Here’s Today’s Summary From The Nigerian News Papers:
- The Federal Government has signed an agreement with the government of the United Arab Emirates to resume visa issuance to Nigerians who wish to travel to the Middle Eastern country. The development sparked excitement among Nigerians on Monday.
- The Chief of Defence Staff, Gen. Christopher Musa, said on Monday that elites in the country are frustrating the efforts of security agencies to arrest illegal miners. This was as the Chairman of the House of Representatives Committee on Solid Minerals, Jonathan Gbefwi, said the country was losing $9bn annually to illegal mining.
- Minimum wage: Tinubu, Labour meet Thursday, LGs demand more allocation: President Bola Tinubu will again meet with labour leaders on Thursday to reach a consensus on a new minimum wage just as the Association of Local Government of Nigeria demanded a new revenue formula in favour of the 774 local government areas in the country.
- A mild drama occurred in a Niger State Court when a suspect requested the trial judge and the court registrar to stand as his witnesses.
- Gunmen suspected to be armed herders, on Sunday, killed 13 people in separate attacks on Benue communities. According to locals, 12 people were reportedly killed in Egwuma in the Agatu Local Government Area, while one displaced person returning from a farm was killed in the Gwer West Local Government Area of the state.
- Tiv communities protest Nasarawa’s alleged takeover of 10,000-hectare farmland: A total of nine communities hosting Tiv farmers in the Obi and Awe Local Government Areas of Nasarawa State have rejected a proposed agricultural programme on a 10,000 hectares of land in the area by the state government.
- Court okays Kano emirate law repeal, sacks Bayero, others: A Kano State High Court presided over by Justice Amina Aliyu, on Monday, perpetually restrained Alhaji Aminu Ado Bayero from parading himself as the Emir of Kano. The court also barred the deposed Emirs of Bichi, Rano, Gaya and Karaye from parading themselves as emirs.
- FG sends 740 rice trucks to states: The Federal Government said, on Monday, that it had dispatched 20 trucks of rice to each of the 36 states and the Federal Capital Territory, Abuja. The recent move is part of measures to douse the food crisis and the economic burden of Nigerians.
- Celebrated Gospel singer Mercy Chinwo and her husband, Pastor Blessed Uzochikwa have offered full scholarships to 100 undergraduates of the University of Calabar through the Mercyisblessed Foundation.
- The organised private sector, on Monday, blamed the worsening insecurity in the country for the food inflation which increased to 40.87 per cent in June 2024 up from 25.25 per cent in June 2023.
