Nigerian News Top Stories: 1 October 2023

Nigerian News Top Stories: 1 October 2023

These top 10 stories across the nation’s newspapers might interest you.

1. PDP charges Tinubu, APC to come clean on president’s academic records

The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has charged President Bola Tinubu and the All Progressives Congress (APC) to come clean on his purported academic records from the Chicago State University (CSU) if they do not have anything to hide from the public.

2. Tribunal upholds Abiodun’s election as Ogun governor

The Ogun State governorship election petitions tribunal sitting in Abeokuta on Saturday upheld Governor Dapo Abiodun’s victory in the March 18 election in the state.

3. Tinubu vows to tackle poverty, insecurity in Nigeria

President Bola Tinubu on Saturday assured Nigerians his administration would come up with programmes and policies that would address poverty and insecurity in the country.

4. PDP guber candidate rejects verdict of Sokoto tribunal

The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) governorship candidate in Sokoto State, Saidu Umar, has rejected the verdict of the governorship election petition tribunal on the outcome of the March 18 election in the state.

5. Independence: Tinubu to address Nigerians Sunday

President Bola Tinubu will address Nigerians on the occasion of the country’s 63rd independence anniversary on Sunday morning.

6. Troops kill 4 suspected IPOB members, recover AK rifles in Anambra

Troops of Joint Task Force in the South-East, code-named Operation UDO KA II, have killed four suspected members of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) and its armed affiliate, the Eastern Security Network (ESN) in Anambra State.

7. Ex-Gov Ramalan Yero quits PDP

The former Kaduna State Governor, Ramalan Yero, has resigned from the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP).

8. Osun tribunal sacks PDP lawmaker, orders rerun

The National and State Assembly Election Petitions Tribunal sitting in Osogbo on Saturday nullified the victory of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) candidate, Awoyeye Jeremiah in the March 18 election held in Ife Central State Constituency.

9. Olubadan urges organised labour to shelve planned strike

The Olubadan of Ibadan land, Oba Lekan Balogun, on Saturday, appealed with the organised labour to shelve the planned nationwide strike.

10. Referees’ body admits error in disallowing Diaz goal in Liverpool defeat

For disallowing Luis Diaz’s goal in Liverpool’s 2-1 defeat to Tottenham Hotspur in the Premier League on Saturday, the Referees’ body PGMOL has admitted it was an error.

This article originally appeared in Ripples Nigeria.

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