I. President Muhammadu Buhari is billed to travel to Guinea Bissau today Wednesday, December 7, where he will be decorated with the country’s highest honour in recognition of his contributions to the political stability of the West African nation.
According to presidential spokesman, Mallam Garba Shehu, Buhari is honouring the invitation of his Guinea Bissau counterpart, Umaro Sissolo Embalo.
The special ceremony will be held at the Presidential Villa and will include inauguration of a road named after him, Avenue President Muhammadu Buhari, at the capital city.
II. Gunmen on Tuesday night abducted a corps member, Adenike, and seven others in Extension 2 Relocation, along Arab Road, Kubwa area of the Federal Capital Territory, Abuja. Adenike, currently observing the mandatory National Youth Service, was kidnapped in her father’s home.
III. The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has pegged the maximum over the counter (OTC) cash withdrawal per week for individuals at N100,000 and N500,000 for corporate organisations. The apex bank also limited individual Point of Service (POS) to N20,000 per day.
IV. The All Progressives Congress (APC) Presidential Candidate, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, has again provided an insight into his source of wealth, saying he inherited great real estate and turned the values around. Tinubu in an interview on BBC in London yesterday said he was the most investigated and most accused former governor yet nothing has been found on him.
V. Nigerians of voting age resident in the United Kingdom and various parts of the world have dragged President Muhammadu Buhari and the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) before a Federal High Court in Abuja seeking enforcement of their fundamental rights to vote in the 2023 general elections.
VI. Benue State Police Command has confirmed the release of the Commissioner of Housing and Urban Development, Chief Dennis Ekpe Ogbu, who was abducted on Sunday, December 4, alongside his aide and driver, along Ado-Otukpo road.
While the police launched a manhunt for the kidnappers for possible rescue of the trio, family sources told journalists on Monday night that the captors opened talks and demanded N5 million ransom.
The state police spokesperson, SP Catherine Anene, confirmed the release of the commissioner on the command’s media platform at 5:47 pm on Tuesday, December 6. She did not give any further details about the release of the commissioner or mention the whereabouts of the two others.
VII. Brazil football legend, Pele is reportedly showing signs of 'progressive improvement' after being treated for a respiratory infection at a hospital in Sao Paulo.
Brazilian publication Globo reported that the legendary figure's condition is improving after he was taken to the hospital for tests.
They add that the 82-year-old is showing 'stable signs, is 'conscious' and is 'without further complications.
The 82-year-old, who won the World Cup in his career three times in 1958, 1962, and 1970, was admitted to the hospital to treat a respiratory infection that was aggravated by Covid.
VIII. The Rivers State Police Command has arraigned five persons, including a stepfather, a pastor and a school teacher, before a magistrate’s court sitting in Port Harcourt, Rivers State, for allegedly raping an 11-year-old girl. The incident happened at Buguma in the Asari Toru Local Government Area of the State.
IX. Anambra State government has urged its indigenes to shun the sit-at-home protest announced by a faction of the Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB. Anambra State government has urged its indigenes to shun the sit-at-home protest announced by a faction of the Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB.
A release by the state’s Commissioner for Information, Mr Paul Nwosu said the attention of the state government has been drawn to the announcement which he described as wicked, mindless, retrogressive and unnecessarily punitive.
He said the order released on social media was by “enemies of Igbo nation.” A faction of IPOB, led by Finland-based Simon Ekpa had slated five days, from December 9 to 14, for the sit-at-home.
X. A man in Adamawa State had the tip of one of his fingers bitten off by an angry youth who accused him of staring at his mother. Aliyu Adamu, 18, has confessed to his aggression against 50-year-old Yautai Adamu for allegedly looking at his 40-year-old mother.
The boy, his mother and the victim are all from Mairawani in Jambutu, Yola North LGA.
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