Good morning! Here is today’s summary from Nigerian Newspapers:
1. The National Working Committee, NWC, of the All Progressives Congress, APC, has removed former Benue State Governor, Gabriel Suswam and former House of Representatives member, Gbenga Elegbeleye from the party’s final list of National Assembly candidates. The decision also saw the replacement of five other senatorial aspirants and 19 House of Representatives candidates.
2. President Bola Tinubu on Tuesday commended the performance of the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, FCT, Nyesom Wike, declaring that the former Rivers State governor fully understands the vision and intentions of his administration. He said Wike’s unprecedented infrastructure revolution across Abuja and the satellite towns has not only transformed communities but also restored public confidence in government through visible delivery of democratic dividends.
3. The federal government has said it would seek from its South African counterpart compensation for Nigerians forced to abandon businesses and other valuable properties as they returned home, following renewed anti-immigrant tensions in the country. This came as 269 more Nigerians arrived Lagos in the third government’s evacuation flight, thus bringing the total number so far evacuated to 603.
4. The Naira on Tuesday appreciated to N1,390 per dollar in the parallel market from N1,395 per dollar on Monday. Similarly, the naira appreciated to N1,376 per dollar in the Nigerian Foreign Exchange Market, NFEM.
5. The National Leader of the Nigeria Democratic Congress, Henry Seriake Dickson, has announced that the party has been granted access to the Independent National Electoral Commission, portal to upload the names
