Here is today’s summary from Nigeria Newspapers
- The Minister of Interior, Olubunmi Tunji-Ojo, stated on Friday that any officials of the Nigeria Correctional Service (NCoS) involved in the apartment-for-prison scandal linked to the infamous cross-dresser, Idris Okuneye, also known as Bobrisky, will face consequences.Tunji-Ojo, who spoke at a media briefing in Abuja to mark his one year in office, vowed that any personnel or officers of the Nigeria Correctional Service implicated in the ongoing investigation would not be exempt from punishment.
- In preparation for Emirates’ flight resumption to Nigeria on October 1, the federal government has secured a deal with the United Arab Emirates (UAE) to ensure that Nigerian airlines receive reciprocal rights to fly to UAE cities, particularly Dubai.
- The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) arrested former Taraba State governor, Darius Ishaku, on Friday over allegations of a N27 billion fraud. He was reportedly detained at his residence in Abuja.
- On Friday, President Bola Tinubu appointed seven new executive directors for the Nigerian Television Authority (NTA).
- On Friday, Interior Minister Olubunmi Tunji-Ojo defended the approximately 45 percent hike in passport fees, attributing it to the exchange rate between the naira and the dollar.
- Justice Ayokunle Faji of the Federal High Court in Lagos ordered the detention of four bloggers for allegedly engaging in cyberstalking and disseminating false information intended to defame the CEO of Guaranty Trust Holding Company PLC, Segun Agbaje. The bloggers, Precious Eze, Olawale Rotimi, Rowland Olonishu, and Seun Odunlami, were remanded at the Ikoyi Correctional Centre.
- The Lagos State Police Command has called in four officers to explain their alleged role in extorting ₦1 million from some National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) members. n a post on X, a user with the handle #YemieFash, identified as Olúyẹmí Fásípè, claimed the officers threatened the corps members and later took them to the Kafaru Oluwole Tinubu House at the Area C Police Command, where they were “robbed.”
- The Lagos State Wastewater Management Office has shut down the Orchid Shopping Centre in Eti-Osa due to a public health risk. This was announced in a statement on X.com by the Lagos State Commissioner for Environment and Water Resources, Tokunbo Wahab, on Friday
- The House of Representatives has called for the appearance of the EFCC Chairman, the Comptroller General of the Nigerian Correctional Service, Bobrisky, VeryDarkMan, and all officers involved in Bobrisky’s prosecution. This information was detailed in a letter from Jon Ginger Onwusibe, the Lead Chairman of the joint committee, addressed to the parties on Friday, concerning serious corruption allegations against the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) and the Nigeria Correctional Service.
- A Federal High Court in Abuja has ordered the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to recognize Chief Olusola Ebiseni and Dayo Awude as the Labour Party’s governorship and deputy governorship candidates for the November 16 election.
