Today's Nigerian news features reports on the staggering amount of ransom paid to kidnappers, the sentencing of three individuals for murdering a traditional ruler, the suspension of local government chairmen for misconduct, the postponement of the 2025 budget presentation, NNPC securing loans to support the Dangote refinery, and the arrest of beggars in Lagos.
Good morning! Here is today’s summary from Nigeria n News papers: 1. The National Bureau of Statistics, NBS, has said Nigeria ns paid N2.2 trillion as ransom across Nigeria between May 2023 and April 2024. Its document, titled: “The Crime Experience and Security Perception Survey, CESPS 2024,” revealed this yesterday in Abuja. 2. A Delta State High Court, sitting in Ibusa, Oshimili, has sentenced to death three persons for killing a traditional ruler of Ubulu-Uku, Obi Edward Ofulue III.
It also stated that the firm facilitated the $3bn Gazelle loan as a critical intervention to help stabilise the federation’s foreign exchange crisis. 6. The Lagos State Environmental Taskforce has arrested 17 persons, including eight minors in some parts of the state for alleged street begging. The Commissioner for Environment and Water Resources, Tokunbo Wahab, who disclosed this on his X.com handle on Tuesday stated that the operation was to maintain law and order in the metropolis. 7.
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