Nigerian Newspapers: 10 things to know this Tuesday morning, June 11

Nigerian Newspapers: 10 things to know this Tuesday morning, June 11

1. The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) is launching a full-scale investigation into former Kaduna State Governor Nasir El-Rufai, who is accused of misappropriating ₦423 billion.

2.  An Ad-Hoc Committee of the Kaduna State House of Assembly indicted former Governor El-Rufai for alleged fraud, which prompted the EFCC investigation.

3. Former Jigawa State Governor Sule Lamido stated that no member of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) can prevent Peter Obi, the former presidential candidate of the Labour Party (LP), from returning to the PDP.

4.  President Bola Ahmed Tinubu appointed DIG Hashimu Argungu (Rtd) as Chairman of the Police Service Commission (PSC), with Chief Onyemuche Nnamani as Secretary and DIG Taiwo Lakanu (Rtd) as Member, pending Senate confirmation.

5. A military aircraft carrying Malawi’s Vice President Saulos Chilima went missing after failing to land on Monday morning, with all efforts to contact the aircraft failing thus far.

6. Lagos State Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu has been elected Chairman of the South West Governors’ Forum during a meeting attended by all six South West state governors.

7. Yoruba actress and comedian Ramota Adetu, known as ‘Aunty Ramota,’ fell into a coma following complications from a Brazilian Butt Lift (BBL) surgery she underwent in Ikorodu.

8. Senator George Akume, Secretary to the Government of the Federation, received the recommendations of the 37-member Tripartite Committee on revising the national minimum wage, which will be forwarded to President Tinubu.

9.  The Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) President Joe Ajaero announced that organized labour would not strike over the new minimum wage dispute as the issue is still being reviewed by President Bola Tinubu.

10. The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) denied rumours that it plans to revoke the operating licences of Fidelity Bank, Polaris Bank, Wema Bank, and Unity Bank, addressing public anxiety over the stability of these banks.