kaduna Governor, Senator Ahmad Makarfi, has lost his eldest son, Faisal Ahmad Makarfi. Faisal and two others were reportedly involved in a car accident along the Zaria-Kaduna Expressway on Saturday evening while on their way from Makarfi town. Officials said Faisal died at a medical facility on Zaria Street as doctors struggled to save others.
2. Justice Deinde Dipeor of the Federal High Court, Lagos, on November 1, 2024, on the request of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) for final forfeiture of $2,045,000 and assets related to the former Central Bank of Nigeria. He plans to issue a verdict. (CBN) Governor Godwin Emefiele. The court will also rule on Emefiele’s application challenging the court’s jurisdiction to bring confiscation proceedings.
3. Vice President Kassim Shettima has said that the low labor force participation rate caused by Nigeria’s staggering unemployment rate must be reversed. Shettima made this promise on Saturday at the launch of the Nasarawa State Human Capital Development Strategy Paper and Gender Transformative Human Capital Development Policy Framework in Lafia, the state capital.
4. At least two residents of Ikperu community in Agatu Local Government Area of Benue State have been killed and many houses torched in attacks by armed groups. According to local residents, the separate incidents occurred between Thursday and Friday in the rural and riverside communities of Ikperu and Egwuma in Agatu.
5. Gunmen suspected to be cultists on Saturday killed one Mr. Adeleke Adeyinka, a municipal councilor candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in the upcoming local government elections in Ogun State. He was reportedly shot dead in broad daylight at Jide Jones area in Oke-Irewo, Abeokuta.
6. The main opposition political party, the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, has begun holding state legislative sessions in Kano. The party also vowed to bounce back strongly and form a strong party to regain power in 2027.
7. The Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Governors Forum has called for an emergency meeting on Monday to discuss various issues affecting the party. PDP stakeholders are reportedly considering setting up an interim committee to guide the party towards a national convention to elect a new national working committee.
8. The Delta State Police Command has arrested a man for allegedly stabbing a girl after sexually assaulting her in Agbor, Ika South Local Government Area of Delta State. The man, who gave his name only as Mr Daniel, is suspected of stabbing the sex worker at the Apple Inn brothel on Friday night after an argument over her refusal to pay an agreed fee. has been compiled.
9. The Ogun State Police Command has arrested a suspect, Ibrahim Aliu (41 years old), a resident of Papa Orosun, Oja Odun, Yewa North Local Government Area of the state, for allegedly defiling his 12-year-old daughter (name withheld). ) was arrested. Aleu was arrested on Thursday after his estranged wife, Temitope Egbebi, filed a complaint at Oja Odun police station.
10. The Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) has denied claims by the Nigerian military that its members recently attacked soldiers camped at its Aba branch in Ehime Mbano, Imo State. In a statement to the press over the weekend, the organization’s spokesperson, Emma Powerful, said the claims were not only false, but made a mockery of the organization itself.
