Good morning! Here is today’s summary from Nigerian Newspapers:
1. President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has approved salary increment of between 30 and 80 per cent for personnel of Nigerian armed forces. Bayo Onanuga, Special Adviser to the President on Information and Strategy, disclosed this in a statement on Tuesday.
2. A Federal High Court sitting in Abuja, on Tuesday, dismissed a suit filed by the National Democratic Congress, NDC, challenging some provisions of the 2026 Electoral Act. Specifically, the provision challenged by one of the main opposition parties is the qualification and disqualification of candidates for elective offices.
3. A gripping account of how the self-styled Director-General of the fake Presidential Foreign Investment Promotion Council, PFIPC, Adeniyi Adeyemi Mathew, swindled his friend of N400million was given on Tuesday. A businessman, Mr. Gbenga Collins, told the House of Representatives Ad-hoc Committee investigating the activities of the purported agency that Adeyemi allegedly lured him with the promise of a lucrative government contract.
4. Federal Capital Territory Minister, Nyesom Wike and former Transportation Minister Rotimi Amaechi yesterday clashed over John Cardinal Onaiyekan’s position on the President Bola Ahmed Tinubu administration. Amaechi, who is Wike’s predecessor as governor of Rivers State, defended Cardinal Onaiyekan over the backlash that followed his criticism of the administration, saying the Presidency should address the issues he raised instead of attacking him.
5. The Nigerian Association of Resident Doctors on Tuesday stepped back from its planned nationwide strike following a high-level meeting with the Federal Government at the State House, Abuja, where both sides reached agreements on key welfare, salary
