Naija News: Top Nigerian Newspaper Headlines For Today, Monday, 18th March, 2024

Naija News: Top Nigerian Newspaper Headlines For Today, Monday, 18th March, 2024

1. The commencement of sales at Lagos’ food market, “Ounje Eko,” offering discounted prices on essential food items across the state, has been initiated, as reported by The Nation. Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu directed that food products at these markets be sold at reduced rates in all five divisions of Lagos, starting from Sunday, March 17.

   Following the Lagos state government’s announcement on February 22 of various interventions to alleviate economic challenges faced by residents, staple food items such as rice, beans, garri, bread, eggs, tomatoes, and pepper are now available at a 25% discount.

2. A notorious terrorist, Mohammed Dikko Radda, recently apprehended by vigilantes in the North-Western region of Nigeria, has admitted to losing count of the people he has killed.

   Radda, originally from Jajjaye village in Katsina State, confessed in a video shared online by counterinsurgency expert and security analyst Zagazola Makama that he doesn’t keep track of his victims when he shoots them with his AK47 rifle.

3. The Nigeria Data Protection Commission, NDPC, has said it will investigate the alleged unauthorised access to the personal data of enrollees by the National Identity Management Commission, NIMC.

   Dr Vincent Olatunji, National Commissioner of NDPC gave the hint in a statement on Sunday.

4. The police have arrested two robbery suspects who pose as alms beggars in Lagos traffic gridlocks.

   The duo approached a motorist in a gridlock at Agungi area in Lekki on Friday, soliciting for alms, but forcefully took his mobile phone and jewellery and took to their heels.

5. The President, Bola Tinubu, on Sunday condemned the attack on military officers in Delta State, on Thursday.

   President Tinubu in his reaction to the incident vowed that those who were responsible for the killing of army personnel in Delta state will not go unpunished.

6. A former Governor of Akwa Ibom State, Obong Victor Attah, has submitted that the outcome of the 2023 elections in Nigeria left the image of the country badly damaged.

   Attah, who lamented that selling a good product is difficult enough, said selling Nigeria with a damaged reputation is even more difficult.

7. Eight lawmakers suspended by the Zamfara State House of Assembly have been reportedly forced into hiding, citing harassment by political thugs and unwarranted pursuit by security agents.

   The legislators, vocal critics of the rising insecurity in Zamfara, disclosed these developments at a press conference held in Zaria, Kaduna State, on Sunday.

8. The Nigerian military has taken a drastic step by deploying armoured vehicles to Bomadi, the headquarters of Bomadi Local Government Area in Delta State, following the gruesome killing of its personnel recently.

   Recall that multiple soldiers who were on a peace and rescue mission in Okuama community, located in Ughelli South Local Government Area were murdered last week, a development that has generated mixed reactions among concerned Nigerians.

9. A kidnap attempt on passengers onboard three commercial buses along Akpata-Obajana Road in Lokoja Local Government Area of Kogi State was thwarted by Troops of the Nigerian Army.

   IDOMA VOICE reports that the Director of Army Public Relations, Major General Onyema Nwachukwu, disclosed this in a statement on Friday.

10. The Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has urged the Senate President Mr Godswill Akpabio to urgently refer the allegations that lawmakers padded the 2024 budget by irregularly inserting projects worth N3.7 trillion to appropriate anti-corruption agencies for investigation and prosecution.

    In the letter dated 16 March 2024 and signed by SERAP deputy director Kolawole Oluwadare, the organisation also urged Akpabio to immediately reinstate whistleblower Abdul Ningi who was recently suspended from the Senate over his allegations that the lawmakers padded the 2024 budget by irregularly inserting projects worth N3.7 trillion.