Nigerian newspapers: 10 things you need to know this Thursday morning
1. Eyitayo Jegede has emerged winner of the governorship primaries of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, which held on Wednesday in Akure, the Ondo State capital. Out of the 2111 delegates who voted during the primaries, Jegede who was the standard-bearer of the party in 2016 polled 888 votes to emerge the winner while his closest rival, the embattled Deputy Governor of the state, Agboola Ajayi scored 667.
3. Boko Haram have executed five aid workers. Footage of the recorded murder became public on Wednesday. The terrorists confirmed that their victims were humanitarian staff of non-governmental organizations. Five men, with their faces covered, stood behind the abductees and shot them after making comments.
5. President Muhammadu Buhari has condemned the recent murder of five staff of humanitarian agencies in Borno State. Buhari in a statement signed by his Senior Special Assistant on Media and Publicity, Garba Shehu, sympathised with the families of the five aid workers, assuring them that his government will continue to do all it can to ensure that every remaining vestige of Boko Haram is wiped out completely from Nigeria and that the perpetrators of the atrocity will face the law.6.
8. The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control has announced 543 new confirmed cases of COVID-19. NCDC revealed this via its official Twitter handle. It brings the total number of cases in the country to 38,344. Lagos State, FCT and Oyo still has the highest number of cases with 13,806, 3,297 and 2,219 respectively.
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