The Newspapers: Things You Need To Know This Sunday
Good morning! Here is today’s summary from Nigerian Newspapers
1. Former President Olusegun Obasanjo has slammed some church leaders in the country of not only encouraging corruption but also celebrating people with questionable sources of wealth. According to him, the ongoing fight against corruption cannot be won if some churches continue to celebrate criminals.
2. The National Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party, Senator Ali Modu Sheriff, has affirmed that the party is ready to call bid any of its governors that is not ready to accept him as their leader. He also said the party was not ready to collect money from the governors to fund the party, saying the former ruling party would not collect what he called “stolen money from the governors.”
3. A Former Special Adviser to ex-President Goodluck Jonathan on Electronic Media, Reno Omokri, has taken a swipe on the Zamfara State Governor, Abdulaziz Yari, over his recent comment that Meningitis was God’s way of punishing Nigerians for fornication.
The US-based Pastor asked the governor to tell Nigerians the sin responsible for Buhari’s sickness if he says that illness are caused by sins.
4. Militants last night struck at Woodland Estate area, Ishawo in Ikorodu local government killing two soldiers and five policemen.
The development has forced many resident to flee their homes for fear of being killed.
5. President Muhammadu Buhari has directed the Ibrahim Magu-led Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, as a matter of urgency, provide a detailed submission on amount of monies recovered so far by the anti graft agency in its anti- grant-war, since the present administration came on board in June, 2015.
6. Two suspected female suicide bombers were killed on Saturday morning in the process of breaking into a mosque at the outskirts of Maiduguri, Borno State capita.
The Public Relations Officer of the Borno State Police Command, Victor Isuku, said, at about 5:20am, two female suicide bombers with improvised explosive devices strapped to their bodies attempted to enter a mosque at Juddumuri Village, after Federal High Court.
7. The ex-President-General of Igbo Think Tank Tank group, known as Aka Ikenga, Goddy Uwazuruike, has revealed how President Muhammadu Buhari relegated the leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Nnamdi Kanu from zero to hero.
According to him, Buhari has succeeded in transforming the agitator from the status of a nobody to a heroic personality.
8. A former governor of Akwa Ibom State, Victor Obong Attah has stated that Nigeria might be heading for a breakup if it does not go back to fiscal federalism.
9. The United Kingdom’s Foreign and Commonwealth Office has issued a terror alert to its citizens currently living in Nigeria or planning to visit the country to be more vigilant during the Easter period.
The British Foreign Travel Advice, which was updated on Friday night, stated asked its citizens to be particularly vigilant around the Easter period in the country.
10. Governor Muhammadu Bindow of Adamawa State, has insisted that he is not getting ready to decamp from the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC).
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