Nigerian newspapers: 10 things you need to know this Saturday morning
1. The Senate Committee on the Diaspora and Non-Governmental Organisations yesterday, decided to invite the Ministry of Foreign Affairs to seek an end to the xenophobic attacks against Nigerians by South Africans. Chairman of the committee, Senator Ajibola Basiru, said it has become very urgent to take decisive action in putting an end to brazen and fatal attacks on Nigerians in all parts of the world.
3. A former Deputy National Publicity Secretary of the All Progressives Congress , Comrade Timi Frank, on Friday insisted that the Peoples Democratic Party would lose the forthcoming Governorship election in Bayelsa state for choosing to field a weak candidate. He, therefore, congratulated the candidate of the APC in Bayelsa state, David Lyon, ahead of the elections.
5. Police escorting Borno State Governor, Professor Babagana Umara Zulum Friday repelled an ambush staged by suspected Boko Haram insurgents between Bama and Konduga Local Government Areas in the northeast region. According to some police escort, they successfully repelled the ambush and there was no casualty on their side. One of the police escorts said they could not get the governor, adding that It was the last policy vehicle that was attacked after the governor passed.
7. Former Zimbabwe National Army Chief of Staff, Major General Trust Mugoba was confirmed dead on Friday. His death was confirmed a few hours after the demise of the ex-president, Robert Mugabe. Mugoba passed away at a private hospital in Harare a week after he was admitted with an undisclosed ailment. Mugoba left his post in March 2017 after he was seconded to the African Union where he assumed the position of Chief of Staff of the continental’s body’s Stand-by Force.
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