Top Nigeria Newspaper Headlines Today 20th October 2024 [Sunday]

Below is the summary of Top Nigeria Newspaper Headlines for Today 20th October 2024 being Sunday.

Top Nigeria Newspaper Headlines Today 20th October 2024 [Sunday]

1. President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has returned to Abuja after a two-week working vacation in the United Kingdom. He arrived at the Presidential Wing of the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport around 7:20 p.m. and was welcomed by senior officials of his administration.

2. The Kaduna State Independent Electoral Commission (KAD-SIECOM) has declared the All Progressives Congress (APC) as the winner of all 23 chairmanship and 255 councilorship seats in Saturday’s local government elections.

3. Bala Tsoho Musa, the Principal of Abuja Rehabilitation Center, was killed by an unidentified assailant. Musa, also known as “comrade,” was found dead inside the center on Friday night in Kuchiko, Bwari Area Council of Abuja.

4. Governor Umar A. Namadi of Jigawa State has suspended Auwalu Dalladi Sankara, Commissioner for Special Duties, from his position pending an investigation into allegations from Kano State Hisbah, according to a statement by the Secretary to the Jigawa State Government, Malam Bala Ibrahim.

5. An Assistant Superintendent of Police (ASP) from the Lagos State Police Command was killed in the Agege area of Lagos on Saturday morning, with irate Okada riders blamed for the incident.

6. Two prominent Labour Party stakeholders in Abia State were kidnapped by unknown gunmen during a meeting at a hotel in Aba on Saturday. The victims were taken to an undisclosed location.

7. Nyesom Wike, the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), stated that he would continue to oppose former Vice President Atiku Abubakar, Peter Obi, and Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) governors. He also criticized Rivers State Governor Siminalayi Fubara, calling him ungrateful for allegedly disrespecting some elders.

8. The Maritime Workers Union of Nigeria (MWUN) has threatened to shut down Nigeria’s ports over the non-payment of nine months’ salaries owed to its members working under the Council for the Regulation of Freight Forwarding in Nigeria (CRFFN), urging the federal government to resolve the issue promptly.

9. Oyo State Governor Seyi Makinde warned against allowing Nigeria to turn into a one-party state. He made this statement during an interaction with the PDP Press Corps at the Fashola Agribusiness Hub in Oyo town over the weekend.

10. The Nigerian Army refuted claims of a leadership vacuum due to the absence of Chief of Army Staff Lieutenant General Taoreed Lagbaja, asserting that the service remains fully operational and that the rumors circulating on social media are unfounded.