Good morning! Here is today’s summary from Nigerian Newspapers:
1. Major General Abubakar Rabe (rtd) who died two weeks after he was kidnapped by bandits has been laid to rest. The burial, conducted in Katsina in accordance with Islamic rites, drew family members, senior military officers, government officials and residents, many of whom described the occasion as both solemn and deeply painful.
2. The protest against widespread insecurity has entered its third day in Nigeria’s capital city. The protesters, who are demanding improved security, blocked a bridge on Karu-Nyanya expressway, which links Nasarawa and Abuja. Wielding placards and chanting anti-government songs, they demanded that the government wake up to its responsibility of protecting lives.
3. Suspected members of Boko Haram/ISWAP terrorists on Saturday invaded Kautikari village of the Chibok Local Government Area in Borno State, setting primary and day secondary schools ablaze. Sources said the incident, which erupted at about 7 p.m. on Saturday, forced residents to flee the community into the bush for safety.
4. The Federal Government has announced the next stage of recruitment into the Nigeria Immigration Service, NIS, the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps, NSCDC, and the Federal Fire Service, FFS and Nigeria Correctional Service, NCoS. Applicants who sat for the Civil Defence, Correctional, Fire and Immigration Services Board, CDCFIB recruitment test last November are expected to check if they made the shortlist for physical screening.
5. A former Head of State, Gen. Abdulsalami Abubakar (retd.), has dismissed claims that Chief MKO Abiola was poisoned, insisting that an autopsy conducted
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