Top Nigeria Newspaper Headlines Today 2nd July 2024 [Tuesday]

Below is the summary of top Nigeria Newspaper Headlines for today 2nd July 2024 being Tuesday.

Top Nigeria Newspaper Headlines Today 2nd July 2024 [Tuesday]

1. Nyesom Wike, Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), vowed that Ireti Kingibe, the Senator representing the FCT, won’t return to the senate in 2027. This was in response to her earlier claim that FCT residents were not impressed with his performance.

2. Twenty-five people were killed and 127 others injured in two road accidents in Kano State on Monday. Among the survivors, 25 remained unconscious as doctors, nurses, and other supporting staff worked to resuscitate them.

3. Amid the increasing demand for an efficient and responsive police system, Senate Leader Opeyemi Bamidele lamented on Monday that the Nigeria Police, as currently constituted, is not properly established to succeed in the country.

4. The Nigerian Air Force confirmed on Monday that one of its Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs) crashed in Kaduna. An investigation has commenced to ascertain the cause of the mishap, with no casualties reported as it was unmanned equipment.

5. The Nigeria Customs Service intercepted a 40ft container laden with various categories of arms and nine containers loaded with codeine at Onne Port, Rivers State. Comptroller General of Customs, Bashir Adewale Adeniyi, displayed the intercepted weapons and drugs on Monday, revealing they were brought into the country from Turkey.

6. As Premium Motor Spirit, also known as petrol, from the Dangote Petrochemical Refinery hits the local market in two to three weeks, petroleum marketers expressed concern on Monday that the product’s price may be higher than expected. This follows the refinery’s failed attempt to get feedstock locally from international oil companies.

7. INEC Chairman, Prof. Mahmood Yakubu, stated that the commission has no constitutional power to conduct local government elections except in the Federal Capital Territory. He made this comment on the sidelines of a two-day induction retreat for INEC Resident Electoral Commissioners on Monday in Lagos.

8. The Federal Capital Territory Police Command announced on Sunday that its personnel had rescued two people kidnapped from the Guto village in the Bwari Area Council. Gunmen had stormed the village on Sunday morning and abducted the victims.

9. The Akwa Ibom State Police Command arrested four suspected fake Economic and Financial Crimes Commission officers while they were planning to abduct and collect a ransom of N150m from their victim. The suspects were paraded alongside other criminal elements at the command headquarters in Uyo on Monday.

10. The Naira appreciated in the parallel market to N1,510 per dollar on Monday from N1,515 per dollar last Friday. However, it depreciated to N1,508.99 per dollar in the Nigerian Autonomous Foreign Exchange Market (NAFEM).