NIGERIAN NEWSPAPERS: Things you need to know this Saturday 26th March, 2022.

1. About fifty people were killed, while an unspecified number of persons were abducted when bandits attacked nine communities in Giwa Local Government Area of Kaduna State. ASP Mohammed Jalinge, Police Public Relations Officer in the State, who confirmed the incident, said the command is yet to compile the actual number of deaths recorded during the invasion.

2. A son of Professor Ali Isa Pantami, Minister of Communication and Digital Economy, who was reportedly kidnapped in Bauchi State, has been rescued. According to sources, the minister’s son was found at a checkpoint in Dambam, one of the Local Government Areas of Bauchi State, on Friday.

3. The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has demanded the immediate resignation and investigation of the Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), Godwin Emefiele, following his appearance in All Progressives Congress (APC) campaign posters.

4. The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has released the final list of candidates eligible to participate in the July 16 gubernatorial election in Osun State. The list has Senator Nurudeen Ademola Adeleke as Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) candidate, Adegboyega Oyetola for APC, among others.

5. The United States, U.S. has designated a network of six individuals connected to the Nigeria-based terrorist group, Boko Haram. The U.S Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control, OFAC, made this known in a statement, on Friday.

6. The Nigerian Army has arrested a soldier for the alleged killing of seven civilians, including a three-year-old girl in the Mafa Local Government Area of Borno State. Col. Obinna Azuikpe, Intelligence Coordinator, Theatre Command of the Operation Hadin Kai (OPHK), confirmed the arrest while reviewing the progress of the military’s operations in the North-East, on Friday, in Maiduguri.

7. The Police Command in Osun State says it has arrested one Ganiyat Abass, alleged to have stolen a six-day-old baby and concealed her in a sack. Abass allegedly stole the baby from one Jemilat Musa, 23, of Agbele’s compound, Iwo, Osun.

8. The Peoples Democratic Party has prayed a Federal High Court in Abuja to declare the All Progressives Congress, APC’s national convention holding on Saturday, unconstitutional and illegal. The PDP, in a suit marked, FHC/ABJ/CS/389 2022, also sought a court order deregistering the APC as a political party, having failed to meet the requirements of Sections 222(a), 223(b), and 225 of the 1999 Constitution.

9. A Lagos State Special Offences (Mobile) Court sitting at Oshodi has sentenced a socialite, Ms Chidinma Ogbulu, to 27 months in prison for distributing petrol as a souvenir during a party. Chief Magistrate Kehinde Ogundare convicted and sentenced the socialite following her guilty plea on Thursday, and evidence by the prosecution.

10. The ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) is holding its much-touted national convention today, amidst critical issues affecting the soul of the party. The convention, which is coming after dilly-dallies on the part of the party’s top echelon, is expected to throw up a new crop of National Working Committee (NWC) of the party, which would run its affairs for an initial period of four years.

11. Soludo moves to end sit-at-home order in Anambra

The Anambra State Governor, Charles Soludo, has directed all markets in the state to stop observing the sit-at-home order currently in place in the South-East.

12. ‘PDP is never an alternative in 2023,’ Fashola tells Nigerians

The Minister of Works and Housing, Babatunde Fashola, on Friday warned Nigerians against returning the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) to power in 2023.

13. PDP challenges APC national convention in court

The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) on Friday challenged the All Progressives Congress (APC) national convention at the Federal High Court, Abuja.

14. 2023: Dele Momodu picks PDP nomination form, warns Nigerians on ‘political moneybags’

The Publisher of Ovation Magazine, Dele Momodu, on Friday picked the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) presidential nomination form in Abuja.

15. Investors pocket N2.1bn as Nigeria’s stock market exits bearish zone

Investors at the Nigerian stock market went home with N2.12 billion following the rise in equity capitalisation by 0.002 percent on Friday.

16. Nigeria’s VAT revenue rose to N563.72bn in Q4 2021 – NBS

Revenue from Value Added Tax (VAT) in Nigeria increased to N563.72 billion in the last quarter of 2021, the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) has revealed.

17. INSECURITY: CAN warns against suspension of peace talks in Kaduna

The Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN) on Friday warned stakeholders in Kaduna against suspending peace talks aimed at addressing the state security challenges.

18. US blacklists six Nigerians for supporting Boko Haram

The United States has blacklisted six Nigerians for supporting the Boko Haram sect.

19. Socialite jailed two years for sharing petrol as souvenir in Lagos

The Lagos State Special Offences Court sitting in Oshodi on Friday sentenced a socialite, Ms. Chidinma Ogbulu, to two years in prison for distributing petrol as a souvenir during a party in the state.

20. Nigeria, Ghana to settle W’Cup qualification feud in Abuja after stalemate in Kumasi

The Super Eagles of Nigeria played a goalless draw with the Black Stars of Ghana in the first leg of their 2022 World Cup play-off on Friday night.

52 new confirmed cases of COVID19Nigeria;

Lagos-23

Kwara-18

FCT-4

Kano-3

Rivers-2

Kaduna-1

Plateau-1

255,296 confirmed 

249,495 discharged 

3,142 deaths

This report includes:

▪️Data for 24th and 25th March 2022

▪️5 States with zero cases reported: Abia, Bauchi, Delta, Nasarawa, and Sokoto

For a breakdown of cases by state visit covid19.ncdc.gov.ng

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