Good morning! Here is today’s summary from Nigerian Newspapers:
1. The Presidency has cleared Hon. Femi Gbajabiamila, Chief of Staff to the President, of the bribery allegations levelled against him by Prince Adeniyi Adeyemi, an acclaimed Director General of the Presidential Foreign Intervention Promotion Council/Presidential Economic Advisory Council. Adeyemi had accused Gbajabiamila of demanding N27,395,510,136 take-off grant of the agency, an allegation the former Speaker denied.
2. Bandits, who invaded Dansarai, a farming community in Malumfashi Local Government Area of Katsina State, got more than they bargained for, on Tuesday, as the villagers put up resistance. Residents said on Wednesday that the attackers stormed the community on motorcycles, wielding sophisticated weapons, including AK-47 rifles.
3. No fewer than five people working closely with a former Minister of State for Petroleum Resources, Timipre Sylva, have been arraigned by the Department of State Service, DSS. They were arraigned for allegedly concealing information regarding the whereabouts of their principal who has been in hiding since when he was linked to an alleged coup plot.
4. The Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission, ICPC, has detailed its case against former Minister of Science, Technology and Innovation, Geoffrey Uchechukwu Nnaji, saying it is investigating allegations that he submitted a forged degree certificate from the University of Nigeria, Nsukka, UNN, and a false National Youth Service Corps, NYSC discharge certificate during his ministerial screening in 2023.
5. The Naira on Wednesday appreciated to N1,385 per dollar in the parallel market from N1,390 per dollar on Tuesday. Similarly, the
