Good morning! Here is today’s summary from Nigerian Newspapers: 1. Soldiers, police personnel and vigilantes are currently tracking the abductors of no
1. Soldiers, police personnel and vigilantes are currently tracking the abductors of no fewer than 31 train passengers who were whisked away from the Tom Ikimi Train Station, Igueben, Edo State, on Saturday. Among the victims are the Manager of the station, Godwin Okpe and head of security of the station, simply identified as Ikhayere and 29 passengers.
3. Two persons, including an ex-convict, were killed during a clash between two rival cults on Gambia Street, Mile One, Diobu, Port Harcourt, Rivers State, on Saturday. An eyewitness identified the cults as the Beach Deck of Iceland’ and Castro House of Degbam. The eyewitness said the Deygbam cult, led by a former member of the rival gang, ambushed the Iceland leader, Precious Adiele.
5. Four days after the Central Bank of Nigeria directed commercial banks to suspend over-the-counter dispensing of the new naira notes and use their Automated Teller Machines to ensure wider circulation, compliance level has been low as customers continue to get the old currency slated to be junked on January 31. Meanwhile, the policy on restriction on daily cash withdrawal takes off today, Monday, January 9.
7. Delta State Government, yesterday, claimed that it never denied the Labour Party nor its presidential candidate, Peter Obi venue to hold its campaign rally in the State. This is coming on the heels of media reports that the Peoples Democratic Party -led State government has blocked all possible avenues for LP and Obi to hold the rally.
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