Naija News: Top Nigerian Newspaper Headlines For Today, Wednesday, 4th October, 2023

Top Headlines from Naija News, Saturday, 30th September 2023:

1. Azeez Fashola, also known as Naira Marley, has been taken into custody for questioning and further investigative procedures regarding the tragic passing of his former artist, Mohbad.

   This was confirmed by Lagos State Police Command’s Public Relations Officer, SP Benjamin Hundeyin, through his X handle.

2. President Bola Tinubu has forwarded three more names for ministerial positions to the Senate, seeking their confirmation. The newly nominated candidates are Dr. Jamila Bio, Balarebe Abbas, and Olawale Olawande.

   This announcement comes merely three months after the upper chamber of the National Assembly confirmed 45 nominees, all of whom have already been assigned ministerial portfolios by the President.

3. The Nigerian Air Force reported that their airstrikes have resulted in the elimination of numerous terrorists situated on the outskirts of Lake Chad in Borno State.

   Both Boko Haram and the Islamic State of West Africa Province (ISWAP) were neutralized as the airstrikes targeted and obliterated their hideouts, structures, and strategic logistics base in the region, specifically on the fringes of Lake Chad in Borno State.

4. A devastating incident occurred in the Ago Palace Way of Okota, Lagos state, resulting in the loss of four lives, including a pregnant woman and her two children when a car collided with a tricycle.

   According to an eyewitness (@tobe_steeve) who shared the account on Tuesday, a tragic event unfolded as a police officer and the driver were engaged in a dispute over the steering wheel while the vehicle was in motion. This dispute led to the loss of control, causing a collision with a tricycle carrying passengers.

5. The West African Examinations Council (WAEC) has initiated the 76th meeting of the Nigeria Examinations Committee (NEC) to deliberate on cases of malpractice and irregularities stemming from the 2023 West African Senior School Certificate Examination (WASSCE) for school candidates.

   This announcement was made through the official X handle of the body on Tuesday. In a related development, WAEC appointed Dr. Amos Josiah Dangut as the Head of the Nigeria National Office, according to a report by The PUNCH.

6. Chicago State University, also known as CSU, has made public the educational records of President Bola Tinubu to Atiku Abubakar, the presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP). Atiku successfully won his legal battle in court to investigate Tinubu’s academic qualifications relating to the February 25 presidential election.

   Tinubu had presented certificates from Chicago State University (CSU) to the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to establish his eligibility for the election. A court in the United States of America issued an order on Saturday directing CSU to provide Tinubu’s academic records for authentication, supporting Atiku’s petition challenging the outcome of the 2023 presidential poll.

7. The Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) and the Trade Union Congress (TUC) have collaboratively called off the planned indefinite strike scheduled for October 3, 2023, following the fuel subsidy removal.

   This decision came after a crucial emergency meeting between government representatives and labor leaders. Both NLC and TUC mutually agreed to suspend the strike to allow for the implementation of NLC’s demands.

8. The Labour Party (LP) and its 2023 presidential candidate, Peter Obi have filed a brief of arguments at the Supreme Court in furtherance of the petition challenging the victory of President Bola Tinubu in the February 25 election in Nigeria.
   The development was disclosed in a post via the X platform early on Tuesday morning by a chieftain of the party cum actor, Kenneth Okonkwo.

   He wrote: “To God be the glory, we have filed our Appellants’ Brief of Arguments at the Supreme Court of Nigeria. We still trust in God to see us through. Great kudos to all the members of the Presidential Petition Legal Team of @PeterObi. God will bless all of them.”

9. The Ondo State House of Assembly has directed the Chief Judge of the state, Justice Olusegun Odusola, to immediately set up a seven-man panel to investigate the deputy governor, Lucky Aiyedatiwa, on the allegations levelled against him.
   The Assembly Speaker, Olamide Oladiji, who made this known during the plenary session on Tuesday, said Aiyedatiwa had failed to respond to the letter of notice served on him on September 25 over allegations of gross misconduct.

   Oladiji said the house resolution that the deputy governor should be duly served a notice of the allegations, was in line with Section 188 of the Nigerian Constitution.

10. President Bola Tinubu has been asked by the 10th Senate Committee on Gas to send a supplementary budget to facilitate the procurement of compressed natural gas (CNG) buses for mass transit across the country.

    IDDOMA VOICE had earlier reported that the federal government during a meeting with labour leaders on Monday, chaired by the Chief of Staff to the President, Femi Gbajabiamila agreed to earmark N100 billion for the buses.