These top 10 stories across the nation’s newspapers might interest you
1. Court rejects Sen Adeyemi’s plea to nullify results of Kogi APC guber primary
The Federal High Court in Abuja on Wednesday declined to declare the All Progressives Congress, APC-conducted governorship primary poll invalid ahead of the Kogi state governor election scheduled for November 11.
2. Tinubu promises to roll out palliatives, stable power at meeting with Class of 1999 governors
President Bola Tinubu on Wednesday promised to come up with palliatives to cushion the effects of the fuel subsidy removal on Nigerians.
3. Reps ask JAMB to extend UTME result validity to three years
The House of Representatives on Wednesday asked the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) to extend the validity of the Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME) results to three years.
4. Court adjourns trial of 4 suspects arrested for UTME malpractice, impersonation in Ondo
The Federal High Court, Akure, on Wednesday, adjourned the trial of four suspects arrested for impersonation and examination malpractices during the Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME) in Ondo State.
5. Reps to intervene in NFF/Falcons dispute ahead of Women’s World Cup
The House of Representatives on Wednesday resolved to intervene in the dispute between the country’s women’s national soccer team, the Super Falcons, and the Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) ahead of this year’s World Cup in Australia and New Zealand.
6. Anthrax: Senate advocates nationwide vaccination of livestock
The Senate on Wednesday urged the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control, (NCDC), Federal Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development to embark on nationwide vaccination of livestock in the country with the anthrax spore vaccine.
7. Barbican, Honeywell owners to meet with FBN stakeholders amid shareholders’ rift
The owners of Barbican Capital Limited, and its affiliate, Honeywell Group, Obafemi Otudeko and Foluke Oyeleye, will meet with stakeholders of FBN Holdings this week.
8. In-fighting among Otudeko, Otedola, others costs First Bank shareholders N61bn
Shareholders of First Bank of Nigeria (FBN) Holdings lost about eight per cent of their investment on Wednesday, as the rift between Oba Otudeko and other majority shareholders took a toll on the firm.
9. Troops kill 3 suspected bandits, recover weapons in Plateau
Troops of the 3 Division Nigerian Army deployed to quell the crisis in Mangu Local Government Area of Plateau State on Wednesday killed three suspected bandits in the area.
10. Balogun rejoins Rangers on one year deal
Super Eagles defender Leon Balogun has made a return to Scottish Premiership club Rangers as he signed a fresh one-year contract.
