Good morning Nigeria! Here is Connectley top 15 Nigerian Newspapers headlines for today, April 2 2022.
- Train Attack: Kaduna Receives Luggage Of 100 Affected Passengers
The Kaduna State Government has received luggage, valuables and other belongings of some passengers who were on the Abuja-Kaduna train which was attacked by terrorists on March 28, 2022.
- yet-to-be-identified gunmen set 3 police stations ablaze in Anambra
Rampaging unknown gunmen, in the early hours of yesterday set ablaze Osumenyi, Amichi and Ezinifite police stations all in Nnewi South Local Government Area of Anambra State.
- ASUU Strike: Let students return to schools – Lawmaker begs ASUU, FG
A Lagos lawmaker, Mr. Rasheed Makinde, has advised the Federal Government and striking workers’ unions in Nigerian universities to resolve disagreements for students to return to school for academic activities.
- UK jails Nigerian four years for instigating violence against Igbo
A Nigerian based in West London, Adeyinka Shoyemi, 45, of Powis Terrace in Notting Hill, who incite racial hatred with inflammatory messages encouraging violence in Nigeria has been jailed for four-and-a-half years.
- Train attack: Terrorists yet to request ransom – El-Rufa’i
Governor Nasir El-Rufai of Kaduna State on Friday in Abuja updated the President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd.), on security developments in his state following the Monday night’s terror attack on Abuja-Kaduna bound train.
- Gernot Rohr: I would have done better than Eguavoen
Former Super Eagles coach, Gernot Rohr, has urged the sports ministry to probe the Nigerian Football Federation for Super Eagles’ inability to qualify for the Qatar 2022 World Cup.
- New APC chairman Adamu threatens probe of national secretariat, directors
The new National Working Committee (NWC) of the All Progressives Congress (APC) may soon commence a probe of the party’s National Secretariat, National Chairman Abdullahi Adamu hinted yesterday.
- PDP zoning crisis deepens as Atiku, Wike’s men dig in
Fresh intrigues are unsettling the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) as leaders and members of the party await the recommendation of the 37-member zoning committee inaugurated on March 24 by the National Chairman of the party, Dr Iyorchia Ayu.
- Muhammadu Buhari – Nigeria Ready to Lead Africa’s Digital Tech Race
President Muhammadu Buhari has expressed the readiness of Nigeria to lead the digital technology aspiration of the 54 African countries after Microsoft opens a $200m centre in Abuja.
- Gunmen Bomb Imo Commissioner’s House
Unknown attackers in the early hours of yesterday, Petrol bombed the country home of the Imo State Commissioner for Labour, Employment, and Productivity, Ford Ozumba.
- Nigeria Committed to Fight Against Terrorism in Lake Chad Region – Muhammadu Buhari
President Muhammadu Buhari while hosting Chadian President Mahamat Idris Deby at the State House in Abuja yesterday, has expressed the commitment of his administration towards ensuring that the terrorism challenge in the Lake Chad region is addressed.
- NDLEA Arraigns General Overseer for Trafficking in Marijuana
The founder and General Overseer of Christ Living Hope Church, Reverend Ekwem Emmanuel Ugochukwu arrested for allegedly being in possession of Cannabis Sativa, has been arraigned before a Federal High Court in Lagos.
- Presidency: Bandits don’t deserve to live, should be killed
President Muhammadu Buhari’s spokesman, Femi Adesina, on Friday has said the bandits who are currently rampaging the Northern part of the country do not deserve to live, saying they should be killed.
- Don’t vote for Atiku, Saraki, Tambuwa, others – Obasanjo hints Nigerians
The former President, Olusegun Obasanjo has told Nigerians not to vote for some presidential aspirants who claimed their nomination forms were purchased for them by youths, saying they are trying to deceive the people.
- Court strikes out suit challenging CBN’s cashless policy
On grounds of incompetence, lack of proof, and absence of jurisdiction, a Federal High Court in Lagos has struck out a suit challenging the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN)’s Cashless Policy.
