Good morning! Here is today’s summary from Nigerian Newspapers: 1. Former President Olusegun Obasanjo has said the outcome of this year’s general
1. Former President Olusegun Obasanjo has said the outcome of this year’s general elections has made Nigeria more divided than ever before. He said the administration after President Muhammadu Buhari must find ways of healing the wounds caused by the division.
3. An FCT High Court has stopped the Nigerian Army and the Ministry of Defence, among others, from trespassing on plots of land located at highbrow Maitama Extension, popularly known as Maitama Aliero. Justice U. P. Kekemeke restrained the defendants pending the determination of a subsisting case before it.
5. The All Progressives Congress governors under the umbrella of Progressive Governors Forum have declared that they would not interfere in the election of principal officers of the National Assembly. The governors who rose from a marathon meeting in Abuja yesterday, said the new and old members were intelligent enough to understand the expectations of Nigerians from the ruling party.
7. Opposition yesterday piled against the federal government’s planned removal of subsidy on petrol, otherwise known as premium motor spirit, PMS, and its decision to secure an $800 million World Bank facility as a palliative to cushion the effect on the people. The resistance came from Nigeria Labour Congress, NLC, Trade Union Congress, TUC, Nigeria Employers Consultative Association, NECA, and northern youths, under the aegis of the Northern Youth Council of Nigeria, NYCN.
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