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Nigerian Newspapers: 10 things to know this Thursday morning, August 15

Nigerian Newspapers: 10 things to know this Thursday morning, 15th August 2024 can be accessed below

  1. Speaker of the House of Representatives, Abbas Tajudeen, withdrew the controversial Counter Subversion Bill and related draft legislation in response to public criticism.

  2. The Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) announced new import guidelines, including a Zero Percent Duty Rate and VAT exemption on select basic food items.

  3. President Bola Tinubu is on a three-day official visit to Malabo, Equatorial Guinea, invited by President Teodoro Obiang Nguema Mbasogo.

  4. INEC Chairman Mahmood Yakubu urged security agencies to maintain high vigilance ahead of the upcoming Edo and Ondo governorship elections.

  5. The Nigerian Army has destroyed 27 illegal oil refining sites in the Niger Delta to combat oil theft and illegal bunkering.

  6. Nigerian Army troops killed five terrorists during a gunfight at an ISWAP terrorists’ enclave in Bama Local Government Area, Borno State.

  7. The Lagos State Government condemned recent attacks on passengers and BRT buses by hoodlums and warned against such acts.

  8. Social commentator Daniel Regha criticized Peter Obi on social media for visiting Paul Okoye and his brother, Jude.

  9. Reinstated Edo State Deputy Governor Philip Shaibu criticized Governor Godwin Obaseki’s administration for accusing him of impersonation and forgery.

  10. Kano Governor Abba Yusuf reported that documents related to alleged corruption cases against APC Chairman Abdullahi Ganduje were stolen during the #EndBadGovernance protest.

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