Good morning, world. Here is today’s summary from Nigerian Newspapers. Things you need to know
1. The Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC Chairman, Joash Amupitan, on Friday unveiled his reform agenda in the commission ahead of next year’s elections. Top of the agenda is to make the elections a world class standard and a turning point in Nigeria’s democratic history.
2. The Chairman of Dangote Industries Limited, Aliko Dangote, through his legal representative, has filed a formal corruption petition against the former Managing Director of the Midstream Downstream Petroleum Regulatory Authority, Farouk Ahmed, at the headquarters of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission. This move follows the withdrawal of the same petition from the Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission.
3. The 26 members of the Rivers State House of Assembly seeking the impeachment of Governor Siminalayi Fubara declared on Friday that they were pressing ahead with their plan just as the apex socio-political organization in the South-South, Pan Niger Delta Forum activated a high-powered machinery to stop the plot. The lawmakers, in an update, said the impeachment process “ is fully on course”.
4. For the first time since President Donald Trump shifted his focus on insecurity in Nigeria, he has admitted that Muslims are also victims of killings. In an interview with New York Times, Trump admitted that not a single religion is being affected, but even at that, he claimed that Christians were the major victims.
5. A National Industrial Court of Nigeria in Abuja has issued an interim injunction restraining the planned strike by the Nigeria Association of Resident Doctors (NARD) planned for Monday, January 12. Justice E. D. Subilim on Friday also restrained the President of the resident doctors, Dr Mohammad Usman Suleiman and the secretary, Dr Shuaibu Ibrahim.
6. The Labour Party’s 2023 vice-presidential candidate, Dr Yusuf Datti Baba-Ahmed, has said former Vice President Atiku Abubakar has been seeking Nigeria’s presidency since his National Youth Service Corps, NYSC days. Baba-Ahmed made the remark during an interview on Channels Television’s The Morning Brief on Friday, recalling that Atiku was already a presidential aspirant during his service year.
7. President Bola Tinubu and Vice President Kashim Shettima will spend a total of N9,364,349,417 on local and foreign travels, as well as food and refreshments in the 2026 fiscal year. This is according to details of the 2026 Appropriation Bill released on Thursday by the Budget Office of the Federation.
9. Police operatives attached to the Assakio Division, in collaboration with local vigilantes, have successfully stormed kidnappers’ hideouts in Angara and Fadaman Bauna villages of Lafia East Development Area in the Lafia Local Government Area of Nasarawa State. The operation led to the arrest of six suspected kidnappers and the rescue of three victims—two females and one male.
10. The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission on Friday arraigned an Austrian national, Kavlak Onal, before the Federal High Court in Lagos for allegedly failing to declare foreign currencies valued at N2.28 bn. The defendant appeared before Justice Yellim Bogoro on a two-count charge bordering on non-declaration of $800,575 and €651,505.
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