Here’s a brief update of Latest Nigerian News from Nigerian Newspapers of Friday 13th October 2023.
- The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has announced an increase in the supply of dollars in the foreign exchange market. Additionally, the CBN has lifted the ban on 43 items that were previously ineligible for forex transactions in the official market. This decision comes in response to the naira’s depreciation to 1,050/$ in the parallel market on Thursday, influenced by international pressures and expert opinions.
- President Bola Tinubu has petitioned the Supreme Court to disregard his Chicago State University academic records, which were attached by the presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, Atiku Abubakar, to his election appeal. Tinubu argues that the CSU records are irrelevant to the judicial proceedings in the country, asserting that the discovery of these records was not part of the Presidential Election Petitions Tribunal’s record or judgment. He urges the apex court not to admit them.
- The Lamidi Apapa-led faction of the Labour Party has raised concerns about alleged discrepancies in the academic certificates of its presidential candidate, Peter Obi. This assertion was made by Abayomi Arabambi, the spokesperson for the LP faction, during a television interview on Thursday.
- Dr. Abdullahi Ganduje, the National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress, expressed strong confidence that Senator Ifeanyi Ubah’s defection from the ruling APC on Thursday would usher in a revolutionary change that would liberate the South-East. This assurance was given during the formal presentation of Senator Ubah, who represents Anambra South, by Senate President Godswill Akpabio at the party’s national headquarters in Abuja.
- Nigeria’s journey toward a fourth Africa Cup of Nations title in 2024 will commence with a match against the tournament hosts, Ivory Coast, alongside Equatorial Guinea and Guinea Bissau. The draw took place at the newly inaugurated Parc Des Expositions in Abidjan, Ivory Coast, during a colorful ceremony on Thursday, hosted by global music star AKON.
- Multiple tanker accidents in Lagos on Thursday night left several people trapped. According to Dr. Olufemi Damilola Oke-Osanyintolu, the Permanent Secretary of the Lagos State Emergency Management Agency (LASEMA), an investigation revealed that one of the tankers rolled back onto another tanker and other vehicles while ascending a bridge, resulting in a collision and a subsequent fire.
- President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has authorized the appointment of Mr. Ola Olukoyede as the Executive Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC). Olukoyede’s appointment is for an initial renewable term of four years, pending Senate confirmation.
- Four students from Nasarawa State University who were abducted on Monday night have been released. Muhammed Sakilu Muhammed, the Secretary-General of the Nasarawa State Youths Forum for Advocacy, confirmed the students’ release in a statement.
- The stepmother of an 11-year-old boy who was buried alive by her 17-year-old son in Kogi State has been arrested by the Kogi State Police Command. Passers-by rescued the 11-year-old after he had been buried in a bush by his stepbrother in the Silo community in Zango Daji, Adavi Local Government Area of the State.
- Two individuals have lost their lives due to injuries sustained when a multi-story building under construction collapsed in the Eweta area of Ikirun, Osun State, on Thursday. The victims and two others were working in the building when it collapsed, trapping them.
