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Monday, April 24, 2017

The Newspapers: Things You Need To Know This Monday



The Newspapers: Things You Need To Know This Monday






Good morning! Here is today’s summary from Nigerian Newspapers:



1. The Nigerian Army in Kaduna State have recovered large cache of arms and ammunition in southern part of Kaduna State on Saturday 22nd April 2017. This recovery was made through the recently launched Operation HARBIN KUNAMA II. A statement from the Director Army Public Relations Officer, Brigadier General Sani Usman said the discovery followed the cordon and search of Gwaska, Dangoma, Angwan Far and Bakin Kogi general area of Southern Kaduna State.



2. Senator representing Osun West, Isiaka Adeleke died on Sunday at the age of 62. The three-term Senator died at Bikets hospital in Oshogbo, the Osun state capital, after suffering a heart attack according to family sources.



3. The Arewa Youth Consultative Forum, AYCF, has alleged that a cabal in the current government has turned President Muhammadu Buhari into a private property. AYCF made the claim while expressing worry over the continuous absence of the President in public. In a statement by its leader, Yerima Shettima, the Northern group maintained that the President was not elected to stay indoors.



4. The Chief of Administration, Nigerian Army, Maj.Gen. Idris Alkali, and the acting General Officer Commanding 7 Division, Nigerian Army, Brig. Gen. Victor Ezugwu, escaped death on Saturday after their convoy ran into four hidden Improvised Explosive Devices during their journey to Bama, Borno State. According to a statement by the Director, Army Public Relations, Brig. Gen. Sani Usman, the Explosive Ordinance Device team was able to quickly detect the IEDs and defused them.



5. Report says the panel set up by President Muhammadu Buhari to investigate the suspended Director-General of the National Intelligence Agency, Amb. Ayo Oke, and the Secretary to the Government of the Federation, Babachir Lawal, has sent out letters to some NIA officials, demanding their appearance before it today.. They were also asked to come with some relevant documents, which would be submitted to the panel.



6. Report also has it that an auto crash in Anambra State which occurred on Awor Road, Oraifite village, in the Ekwusigo Local Government Area of the state, resulted to death of a man identified as Chinedu Nwannem, his two children and two sisters-in-law. The accident resulted from a speeding vehicle.



7. The Governor of Ekiti State, Ayodele Fayose, has said that President Muhammadu Buhari has now become a part-time and ceremonial President who is only seen during the Friday Jumat service at the Presidential Villa. Speaking on Sunday, through his Special Assistant on Public Communications and New Media, Lere Olayinka, the governor said it was necessary for Nigerians to be properly informed about the health of their President.



8. The Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, has raised the alarm over the alleged kidnapping of its members by security operatives in the South East and South-South geo-political zones, saying the latest victim was its Africa representative, Mr. George Onyeibe. Onyeibe, who hailed from Agbor, Delta State, and a member of IPOB’s Directorate of State, DOS, who was allegedly kidnapped from his house at Obiakpor, Rivers State by people suspected to be members of the Department of State Services, DSS.



9. Report has it that even though the first executive governor of Osun state, Sen Isiaka Adeleke, who died, yesterday, in Osogbo was said to have died of cardiac arrest, indigenes of his home town, Ede, have insisted they need to know the cause of his death on the assumption that his death was not natural.



10. Chelsea midfielder, N’Golo Kante, has won the Professional Footballers Association, PFA, Player, of the Year award. The award ceremony was held on Sunday night. The Frenchman was voted as the best player in England for the 2016/2017 season by his fellow players.

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