Good morning! Here is today’s summary from Nigerian Newspapers: 1. Trouble is brewing in the Senate after the Northern Senators Forum yesterday accused Senate President Godswill Akpabio and his associates of padding the 2024 budget to the tune of N3 trillion. The forum said it would take the matter to President Bola Tinubu. 2.
No fewer than 28 of the over 200 schoolchildren abducted by gunmen in Kaduna last week have escaped amid ongoing search and rescue efforts by the military for the remaining ones. Vice President Kashim Shettima flew into Kaduna yesterday to assess the situation on behalf of the federal government. He soon went into a meeting with the parents of the abductees. 3. The late Chief Executive Officer of Access Holdings, Mr.
He threatened to terminate the contract. Umahi, a former Governor of Ebonyi State, spoke on Saturday during his inspection of the reconstruction of Sapele-Ologbo-Benin Road. 7. The threats of clampdown on bandits and terrorists abducting schoolchildren seem to have little or no effect on the terrorists as 15 pupils of an Islamiya school in Sokoto State were kidnapped in the early hours of Saturday. This comes after Thursday’s abduction of 287 schoolchildren in Kaduna State. 8.
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