Top 10 stories from across Nigerian Newspapers, Saturday, November 2, 2024

Here are the top 10 stories making headlines across the country.

1. Ex-minister, Ezekwesili, writes Tinubu over arraignment of #EndBadGovernance protesters

Following the arraignment of 79 #EndBadGovernance protesters at the Federal High Court in Abuja on Friday, where five minors among them reportedly slumped, former Education Minister, Oby Ezekwesili has written an open letter to President Bola Tinubu, urging him to order the immediate stop to prosecution of the minors.Read more

2. APC to Fubara: Blackmailing Tinubu, Wike over court ruling on local govt allocations won’t end Rivers crisis

The Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC) Caretaker Committee in Rivers State, Chief Tony Okocha, said on Friday that the state political crisis would persist unless Governor Siminalayi Fubara abides by the law.Read more

3. PDP to challenge validity of Kaduna local council election

The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Kaduna State has vowed to challenge the validity of the October 19 local council election in the state.Read more

4. Tinubu rules out withdrawal of tax reform bills

President Bola Tinubu said on Friday the tax reform bills currently with the National Assembly would not be withdrawn.Read more

5. Court grants 114 #EndBadGovernance protesters bail

Justice Obiora Egwuatu of the Federal High Court, Abuja, on Friday, granted 114 #EndBadGovernance protesters bail.Read more

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6. Four #EndBadGovernance protesters slump in court

The trial of some #EndBadGovernance protesters stalled at the Federal High Court, Abuja, on Friday, after four defendants slumped during proceeding.Read more

7. ‘Pay directly to us to get fuel, Dangote Refinery fires back at IPMAN

The Dangote Petroleum Refinery has told the Independent Petroleum Marketers Association of Nigeria (IPMAN) to register directly with it and stop making payments for its petroleum products to third-party entities.Read more

8. NRC grants CCECC license to operate freight services on Lagos-Ibadan Railway

The Nigerian Railway Corporation (NRC) has awarded the China Civil Engineering Construction Corporation (CCECC) a three-year license to operate freight services on the Lagos-Ibadan standard-gauge railway line.Read more

9. Fleeing Bobrisky arrested again, removed from Amsterdam-bound KLM flight

Controversial crossdresser, Idris Okuneye, popularly known as Bobrisky, has once again, gotten into trouble with Nigerian authorities after he was arrested at the Murtala Mohammed International Airport in Lagos.Read more

10. Iheanacho targets more goals for Sevilla

Super Eagles forward Kelechi Iheanacho has expressed his desire to net more goals more goals for La Liga club Sevilla.Read more

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