Here’s a brief update of Latest Nigerian News from Nigerian Newspapers of Saturday 14th October 2023.
- On Friday, the Federal Government announced an increase in Nigeria’s oil production to approximately 1.7 million barrels per day, marking a significant rise from the 1.1 million barrels per day recorded in August 2023. The Minister of State for Petroleum Resources (Oil), Heineken Lokpobiri, shared this update during a press briefing at his office in Abuja.
- The Ondo State House of Assembly has suspended the impeachment proceedings against the State’s Deputy Governor, Mr. Lucky Aiyedatiwa. This decision was reached during the plenary session on Thursday in response to the Chief Judge, Justice Olusegun Odusola’s refusal to establish a panel to investigate the embattled deputy governor.
- Kingsley Oga, the Kogi State Chairman of the African Democratic Party, along with several party members from the three senatorial districts, have switched their allegiance from the party’s governorship candidate, Leke Abejide, to the All Progressives Congress (APC) candidate, Alhaji Usman Ododo. Oga made this announcement while addressing journalists on Friday.
- The Rivers State Police apprehended a suspected child trafficker named Peace Effiong, along the Rumuikini-Choba axis of the East-West Road in Obio/Akpor Local Government Area of the State. The State Commissioner of Police, Emeke Nwonyi, disclosed this on Friday, revealing that the suspect was intercepted in a Toyota Sienna with occupants displaying suspicious behavior. Subsequently, the officers discovered two newborn twins after conducting a search on the vehicle.
- President Bola Tinubu has dissolved the previous governing board and management team of the Federal Roads Maintenance Agency (FERMA). Chief Ajuri Ngelale, the presidential spokesman, announced this in a statement on Friday.
- Governor Ahmed Aliyu of Sokoto State revealed that he inherited an empty treasury with no funds left by his predecessor, former Governor Aminu Tambuwal. He made this statement while responding to the deputy Speaker of the House of Representatives, Benjamin Kanu, during a condolence visit to the state on Thursday. Governor Aliyu explained how he executed 100 projects in his first 100 days in office.
- President Bola Tinubu has exempted the Federal Capital Territory Administration (FCTA) from the Treasury Single Account (TSA). This move allows the FCTA, led by Nyesom Wike, to utilize the territory’s Internally Generated Revenue (IGR) for the development of the nation’s capital.
- President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has approved 260 different interventions on roads across the country. Minister of Works, David Umahi, conveyed this information in a statement on his official social media accounts on Friday. These interventions were initiated in response to numerous complaints from Nigerians regarding the deteriorating condition of roads nationwide.
- It has been confirmed that Nigerian afrobeat star, David Adeleke, popularly known as Davido, and his wife Chioma, welcomed twins in the United States. A video of the couple with the newborn twins, a boy and a girl, went viral on Friday as they prepared to leave the hospital.
- The coroner’s inquest investigating the cause of death of singer Ilerioluwa Aloba, known as Mohbad, has summoned controversial singer Abdulazeez Fashola, aka Naira Marley, Owodunni Eletu, aka Sam Larry, and Owodunni Ibrahim, aka Primeboy, to appear before the inquest on October 25, 2023.
