Good morning! Here is today’s summary from Nigerian Newspapers: 1. A wave of opposition grew on Wednesday against the 50 per cent telecommunications tariff hike approved by the Nigerian Communications Commission, NCC. Nigeria Labour Congress, NLC, Trade Union Congress, TUC and Coalition of Northern Groups, CNG described it as insensitive.
They said it came at a time workers and the masses were grappling with unprecedented economic hardship. 2. The Department of State Services has filed a five-count terrorism-related charges against the Kaduna-based activist and social critic, Mahdi Shehu, over his recent activities online and offline. The charges were filed at the Federal High Court sitting in Kaduna last Friday, two days after he was re-arrested by plain-clothes security operatives at his clinic in Unguwar Dosa. 3.
Mpu community in the Aninri Local Government Area of Enugu State erupted in jubilation, on Wednesday, over the return of Mrs. Beatrice Ekweremadu, wife of former Deputy Senate President, Senator Ike Ekweremadu, from a United Kingdom prison. It was gathered that Mrs. Ekweremadu, who was sentenced to five years in prison in May 2023 for her involvement in an organ trafficking plot, returned to Nigeria on Tuesday. 7.
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