Good morning! Here is today’s summary of Nigerian newspapers:
1. The presidency has announced that the Presidential CNG Initiative (Pi-CNG), which was established in October 2023, will deliver compressed natural gas (CNG) for public transit on the one anniversary of the Bola Tinubu administration. Tinubu’s assistant, Bayo Onanuga, stated on Sunday that the Michael Oluwagbemi committee, which is driving the campaign, has produced some significant foundational reforms.
2. On Saturday night, bandits invaded Dutse, a Federal Capital Territory (FCT) suburb administered by the Bwari Area Council, kidnapping at least five people. The bandits infiltrated the community via the hilly region that connects it to Mpape, another community in the FCT.
3. The House of Representatives will now hold a nationwide discourse about state policing. Vice President Kashmir Shettima is slated to join two former Nigerian leaders and top security officials to the one-day event, which will take place at the Abuja Continental Hotel.
4. Today (Monday), the Court of Appeal in Abuja will hear the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission’s appeal against a Kogi State High Court judgment that barred the anti-graft agency from detaining Kogi State’s immediate past governor, Yahaya Bello.
5. According to the Independent Petroleum Marketers Association of Nigeria, the Dangote refinery is anticipated to lower its diesel prices even further, to around N700 per liter. The National Vice President of IPMAN, Hammed Fashola, revealed this on Wednesday while thanking Dangote. The refinery would reduce the price of diesel from above N1,200 to N1,000.
6. The Kenya Police Service has apprehended Nadeem Anjarwalla, a fugitive Binance executive, as the International Criminal Police Organization prepares to extradite him to Nigeria within a week. Government sources familiar with the matter confirmed the development on Sunday night.
7. According to reports, gunmen attacked the Oluke community in Ogun State’s Ewekoro Local Government Area on Thursday afternoon, killing one person and injuring two local leaders. This comes as the state Police Command announced on Sunday that it has launched an investigation into the attack.
8. First Bank’s Board of Directors has appointed Segun Alebiosu, Executive Director and Chief Risk Officer, as the bank’s acting Managing Director and Chief Executive will succeed Adesola Kazeem Adeduntan, who quit unexpectedly. He is anticipated to start the role on an interim basis until he is cleared by the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN).
9. Governor Lucky Aiyedatiwa of Ondo State has won the All Progressives Congress (APC) gubernatorial primary for the November 16 election. Aiyedatiwa, who succeeded the late Rotimi Akeredolu in December, defeated 15 other candidates in the poll, which lasted till the following day.
10. On Sunday, hundreds of fleeing people from the Bini hamlet in Zamfara State’s Maru Local Government Area assaulted Government House in Gusau, seeking government protection against bandits. The inhabitants, mostly women and children, claimed they fled their village following the pullout of military personnel from the area.
