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Wednesday Morning Headlines: Explosive Details You Mustn’t Miss from Nigeria Today!
Wednesday Morning Headlines: Explosive Details You Mustn’t Miss from Nigeria Today!....KINDLY READ THE FULL STORY HERE▶
Written By Oshiobugie Omo-Ikir0dah
Good morning! Here is today’s summary from Nigerian Newspapers:
- The Independent National Electoral Commission insists that electronic collation of results is illegal in Nigeria, despite expectations of electronic transmission in the off-cycle governorship elections in Imo, Kogi, and Bayelsa.
- The Central Bank of Nigeria directs all its branches to continue issuing old and redesigned banknotes as legal tender, discouraging their rejection.
- Former CBN Governor Godwin Emefiele is granted bail by an FCT High Court after the EFCC complies with the order for his release.
- A husband and wife are sentenced to two years in prison for dealing in a prohibited drug, Methamphetamine, in Lagos.
- Protests erupt in Plateau State after the Court of Appeal sacked all six National Assembly members from the state elected on the platform of the Peoples Democratic Party.
- Ondo State PDP criticizes Governor Akeredolu’s continued absence from the state after a medical vacation, sparking reactions from various quarters.
- Several governorship candidates, including Imo State Governor Hope Uzodimma, are absent from a peace accord meeting ahead of the state’s election.
- President Tinubu signs a N2.18 trillion supplementary appropriation bill into law, amid controversy over provisions for a presidential yacht and State House vehicles.
- Labour Party’s Peter Obi criticizes the supplementary budget, stating it lacks consideration for the country’s emergencies and pressing needs.
- Kwara State Fire Service recovers the lifeless body of an 18-year-old girl from a well and a 43-year-old man from Ilorin East Local Government Area.
Source: Bushradiogist
