Nigerian Newspapers: 10 things you need to know Sunday morning

Good morning! Here is today’s summary from Nigerian Newspapers:

1. Major General Abubakar Rabe (rtd) who died two weeks after he was kidnapped by bandits has been laid to rest. The burial, conducted in Katsina in accordance with Islamic rites, drew family members, senior military officers, government officials and residents, many of whom described the occasion as both solemn and deeply painful.

2. The protest against widespread insecurity has entered its third day in Nigeria’s capital city. The protesters, who are demanding improved security, blocked a bridge on Karu-Nyanya expressway, which links Nasarawa and Abuja. Wielding placards and chanting anti-government songs, they demanded that the government wake up to its responsibility of protecting lives.

3. Suspected members of Boko Haram/ISWAP terrorists on Saturday invaded Kautikari village of the Chibok Local Government Area in Borno State, setting primary and day secondary schools ablaze. Sources said the incident, which erupted at about 7 p.m. on Saturday, forced residents to flee the community into the bush for safety.

4. The Federal Government has announced the next stage of recruitment into the Nigeria Immigration Service, NIS, the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps, NSCDC, and the Federal Fire Service, FFS and Nigeria Correctional Service, NCoS.  Applicants who sat for the Civil Defence, Correctional, Fire and Immigration Services Board, CDCFIB recruitment test last November are expected to check if they made the shortlist for physical screening.

5. A former Head of State, Gen. Abdulsalami Abubakar (retd.), has dismissed claims that Chief MKO Abiola was poisoned, insisting that an autopsy conducted by pathologists from four countries attributed his death to natural causes. The revelations are contained in Chapter 21 of Abubakar’s 264-page, 27-chapter autobiography titled ‘Call of Duty,’ obtained by our correspondent on Saturday at the public presentation of the book and two others at the Aso Rock Villa, Abuja.

6. The presidential candidate of the Nigeria Democratic Congress, Peter Obi, has reiterated his call for the release of Nnamdi Kanu, saying there is no justification for the continued detention of the leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra. Obi stated this during an interaction with Nigerians in Washington, D.C., United States, in a video that has been widely shared on social media.

7. The Nigerian Army says troops of Sector 2, Operation Fansan Yamma, have killed a terrorist, rescued three kidnapped victims, and destroyed a bandits’ camp during ongoing operations in Zamfara. This is contained in an operational report made available to the News Agency of Nigeria on Saturday in Abuja. The report said the operation was conducted on June 12 across communities in Zurmi and Shinkafi Local Government Areas as part of efforts to combat banditry and other criminal activities.

8. A Former Head of State, Gen. Abdulsalami Abubakar (retd.), said the hours surrounding the death of Gen. Sani Abacha on June 8, 1998, left him with a lingering sense that “something was fishy.” He disclosed that he and the late Chief of Army Staff, Lt-Gen. Ishaya Bamaiyi, were mysteriously locked inside a waiting room at the Presidential Villa for nearly an hour before being informed that the Head of State had died.

9. The National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control, NAFDAC, has alerted Nigerians to the recall of approximately 90,000 bottles of Children’s Ibuprofen Oral Suspension in the U.S. The agency on its X-handle on Saturday said the product was recalled by the United States Food and Drug Administration, USFDA due to the presence of foreign material inside the medication.

10. Kebbi Police Command has dismissed rumours that some schools have been closed due to insecurity. The command’s Police Public Relations Officer, PPRO, SP Bashir Usman dismissed the rumours in a statement on Saturday in Birnin Kebbi.