Good morning! Here is today’s summary from Nigerian Newspapers:
1. The Senate Caucus of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) on Tuesday disagreed with the party’s governors on the call for a coalition. Senate Minority Leader, Abba Moro, who is the PDP Caucus leader, told reporters that a coalition was the way to go.
2. The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) yesterday handed over the 753 units of houses linked to a former Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) governor to the Federal Ministry of Housing and Urban Development. Following intelligence, the commission uncovered the housing units on Plot 109 Cadastral Zone C09, Lokogoma District, Abuja.
3. Southeast governors, irrespective of political leanings, are backing President Bola Ahmed Tinubu in recognition of his commitment to equity, national unity and development, Works Minister Dave Umahi has said. He said plans are underway for a regional political summit where Southeast leaders would endorse the President for a second term.
4. President Bola Ahmed Tinubu last night returned to Abuja after a two-day visit to the Vatican City in Rome, where he attended the inauguration of the 267th Pontiff, Pope Leo XIV. President Tinubu, who arrived at the Presidential Wing of the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport at about 6:50pm, was received by the senior members of the administration.
5. Containerised shops were destroyed on Tuesday following an explosion involving a diesel-laden tanker behind the Alake Sports Complex in Ijeja, Abeokuta. The explosion occurred just behind the fence separating the Sports Complex from the Ijeja community, triggering panic among nearby residents.
6. Senate President Godswill Akpabio says lawmakers were not elected to engage in confrontation with the Executive but to foster policies that promote national development. The Senate President spoke in an upcoming feature documentary to mark two years of the Bola Tinubu administration.
7. The Central Bank of Nigeria has retained Monetary Policy Rates (MPR) at 27.5 per cent. Central Bank Governor, Olayemi Cardoso, made the disclosure in Abuja on Tuesday while briefing the press on the outcome of the 300th meeting of the Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) of the apex Bank.
8. A schoolboy was reportedly killed by a stray bullet allegedly fired by a policeman, triggering protests in the Alakia–Gbagi area of Ibadan, Oyo State capital, on Tuesday. It was gathered that the victim was heading to the examination centre to sit for the ongoing West African Senior School Certificate Examination (WASSCE) in Ibadan.
9. Two herders – a male and a female – were reportedly killed on Monday around Tahore community in Bokkos Local Government Area (LGA) of Plateau state. Herders in the area said the deceased were ambushed and shot dead while returning home from Maikatako market on a motorcycle.
10. Days after a Lagos banker, Osemudiamen Idemudia, was declared missing by his family, his body was discovered at a morgue in the Yaba area of the state. Idemudia, who worked in the Point-of-Sale department of a commercial bank in the Ikota area of Lagos State, was last seen on the evening of May 9 in the CMS area of the state.
