Nigerian Newspapers: 10 things you need to know Wednesday morning

Nigerian Newspapers: 10 things you need to know Wednesday morning

1. The Inspector-General of Police, Kayode Egbetokun, on Tuesday, deployed a special squad to arrest the rising violence across the country. He gave the directive during a meeting with Squadron Commanders in Abuja on Tuesday, as bandits struck in Kwara, Benue and Sokoto States, killing 21 persons.

2. President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has asked leaders of the Economic Community of West African States, ECOWAS, to work assiduously in tackling poverty and high unemployment among youth. The President stated this on Tuesday in Accra, Ghana, during the official launch of the ECOWAS Golden Jubilee.

3. The Nigeria Customs Service has announced that it recorded N1.751 trillion in revenue collection in the first quarter of 2025. The Comptroller General of NCS, Bashir Adeniyi disclosed this in a press briefing in Abuja Tuesday.

4. Kaduna State Governor, Uba Sani has directed the revocation of institutional houses and land allocations within Alhuda-huda College, Zaria, Queen Amina College, Kaduna and Government Commercial College, Zaria sold by the immediate past administration of Malam Nasir El-Rufai. A statement on Tuesday night by the Secretary to Kaduna State Government, Dr AbdulKadir Mu’azu Meyere said, the houses and land allocations were revoked for overriding public interest and for the common good.

5. Judiciary workers in Benue State, under the aegis of the Judiciary Staff Union of Nigeria, JUSUN, have suspended their indefinite strike and directed all members to resume work immediately. The suspension of the strike was announced in a statement on Tuesday by the Benue State chairman of JUSUN, Aba Terlumum, who said the decision to suspend the action was directed by the national headquarters of the union.

6. The Niger State Government has imposed a curfew on commercial motorcycle operators (Okada riders) and Keke NAPEP drivers in Minna, the state capital, from 6 pm to 6 am daily. Governor Mohammed Umar Bago announced the decision during a stakeholders’ meeting, citing the need to address insecurity in the state capital, which has resulted in the loss of lives.

7. Suspected bandits have killed seven people, including a vigilante in Ilesha Baruba and Kemanji communities of Baruten and Kaiama Local Government Areas of Kwara North Senatorial District. Spokesperson of the state police command, SP Adetoun Ejire-Adeyemi, confirmed in a statement in Ilorin on Tuesday that the incident occurred on Sunday during a deadly attack on the communities.

8. The Minister of Interior, Olubunmi Tunji-Ojo, has directed an instant probe into allegations of extortion involving officers of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps, NSCDC. This was contained in a statement by the Special Adviser to the minister on Media, Babatunde Alao, on Tuesday in Abuja.

9. Many protesters on Tuesday stormed the office of the Attorney General of the Federation at the Federal Ministry of Justice Headquarters in Abuja, demanding a probe of the immediate past Group Chief Executive Officer of the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited, NNPCL, Mele Kyari. The group, led by its Convener, Comrade Kabir Matazu, said it was disappointed that despite President Bola Tinubu’s removal of Kyari and the entire NNPCL board on April 2, 2025, no step has been taken to investigate alleged corrupt practices under Kyari’s leadership.

10. Governor Hyacinth Alia of Benue State has said armed Fulani herders who attack the state are Malians and not Nigerians. Alia disclosed this while featuring on Channels Television’s Politics Today on Tuesday.