Top 10 stories from across Nigerian Newspapers, Saturday, October 26, 2024

Here are the top 10 stories making headlines across the country.

1. Court orders DSS DG to appear in person for alleged contempt in Kanu‘s case

A Federal High Court in Abuja has summoned Adeola Oluwatosin Ajayi, the Director General of the Department of State Services (DSS), over claims of contempt related to the detention of Nnamdi Kanu, the leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB).Read more

2. 18 years after, Obasanjo reveals how his govt secured debt relief for Nigeria

Former President Olusegun Obasanjo on Thursday revealed how his government secured a debt relief for Nigeria in 2006.Read more

3. Nigeria’s health sector may grind to halt as workers embark on 7-day strike

The Joint Health Sectors Union (JOHESU) and Assembly of Healthcare Professional Associations (AHPA) have declared a seven-day warning strike, effective midnight, October 25, 2024.Read more

4. Tinubu demands investigation into NNPC helicopter crash

President Bola Tinubu has expressed his profound condolences to the Nigerian National Petroleum Company (NNPC) Board, its employees, and the families affected by the tragic helicopter crash near Bonny Finima in Port Harcourt.Read more

5. PDP CRISIS: Ologbondiyan urges shift in focus from Atiku, Wike to party’s viability

Kola Ologbondiyan, former national publicity secretary of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), has expressed disappointment over the ongoing focus on former Vice President Atiku Abubakar and Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) Nyesom Wike amidst the party’s crisis.Read more

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6. Court sacks NNPP chairmanship, councillorship candidates in Kano

Justice Simon Amobeda of the Federal High Court, Kano, on Friday nullified the nomination of the New Nigeria Peoples Party (NNPP) chairmanship and councillorship candidates for Saturday’s election in the 44 local government areas of the state.Read more

7. IMF denies influencing Nigeria’s fuel subsidy removal, currency floatation

The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has denied influencing the Nigerian government into removing the contentious fuel subsidy and floating the naira.Read more

8. Air Peace to increase fares by 100% on local routes by November 1

One of Nigeria’s local airlines, Air Peace, has announced that it will increase airfares on local routes from November 1.Read more

9. Three docked for allegedly stealing cows worth N1.4m in Ogun

Police on Friday arraigned three men at the Abeokuta Magistrates’ Court in Isabo, Ogun State, for allegedly stealing two cows worth N1.4 million.Read more

10. PENGASSAN confirms 4 members killed in Port Harcourt helicopter crash

The Petroleum and Natural Gas Senior Staff Association of Nigeria (PENGASSAN) said on Friday four of its members were killed in Thursday’s helicopter crash in Port-Harcourt.Read more

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