These are the top five stories you should monitor today.
- Ministers now queue to buy fuel – Lai Mohammed
Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed on Thursday said members of the Buhari-led administration experienced change a “long time ago”.
2. Emefiele’s wife abduction: Police arrest 3 more suspects
The Nigeria Police force has arrested three more members of the kidnapping gang that abducted the wife of the Central Bank Governor, Margaret Emefiele.
3. Baba Suwe was not tortured – NDLEA
The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) says it did not at any time torture actor cum comedian Babatunde Omidina, popularly called Baba Suwe.
4. Senate begins probe of N330bn Amnesty funds
The Senate on Thursday began investigation into how monies set aside for the Presidential Amnesty programme have been spent over the years.
The red chamber said it is undertaking the investigation due to the increase in youth restiveness in the Niger Delta region despite the huge sums budgeted.
5. Assets of Dieziani’s associates to remain frozen – Court
The Federal High Court sitting in Lagos on Thursday said the assets and funds of businessmen Kola Aluko and Jide Omokore, who are linked to former Minister of Petroleum Resources, Dieziani Alison-Madueke will remain frozen.
The Federal Government had sued companies belonging to both men over an alleged $1.8bn.
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