Top Nigeria Newspaper Headlines Today 27th July 2024 [Saturday]

Below is the summary of Top Nigeria Newspaper Headlines for Today 27th July 2024 being Saturday.

Top Nigeria Newspaper Headlines Today 27th July 2024 [Saturday]

1. Inspector-General of Police Kayode Egbetokun has requested that all groups planning the proposed nationwide protest submit their details to the Commissioners of Police in their respective states. Speaking at Force Headquarters in Abuja on Friday, he emphasized that the requirement is to ensure the protest remains peaceful.

2. Former Chairman of the National Human Rights Commission, Chidi Odinkalu, has accused politicians of using judges to undermine Nigeria’s democratic system. He criticized governors for prioritizing vehicle donations to their associates over addressing the needs of the electorate.

3. The Muslim Rights Concern (MURIC) and Muslim Public Affairs Centre (MPAC) have called for punitive actions, including banning an upcoming film in Nigeria that depicts women in niqabs committing crimes such as bank robbery. The groups expressed their concerns in separate statements on Friday.

4. The Rivers State High Court has issued a fresh order preventing the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) from proceeding with its planned congresses in the state. The court halted the congresses scheduled to take place in the wards, 23 local government areas, and the state on July 27, August 10, and August 31.

5. New tensions have emerged within the Labour Party (LP) as the 2014 executive regrouped and called for the implementation of a 2018 consent judgment. If enforced, this judgment could render Julius Abure’s leadership illegal.

6. President Bola Tinubu has approved the creation of the Sector-wide Coordinating Office-Programme Management Unit (SCO-PMU), which will be housed within the Office of the Coordinating Minister of Health and Social Welfare.

7. On Friday, filling stations in Abuja and neighboring states such as Niger, Nasarawa, and Kogi were closed as oil marketers expressed concerns over the planned nationwide protest. Retail outlets, including those operated by the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited in Kubwa, Salbas Oil, Eterna, and Gegu Oil along the Kubwa-Zuba expressway, ceased fuel dispensing.

8. The Federal Government announced on Friday that 125 Boko Haram terrorists and their financiers were convicted in a resumed mass trial over two days in Kainji, Niger State. Attorney General of the Federation, Lateef Fagbemi, revealed this in a statement issued by the Special Adviser to the President on Communication & Publicity, Kamarudeen Ogundele.

9. A fire at a factory warehouse in Lagos on Friday destroyed goods estimated to be worth millions of naira. The Lagos State Management Agency reported the incident, which occurred at Josien Factory Warehouse in Abule Osun, Lagos State. LASEMA Permanent Secretary, Olufemi Oke-Osanyintolu, provided details of the incident.

10. An explosion, suspected to be caused by an Improvised Explosive Device (IED), occurred at the Buni Yadi market in Gujba Local Government Area of Yobe State. A local resident, Ali Hassan, reported that the explosion happened around 12:30 PM on Friday, injuring a girl.