Good morning! Here is today’s summary from Nigerian Newspapers:
1. The police will arraign Adeniyi Adeyemi, self-acclaimed Director-General, DG of the controversial Presidential Foreign Intervention Promotion Council, PFIPC at the Federal High Court in Abuja, on Tuesday. In a fresh court document marked: FHC/ABJ/CR/562/2025, Adeyemi and two others were charged with eight counts of forgery, impersonation, among others.
2. A coalition of youths and students on Sunday staged a protest in Maiduguri, the Borno State capital, against insecurity and other forms of criminality in the North-East and across Nigeria. The protesters, carrying placards with various inscriptions, called on the Federal Government to deploy all available resources to rescue the schoolchildren abducted in Mussa and Lassa communities in Askira-Uba Local Government Area of Borno State.
3. Gunmen have killed 36 people, including nine members of the same family, in separate attacks on communities in Plateau, Benue and Niger states. The attacks, which occurred over the weekend, are the latest in a series of assaults on rural communities by armed men who have continued to kill and kidnap residents while destroying livelihoods.
4. Edo State Independent Electoral Commission, EDSIEC, has declared the All Progressives Congress the winner of the local government election held across 192 wards and 18 local government areas. A total of 12 political parties fielded candidates for the election. Chairman of EDSIEC, Johnson Aifuobhokhan, said APC candidates won all the councillorship seats and the 18 chairmanship seats.
5. The Federal Ministry of Education has given approval for the National Examinations Council, NECO and the West African Examinations
