1. APC may unveil Tinubu’s running mate Wednesday, party focuses on North-East
There are indications that the All Progressives Congress presidential candidate, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, may unveil his running mate on Wednesday. According to reports, APC governors and other stakeholders had agreed that the North-East should produce the vice-presidential candidate of the party.
2. Strike: FG meets ASUU today, SSANU Friday
The Federal Government has resumed talks with representatives of unions in the nation’s universities. Joint Action Committee of the Senior Staff Association of Nigerian Universities, and the Non-Academic Staff Union of Educational and Allied Institutions’ National President, Mr Ibrahim Mohammed, told our correspondent that SSANU’s meeting would be on Friday.
3. Owo killings: South West governors move against Okada operations
South West Governors’ Forum, yesterday, set up a security committee to look into the desirability and operations of commercial motorcycles, popularly known as okada.
4. Osun Muslims take to streets, denounce ‘ritualist alfas’
Muslims in Iwo, Osun State, on Sunday, staged a peaceful protest against ritual killings in the community, calling on the government to ensure that anyone caught in the act was duly punished.
5. 2023: Nnamani, Anyim, Ihedioha, emerge front runners for Atiku’s VP
AS the Presidential Candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar, and party leaders brainstorm to pick a running mate, some top politicians from the South-East have emerged as front runners for the slot.
6. Blackout worsens as grid collapses for fifth time in 2022
There was widespread blackout across the country on Sunday following the collapse of the national power grid, making it the fifth collapse of Nigeria’s electricity grid in 2022. It was learnt that the grid collapse on Sunday occurred around 6.49pm, leading to the shutdown of the outgoing electricity feeders of some power distribution companies.
7. Akpabio, ex-DIG Ekpoudom battle over APC Senatorial ticket
The immediate past Minister of Niger Delta Affairs, Senator Godswill Akpabio and the former Deputy Inspector General of Police, Udom Ekpoudom (Rtd.) are at loggerheads over the Senatorial ticket of the All Progressives Congress, APC, for the Akwa Ibom North West.
8. How EFCC officials allegedly tortured Lagos clubgoers, forced out naked couple
Customers and workers at the Lakers Lounge Hotel and Bar, Ikorodu, Lagos State, have accused officials of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission of subjecting them to torture during a raid on the facility.
9. INFLATION: Money supply hits N46.5trn, highest in 5 years
Following the persistent double-digit inflationary trend as prices of goods and services continued to rise across the country, money supply in the economy recorded the highest growth in five years, rising by 21 per cent or N8.1 trillion to N46.54 trillion in the 12 months ending April this year.
10. Suspected herdsmen kill 15, raze houses in Benue
About 15 persons were feared dead, yesterday, and many others missing after suspected armed herdsmen attacked Igama village in Edumoga Ehaje community, Okpokwu Local Government Area of Benue State.
