Nigerian Newspapers: 10 things to know this Friday, Morning, September 22

Good morning! Here is today’s summary from Nigerian Newspapers:

  1. President Bola Tinubu has urgently filed for a review of the judgment mandating the release of his academic records to Atiku Abubakar. On September 19, Judge Jeffrey Gilbert from the United States District Court directed Chicago State University to provide Mr. Tinubu’s academic records to his Nigerian political adversary as part of an ongoing election challenge in Nigeria.

  2. The Nigeria Police Force has successfully conducted an autopsy on the corpse of Mohbad. Born Ilerioluwa Olademeji Aloba, Mohbad’s body was exhumed Thursday morning following the controversy surrounding his demise.

  3. President Bola Tinubu has urged Nigerians to put an end to ethnic profiling and discrimination, asserting that all Nigerians are “a single family.” Speaking on Wednesday in New York, the nation’s leader encouraged youths to unite and stop ethnic profiling.

  4. The Deputy Governor of Edo State, Philip Shaibu, reportedly pleaded for forgiveness from the state Governor, Godwin Obaseki, over their political differences. Shaibu urged his boss to forgive and forget.

  5. The Minister of Works, Dave Umahi, has given a two-week ultimatum to contractors handling remedial works on Federal Roads in Abuja and Port Harcourt. Umahi insisted that the contractors must complete their respective projects within two weeks.

  6. The Enugu State Governorship Election Tribunal has upheld the victory of Governor Peter Mbah in the March 18, 2023, governorship election. The Chairman of the panel, Justice Kudirat Akano, dismissed allegations that Governor Peter Mbah’s NYSC discharge certificate was forged.

  7. The management of Lagos University Teaching Hospital (LUTH) has denied claims that one of its medical doctors, Michael Umoh, died after a 72-hour call. Michael died on Sunday, September 17, during a church service at the United Evangelical Church, after reportedly working for 72 hours non-stop at the hospital.

  8. Former presidential spokesman, Femi Adesina, has said that the Nigerian media deliberately misquoted his statements when he was working for former President Muhammadu Buhari.

  9. The Lagos State House of Assembly has appointed chairmen for all its standing committees in the 10th Assembly. The appointments were disclosed by the Speaker of the House, Rt. Hon. Mudashiru Obasa, during plenary on Thursday. He charged the newly appointed chairmen to be alive to their responsibilities and oversight functions.

  10. A chieftain of the New Nigeria Peoples Party (NNPP), Abass Onilewura, has accused the presidential candidate of the party in the 2023 election, Rabiu Kwankwaso, as the brain behind the sacking of Kano State Governor, Abba Kabir Yusuf, by the tribunal. Nasir Gawuna of the All Progressives Congress (APC) was declared the winner.

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