Good morning! Here is today’s summary from Nigerian Newspapers;
1. The Senate on Tuesday unsealed the office of Senator Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan (Kogi Central) located in Suite 2.05 of the Senate wing. The action was carried out by a Deputy Director of the Sergeant-At-Arms, Alabi Adedeji, according to a video of the unsealing seen by our correspondent.
2. President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has directed the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, Nyesom Wike, to immediately commence the construction of two hostels, each with a 300-room capacity, for the Nigerian Law School in Abuja. The President also directed the construction of a road linking the Body of Benchers Secretariat in Jabi District with Nile University.
3. Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN, Yemi Cardoso, says 14 Nigerian banks have fully met the new capital requirement in the ongoing recapitalisation exercise. Cardoso said this on Tuesday in Abuja, while presenting a communiqué from the 302nd meeting of Monetary Policy Committee, MPC of the CBN.
4. The African Democratic Congress, ADC, has fired back at the Presidency over its recent assertion that President Bola Tinubu has no plans to extend his tenure beyond 2031, describing the remarks as presumptuous and patently undemocratic. In a statement issued by its National Publicity Secretary, Mallam Bolaji Abdullahi, the ADC asserts that the President’s mandate ends in 2027.
5. The National Assembly has extended its annual recess by two weeks. The federal lawmakers had embarked on their recess on July 23, and were billed to resume on Tuesday. But the Clerk to the National Assembly, Kamoru Ogunlana Esq, in a statement said the resumption date had been rescheduled for October 7, 2025.
6. A special court-martial of the Nigerian Army in Maiduguri, Borno State, has sentenced three soldiers to life imprisonment and another to 15 years for illegal arms deals carried out in connivance with police officers and terrorists. Delivering judgment, Brigadier General Mohammed Abdullahi, president of the court-martial, pronounced Raphael Ameh, a sergeant; Ejiga Musa, a sergeant; and Patrick Ocheje, a lance corporal guilty.
7. The Joint Action Committee of the Senior Staff Association of Nigerian Universities and the Non-academic Staff Union of Universities and Allied Institutions has extended the strike ultimatum issued to the government by two weeks. In a joint letter signed by SSANU President, Muhammed Ibrahim, the unions decried the “unjust disbursement of the earned allowances to staff of universities, non-payment of outstanding allowances, among others.”
8. An accident involving a 40ft container truck and a tricycle has claimed the lives of a yet-to-be-identified policeman and a female passenger in the Ijora Seven-Up area of Lagos State. It was learnt from a statement by the Lagos State Traffic Management Authority that the incident happened on Tuesday morning.
9. The All Progressives Congress (APC) has inaugurated a 1,800-man campaign council to defeat incumbent, Prof. Chukwuma Soludo, in the Nov. 8 governorship election in Anambra. The National Chairman of the party, Nentawe Yilwatda, said during the inauguration in Awka on Tuesday that the party had the wherewithal to win the election.
10. The First Lady, Sen. Oluremi Tinubu, says the National Library fund has raised about N20.4 billion since its launch on Sept. 18, ahead of her 65th birthday. Ahead of her birthday on September 21, Mrs Tinubu unveiled a fundraising initiative aimed at completing the country’s long-abandoned National Library headquarters in Abuja.
Nigerian Newspapers: 10 things you need to know Wednesday morning
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