‎ 10 things you need to know this Thursday morning

Nigerian Newspapers: 10 things you need to know this Thursday morning

By Ali Adoyi 









Good morning! Here are 10 things you need to know this morning:

1. A female bomber yesterday blew up herself while attempting to bomb some students at the Federal Collage of Education in Kotangora, Niger state. About three persons were also injured in the attack. The Niger State Police Public Relations Officer, DSP Ibrahim Gambari, who confirmed the incident, said it was only the female bomber that died. He also said only three persons were injured.

2. Nigerian Senators on the platform of the Peoples Democratic Party had after their closed door meeting yesterday, concluded that they would resume their work-to-rule protest following the insistence by PDP governors that President Jonathan reviews the agreement he reached with the Senators over the controversial automatic ticket.

3. A meeting aimed at presenting a Northern Consensus candidate for the APC which held at the Transcorp Hilton, Abuja on Wednesday was boycotted by some of the presidential aspirants. Only Atiku Abubakar attended the parley.

4. Following complaints by South African government that the bodies of those killed in the synagogue collapsed building were being held for too long, Governor Fashola of Lagos State, yesterday gave an approval on the repatriation of 54 corpses to South Africa.

5. The Ekiti State House of Assembly Speaker, Dr. Adewale Omirin, has accused Governor Ayodele Fayose of freezing the bank accounts of the state Assembly. He also decried alleged continuous blackmail and intimidation of the Assembly members by the Governor over the refusal of the 19 All Progressives Congress members to defect to the Peoples Democratic Party.

6. A Senior Advocate of Nigeria, Mr. Femi Falana, has taken on political leaders in the country for the loss of thousands of lives to Boko Haram sect. Falana was of the opinion that leaders promote religion to the detriment of the unity of the country, hence the growing insurgents' activities. He was speaking on Wednesday at the 7th edition of Emeritus Prof. David Ijalaiye (SAN) and celebration of his 50th years of service.

7. Report says the Speaker of the House of Representatives, Aminu Tambuwal has surprisingly joined the race for presidential ticket of the All Progressives Congress, APC. The speaker who has reportedly picked up the party's expression of interest and nomination forms may submit same before the end of this week.

8. A Peoples Democratic Party's presidential aspirant, Prof. Akasoba Duke-Abiola, has asked a Federal High Court in Abuja to stop the party from nominating any candidate for the 2015 election following the constant refusal of the party to issue her nomination and expression of interest forms after she had paid N2m for the said forms.

9. Report says a mysterious fire had razed 100 house in Soro town, Ganjuwa Local Government Area of Bauchi State.
Acting District Head of Soro, Alhaji Muhammad Kilishi, said the local government cannot exactly say what led to the fire outbreak.

10. Local hunters in Maiha Local Government Area of Adamawa State have disclosed that 80 members of the Boko Haram insurgents were reportedly killed yesterday in their encounter with them. Report says the hunters had as a result, recovered Mahia Local Government headquarters from the hands of the insurgents.

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Sodiq Oyeleke is a Media, Human Resources, Project Management and Public Relations Practitioner