Good morning! Here’s a roundup of today’s top stories from Nigerian newspapers:
1. Former Kaduna State Governor, Senator Ahmad Makarfi, has tragically lost his eldest son, Faisal Ahmad Makarfi. Faisal and two others were reportedly involved in a car accident along the Zaria-Kaduna Expressway on Saturday evening, as they were returning from Makarfi town. Faisal was pronounced dead at a health facility on Zaria Road, while doctors were still fighting to save the lives of the other victims.
2. Justice Deinde Dipeolu of the Federal High Court in Lagos has scheduled November 1, 2024, to deliver a ruling on the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC)’s application for the final forfeiture of $2.045 million and assets tied to former Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) Governor, Godwin Emefiele. The court will also address Emefiele’s challenge to the court’s jurisdiction in handling the forfeiture case.
3. Vice-President Kashim Shettima has said the low labor force participation occasioned by the staggering unemployment rate in Nigeria must be reversed. Shettima made the promise during the launch of the Nasarawa State Human Capital Development Strategy Document and Gender Transformative Human Capital Development Policy Framework in Lafia, the state capital, on Saturday.
4. At least two residents of Ikpelle community in Agatu Local Government Area of Benue State were killed, while many houses were set ablaze during an attack by gunmen. Locals said the separate incidents happened between Thursday and Friday in Ikpelle and Egwuma communities in the rural Agatu River.
5. Gunmen suspected to be cultists on Saturday killed one Adeleke Adeyinka, a councillorship candidate of the All Progressives Congress, APC, in the forthcoming local government election in Ogun State. He was reportedly shot dead in broad daylight at Jide Jones area, Oke Ilewo, Abeokuta.
6. The major opposition political party, the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, has commenced the conduct of its state congress in Kano. The party also vowed to bounce back strong and form a formidable party to reclaim power in 2027.
7. The Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Governors Forum has called for an emergency meeting on Monday to discuss various issues affecting the party. Reports said that PDP stakeholders were considering the establishment of a caretaker committee to guide the party towards a National Convention to elect a new National Working Committee.
8. The Delta State Police Command has arrested a man for allegedly stabbing a girl after a sex romp in Agbor, Ika South Local Government Area, Delta State. It was gathered that the man simply identified as Mr Daniel, was alleged to have stabbed the sex worker in a brothel, Apple Inn, on Friday night, after an altercation over his refusal to pay the agreed fee.
9. Men of the Ogun State Police Command have arrested 41-year-old Ibrahim Aliu in Papa Olosun, Oja Odan in the Yewa North Local Government Area of the state for allegedly defiling his 12-year-old daughter (name withheld). Aliu was arrested on Thursday after his estranged wife, Temitope Egbebi, complained to him at the Oja Odan Divisional Police Office.
10. The Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) has denied claims by the Nigeria Army that its members recently attacked soldiers camped at the Aba Branch, Ehime-Mbano in Imo State. The group’s spokesman, Emma Powerful, said in a statement he released to newsmen over the weekend that the claims were false and mockery of the institution itself.
