Naija News: Top Nigerian Newspaper Headlines For Today, Sunday, 3rd September, 2023

Naija News, read Top Headlines today, Sunday, 3rd September 2023 below.

Below are the Newspaper Headlines & Naija News today from Nigerian Newspapers. Good morning! Here is today’s summary from Nigerian Newspapers:

1. President Bola Tinubu has offered an explanation for the recall of all ambassadors, both career and non-career, from their respective duty posts around the world.

   The Minister of Foreign Affairs, Ambassador Yusuf Tuggar, had previously confirmed the recall of these ambassadors but did not provide details regarding the rationale behind the decision.

2. Renowned Nigerian musician, Innocent Ujah Idibia, popularly known as 2Baba, has revealed his aspiration to pursue a religious path.

   The 47-year-old artist expressed his desire to establish his own church, which he plans to name “Straight To Heaven International Church of God Nigeria Limited,” abbreviated as STHICOGNL.

3. A Nigerian user known as Logik, with the handle #iamlogikk, expressed his joy on Saturday after receiving a payment of N36,858,567 from Twitter’s ads revenue sharing program, introduced by the platform’s owner, Elon Musk.

   Logik proudly shared screenshots of his payment statistics on his Twitter page and captioned the post with a simple message: “36m… God bless Elon Musk.”

4. The Federal Government has recalled all ambassadors, the Minister of Foreign Affairs, Ambassador Yusuf Tuggar, has clarified.

   The media was awashed with the recall of Nigeria’s High Commissioner to United Kingdom, Ambassador Sarafa Tunji Isola, but clarifying the decision on Saturday, the minister said the action was not a witch-hunt but affects all career and non-career ambassadors.

5. No fewer than seven persons have been gunned down after suspected bandits attacked worshippers in a Mosque at Saya-Saya village in Ikara Local Government Area of Kaduna State.

   It was gathered that five of the victims were killed in the mosque, while the remaining two other victims were killed at different locations within the area.

6. The former Chairman of the Nigerian Body of Benchers, Chief Wole Olanipekun, SAN, on Friday, explained why President Bola Tinubu should probe all the past administrations.

   The Senior Advocate of Nigeria spoke at a colloquium that was held in Abuja to mark the 25th anniversary of Chief Joe-Kyari Gadzama as a SAN.

7. Governor Godwin Obaseki of Edo State has relocated the office of the Deputy Governor, Philip Shaibu, to a new building outside the Government House in Benin, the state capital.

   IDOMA VOICE understands that the relocation of the office might be connected to the rift between the governor and his deputy over the upcoming governorship election.

8. With the rise in coups in Africa, some retired generals have warned that the only way to avoid them on the continent was for elected leaders to respect constitutional provisions and ensure good governance in their respective countries.

   Recall that some military personnel in Gabon seized power and placed the ousted President, Ali Bongo, and his family members under house arrest. Gabon is in Central Africa.

9. The President Bola Ahmed Tinubu-led Federal Government has dismissed any fears of a military coup in Nigeria, saying the country has fully embraced democracy and that the country’s democratic institutions were becoming stronger.

   The Minister of Information and National Orientation, Mohammed Idris, stated this following the latest coup in Africa.

10. President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has directed the relevant security agencies to recover over N500 billion given as loans under the Federal Government’s Anchor Borrowers Programme.

    IDOMA VOICE understands that about N1.1 trillion was sunk into the Loan Programme instituted by the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), of which only N575 billion has so far been recovered.