Trending headlines in Nigerian Newspapers Today Saturday, 6th April, 2019 – This is the summary of top 10 Nigerian newspapers headlines today, Saturday, April 6 2019.
1) Man allegedly hacks only brother to death over N100,000 loan
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The police in Niger State have arrested a 45-year-old, ldris Aliyu of Daka’agi village in Wushishi Local Government Area, for allegedly killing his younger brother, Aliyu Aliyu.
The Nation learnt that Aliyu was cut with a machete by his older brother for refusing to agree to the sale of farm products to offset a N100,000 loan.
The suspect claimed he borrowed the sum of N100,000 from a friend of his and gave it to his late brother to renovate his house in the same area, adding that he promised the owner of the money that he would pay back after harvesting their farm produce.
2) Onnoghen Resigns Ahead Of Imminent Sack
THE suspended Chief Justice of Nigeria, Justice Walter Onnoghen, resigned from office on Thursday.
His resignation came less than 48 hours after the National Judicial Council (NJC) recommended his compulsory retirement.
His resignation, it was learnt, was aimed at pre-empting the action that President Muhammadu Buhari would take on the report of the NJC.
3) Senate Presidency: Kano senators endorse Lawan
The ambition of Senate Leader, Ahmed Lawan, to become the Senate President in the 9th Senate has received a boost with three senators from Kano State endorsing his candidacy.
The three senators, namely Barau Jubrin, Kabiru Ibrahim Gaya and senator-elect Malam Ibrahim Shekrau, threw their weights behind Senator Lawan’s candidacy, describing him as eminently qualified to occupy the exalted seat, going by international parliamentary best practices.
Senator Barau Jubrin, who is the secretary of Ahmed Lawan Campaign Organization, led other members of the campaign train to the residence of Senator-elect Shekarau, who also endorsed Lawan.
4) Execution of Nigerian: We followed legal procedure, says Saudi
The Embassy of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia yesterday said it followed all legal and judicial procedures before implementing the death sentence on a Nigerian woman, Kudirat Adesola Afolabi.
It also clarified that the executed lady was accorded every legal right before the death sentence was carried out on her.
It said all accused persons subjected to the legal process in Saudi courts of law are allowed access to lawyers to litigate for them.
5) Dismissed Inspector charged with Kolade Johnson’s murder remanded
An Ebute Meta Magistrates’ Court, Lagos, yesterday remanded till May 6, a dismissed Police Inspector, Olalekan Ogunyemi, charged with murdering a football fan, Kolade Johnson.
Magistrate A.O. Salawu remanded Ogunyemi at Ikoyi Prisons, pending advice from the Lagos State Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP).
The court’s order was sequel to an application by the police.
Ogunyemi, 45, of No. 17, Alhaji Ede Street, Igando, was docked on a one-count charge of murder.
6) Bandits kill 50 civilian JTF members, others in Zamfara
No fewer than 50 persons, including members of the Civilian Joint Task Force(CJTF) have been killed in a fresh raid by bandits in Zamfara State.
Speaker of the State House Assembly, Alhaji Sanusi Rikiji, said yesterday that the CJTF had confronted the bandits in Sakajiki community in Kaura Namoda Local Government Area.
Rikiji who was on a condolence visit to Kaura Namoda emirate decried the worsening security situation in the state.
7) Outrage As Hoodlums Kill LUTH Doctor 24 Hours After Graduation
Tempers rose and tears flowed freely yesterday following the death of a fresh medical doctor, barely 24 hours after graduating from the University of Lagos. He was stabbed on Thursday by suspected hoodlums but gave up the ghost yesterday.
The victim, Dr Stephen Urueye, was a house officer at the Lagos University Teaching Hospital(LUTH).
Two suspects have already been arrested by the police in connection with the murder.
8) Osinbajo meets Blair in Aso Villa
The Vice President, Yemi Osinbajo, yesterday met behind closed doors with the former United Kingdom (UK) Prime Minister, Tony Blair, at the Presidential Villa, Abuja.
The closed-door meeting was described as ‘private’.
At the end of the meeting, there was no press interview.
There was also no official statement issued concerning the meeting at the time of filing this report.
Blair was the UK Prime Minister between 1997 and 2007 and Leader of the Labour Party between 1994 and 2007.
9) 2019 election: Tribunal orders service of another petition on Buhari
The Presidential Election Petition Tribunal (PEPT) has ordered that President Muhammadu Buhari be served a petition challenging his victory, through the National Legal Adviser of the All Progressives Congress (APC).
A three-man panel of the tribunal, led by Justice Abdu Aboki, gave the order yesterday in a ruling on an ex-parte motion filed by the Peoples Democratic Movement (PDM) and its presidential candidate, Pastor Aminchi Habu.
The tribunal ordered that copies of all the processes filed by the petitioners be served on President Buhari through the APC’s National Legal Adviser at the party’s national secretariat in Abuja.
10) Fraudsters have infiltrated Nigerian banks, says EFCC boss, Magu
The Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Mr Ibrahim Magu, said yesterday that many fraudsters in Nigerian banks aid criminals to perpetrate financial crimes.
Magu who spoke at a meeting with compliance officers of various banks in Port Harcourt said such fraudsters helped politically exposed persons to steal and launder public funds.
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