Nigerian Newspapers: 10 Things You Should Know Thursday Morning

Good day! Here is today’s summary from Nigerian newspapers:

1. A faction spokesperson, Victor Oko Jumbo, representing Bonny constituency, has emerged in the Rivers House of Assembly in a new twist to the crisis rocking the state. He was elected by legislators loyal to Governor Siminalayi Fubara.

2. The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, will on Thursday, May 9, arraign former Minister of Aviation, Hadi Sirika, his daughter, Fatimah, and two other suspects in court. The suspects are facing charges over an alleged N2.7 billion contract fraud uncovered at the Ministry of Aviation during the Sirika administration.

3. The Nigerian Army has withdrawn its officers from Okuama community in Ughelli South Local Government Area of ​​Delta State. According to a statement by Governor Sheriff Oborevwori, the withdrawal was confirmed during a telephone conversation with the Chief of Army Staff, Lieutenant General Taoreed Lagbaja, on Monday, May 6.

4. The Rivers State chapter of the Association of Local Government Areas of Nigeria (ALGON) has said it is ready to endorse the call for the dismissal of Governor Siminalayi Fubara. The local government chairmen also accused Fubara of embezzling funds meant for the twenty-three LGAs in the state.

5. The Speaker of the House of Representatives, Abbas Tajudeen, yesterday withdrew a motion calling for the suspension of the cybersecurity tax, which has caused widespread discontent. During Wednesday’s plenary session, Manu Soro, a lawmaker from Bauchi State, moved the motion, expressing concern that the introduction of the tax was ill-timed given the prevailing economic situation in Nigeria.

6. The Ogun State Police Command said it arrested a septuagenarian landlord, simply identified as Adesina, for allegedly defiling and impregnating the 14-year-old daughter of his tenant (name withheld) on Akegbeyale Street in Ifesowapo Akute, Ifo local government area of ​​the state. State police command spokesperson Omolola Odutola said the case had been transferred to the state Criminal Investigation Department where all parties would be questioned.

7. Police on Wednesday continued their investigation into the circumstances that led to the death of late singer Ilerioluwa Aloba, also known as Mohbad. This followed the invitation extended to Mohbad’s family and a group of people named in the ongoing investigation into the illegal embalming of the deceased’s body after his death.

8. Nigerian Police arrested eight suspected cult members at Ekiti State University, Ado Ekiti. The Police Public Relations Officer, Ekiti State Command, Sunday Abutu, said on Wednesday in Ado Ekiti that the previous day’s arrest followed the intervention of men of the Rapid Response Squad following a distress call.

9. The Development Control Department of the Abuja Metropolitan Management Council, AMMC, of ​​the FCT Administration, has demolished illegally constructed shanties on a road corridor in Wuse Zone 3. The Coordinator of AMMC, Mr. Felix Obuah, told journalists after the exercise on Wednesday that the move was part of efforts to clear all shanties in the city.

10. The House of Representatives has called for security presence in schools across the country to address the worsening security situation in the country. The House’s decision follows the adoption of a motion of public urgency presented in plenary on Wednesday by Billy Osawaru.