Good morning! Here is today’s summary from Nigerian Newspapers: 1. President Bola Tinubu, on Monday, hailed the winner of the June 12, 1993 presidential
1. President Bola Tinubu, on Monday, hailed the winner of the June 12, 1993 presidential election, Chief MKO Abiola. He described the late businessman who died in suspicious circumstances after his election was annulled by the late Gen Sani Abacha, as the symbol of democracy.
3. The Presidency on Sunday explained its decision to back a Christian as a Senate President. It explained that Nigeria could not afford to have a Muslim as a Senate President at this time having produced Muslims as President and the Vice-President. Vice-President Kashim Shettima said this at a dinner with lawmakers in Abuja.
5. Elder statesman and Ijaw leader, Chief Edwin Clark, says he won’t comment much on the Bola Tinubu presidency until the conclusion of the election petitions tribunal where the outcome of the February 25 presidential poll is being challenged. Clark stated this in an interview with NAN in Abuja ahead of the 30th anniversary of the annulment of June 12 presidential election.
7. The Joint Task – 10th Assembly, a coalition of members-elect of the 10th House of Representatives across party lines, has said two leading contenders, Aliyu Betara and Yusuf Gagdi, have stepped down for the All Progressives Congress, APC, consensus speakership candidate, Tajudeen Abbas.
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