Top Nigeria Newspaper Headlines Today 11th October 2024 [Friday]

Below is the summary of Top Nigeria Newspaper Headlines Today 11th October 2024 being Friday.

Top Nigeria Newspaper Headlines Today 11th October 2024 [Friday]

1. Senator Oluremi Tinubu stated on Thursday that her husband, President Bola Tinubu, should not be held responsible for Nigeria’s current economic challenges. While speaking at the Palace of Ooni of Ife, Oba Adeyeye Ogunwusi, she emphasized that the Tinubu administration is still in its early stages.

2. Alhaji Sharifu Kamarawa, the Chairman of Isa Local Government Area in Sokoto State, informed Minister of State for Defence, Alhaji Bello Matawalle, that certain communities within the council remain under the influence of bandits. He revealed that the bandits, led by Kachalla Bello Turji, are appointing and removing village heads in those areas.

3. The Board of Trustees of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has called on President Bola Tinubu to urgently reassess his policies to alleviate the widespread economic difficulties in the country. Following a meeting at the party’s Abuja headquarters on Thursday, the BOT expressed alarm over the economic situation and a “general sense of misery and despair.”

4. The Court of Appeal in Abuja upheld the Federal High Court’s decision to annul the N800 billion budget passed by the faction of the Rivers State House of Assembly loyal to Governor Siminalayi Fubara. The court directed Fubara to resubmit the budget to the full House.

5. Abubakar Shettima, the National President of the Independent Petroleum Marketers Association of Nigeria, has urged the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited to sell petrol to marketers at rates equivalent to those offered by Dangote Petroleum Refinery. In a recent interview, he also requested a refund of funds owed to oil marketers, which have been held by NNPC for the past three months.

6. The Defence Headquarters announced on Thursday that it opted not to pursue former Niger Delta militant leader Mujahid Asari-Dokubo to avoid accusations of acting “undemocratically.” Maj. Gen. Edward Buba, Director of Defence Media Operations, made this statement in Abuja in response to reports of Asari-Dokubo’s alleged threat to shoot down a military helicopter near his residence.

7. A female Senior Secondary 3 student from Akoko Anglican Grammar School in Arigidi Akoko, Ondo State, has been arrested by the state police for allegedly stabbing her male classmate, Habib Salau, to death. The incident reportedly occurred following an argument between the two outside the school premises after hours.

8. A Federal High Court in Kano sentenced 67-year-old Lebanese national Zuhier R. Akar to 14 years in prison for sexually exploiting two teenage girls. The National Agency for the Prohibition of Trafficking in Persons, Kano State Command, charged Akar, who resides in Gidan Wanka, Unity Road, Fagge Local Government Area, with two counts of trafficking and sexual exploitation.

9. A group of sports journalists traveling to Uyo through Anambra State to cover a football event in Akwa Ibom have been kidnapped. Sources indicate that the journalists, numbering around 11, were abducted while traveling by bus through Iseke, near the Ihiala area of Anambra.

10. Nobel Laureate Wole Soyinka has mentioned that he has “made arrangements” for his death while also planning a vacation. At 90, the playwright, essayist, novelist, and poet discussed his artistic inspirations and future plans during an interview with CNN.