Nigerian Newspapers: 10 things you need to know Friday morning

Good morning! Here is today’s summary from Nigerian Newspapers:

1. Governors connected Thursday sounded a enactment of caution to workers against unduly precocious expectations from the minimum wage negotiations. States volition wage lone implementable and sustainable wages, they said, but expressed committedness to improved salaries for workers.

2. The Army has taken a important measurement to forestall the sidesplitting of its troops done ambush by terrorists and bandits. On Thursday, Chief of Army Staff, COAS Lt-Gen. Taoreed Lagbaja, hinted astatine the program to instrumentality transportation of Mine-resistant Ambush-Protected, MRAP, vehicles successful the adjacent fewer weeks. This is to guarantee information of its unit successful the conflict against terrorists and economical saboteurs.

3. Lagos State contributes N41 trillion (20 per cent) to the country’s Gross Domestic Product, GDP, Commissioner for Economic Planning and Budget, Ope George, has said. According to him, contempt galore challenges, specified arsenic COVID-19 and EndSARS protest, the authorities has devised strategies to support its system afloat and boost capitalist confidence.

4. The suspected mastermind of the March 28, 2022, Kaduna-Abuja bid attack, Ibrahim Abdullahi (aka Mande), and his accomplice, Auwal Ayuba, were connected Thursday paraded by the Police. Also paraded were others believed to beryllium terrorising motorists and passengers plying the Kaduna-Abuja Highway and residents wrong the axis.

5. Former Katsina State governor, Ibrahim Shema has defected to the All Progressives Congress, APC. Alhaji Shema was politician successful the Northwest State betwixt 2007 and 2015, nether the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP.

6. Suspected bandits person attacked Maraban Agyaro wherever they abducted the colony heads of Kakangi and Kisaya villages, and killed 8 villagers successful Birnin Gwari Local Government Area of Kaduna State. The attackers invaded the country astir 8 americium connected Thursday, during which they besides abducted 4 farmers who were connected their respective farms.

7. A yet to beryllium identified constabulary serviceman has gunned down a Lagos nonmigratory who prevented him from jumping queue to bargain substance astatine a Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited, NNPCL, filling presumption astatine Obalende, successful the Ikoyi country of Lagos State. Lagos State Police Public Relations Officer, SP Benjamin Hundeyin, confirmed that the serviceman who changeable the unfortunate has been identified.

8. Vice President Kashim Shettima connected Thursday said President Bola Tinubu’s economical reforms of the past 1 twelvemonth “saved the beingness of the nation”. He described them arsenic indispensable fixed the mediocre authorities of Nigeria erstwhile helium assumed bureau connected May 29, 2023.

9. The Federal High Court successful Warri, Delta State, connected Thursday, commenced sitting connected a N100bn suit filed by indigenes of Okuama assemblage successful Ughelli North Local Government Area against the Nigeria Army, challenging the subject penetration and demolition of the community.

10. Anambra State Government has arrested 1 Uzochukwu Okoli for giving retired his underage daughter’s manus successful marriage. Okoli was apprehended aft his girl reported to the authorities Ministry of Women and Social Welfare astir the ill-treatment being meted retired to her by her begetter and the antheral helium forced her to marry.