Top Nigeria Newspaper Headlines Today 13th July 2024 [Saturday]

Below is the summary of Top Nigeria Newspaper Headlines for Today 13th July 2024 being Saturday.

Top Nigeria Newspaper Headlines Today 13th July 2024 [Saturday]

1. A tragic incident occurred on Friday morning in Jos, Plateau State capital, where a school building collapsed, resulting in the deaths of 22 victims and injuries to 132 others. The state Commissioner for Information and Communication, Hon Musa Ashom, reported the casualty figures as of 6 pm on Friday.

2. President Bola Tinubu removed Mohammed Bello-Koko from his position as Managing Director of the Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA) on Friday. He appointed Dr. Abubakar Dantsoho as the new MD and Senator Adedayo Adeyeye as the Board Chairman of the NPA.

3. The Nigerian Governors Forum, representing governors from all 36 states, has scheduled a crucial meeting next week to review the Supreme Court’s judgment that granted autonomy to local government councils across the country.

4. The Nigeria Union of Local Government Employees and the Association of Local Governments of Nigeria called on the Nigerian Financial Intelligence Unit on Friday to track council funds and prevent their diversion by council chairmen to state governors.

5. The Lagos State Traffic Management Authority (LASTMA) stated that its operatives were not responsible for the dead body found hanging by the gate of an estate along the Lagos-Sagamu Expressway. This was disclosed by LASTMA General Manager, Mr. Olalekan Bakare-Oki, in a statement by Mr. Taofiq Adebayo, the agency’s Director of Public Affairs and Enlightenment Department, on Friday.

6. A woman and her son, known only as Chukwuemeka, allegedly beat a 14-year-old boy named Testimony to death at their home on Delta Street, Ayanre, off Ibiye bus stop, Badagry, Lagos. The boy was reportedly beaten for allegedly misplacing a N1,000 note given to him by one of the suspects to buy items at the market.

7. Dr. Emmanuel Barki, the acting rector of Benue Polytechnic, Ugbokolo, Benue State, and three staff members were kidnapped by gunmen on Thursday along the Otukpo-Otukpa Road.

8. President Bola Tinubu announced on Friday that plans are underway to complete the rehabilitation of the East-West Road, which connects Bayelsa, Rivers, and Akwa Ibom. This was revealed at the end of a three-day Stakeholders Summit organized by the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC) in Port Harcourt.

9. Edo State Police Commissioner, Funsho Adegboye, reported significant progress in the fight against cultists and other criminal gangs in the state. This announcement came as the State’s Police Command paraded three suspected cultists in Benin City, the Edo State capital.

10. President Bola Tinubu has renamed the National Theatre in Iganmu, Surulere, as the Wole Soyinka Centre for Culture and Creative Arts in honor of the literary giant, who turns 90. In a statement he personally signed, Tinubu described Soyinka as a “national treasure and global icon” whose remarkable literary achievements and unwavering dedication to human dignity and justice deserve all accolades.