Good morning! Here is today’s summary from Nigerian Newspapers;
1. The Defence Headquarters, DHQ has announced the successful rescue of Mrs Amina Abubakar, wife of the late Maj.-Gen Abubakar Rabe (Rtd.), former Director of Defence Information, following a fierce encounter between troops and bandits. In a statement issued on Monday, the Director of Defence Information, Maj.-Gen Samaila Uba, said the rescue was achieved during intensified search-and-rescue operations.
2. The Federal Government resumed the mass prosecution of terrorism suspects before a Federal High Court in Abuja following an earlier exercise in which about 500 were prosecuted. In the exercise that commenced on Monday, which is expected to run till Thursday, about 600 would be out on trial, according to the Attorney General of the Federation (AGF) and Minister of Justice, Lateef Fagbemi.
3. The Federation Account Allocation Committee, FAAC has shared a total of N2.257 trillion as the revenue generated in April among the Federal Government, the 36 states, and the 774 local government areas across the country. The revenue allocation was approved at the May meeting of FAAC in Abuja.
4. The governorship candidate of the Nigeria Democratic Congress, NDC in Kano State, Aminu Abdussalam Gwarzo, has picked Mustapha Rabiu Kwankwaso, the biological son of Senator Rabiu Musa Kwankwaso, as his running mate. The young Kwankwaso is the immediate past Commissioner for Youths and Sports.
5. The Federal High Court in Abuja on Monday ordered the deregistration of African Democratic Congress and four others over failure to meet the constitutional
