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

1. Hundreds of Nigerian nurses are stranded following the Nursing and Midwifery Council of Nigeria, NMCN, continuous closure of its portal for verification of nurses’ certificates. It was gathered that while many nurses are currently stranded in different countries abroad, others are on the verge of being deported.

2. Tension is high in the Federal Capital Territory, Abuja and other states in Nigeria as the President of Nigeria Labour Congress, Joe Ajaero honours a police summon today, Thursday. The development comes as the NLC revealed its plan to embark on a nationwide solidarity action on the heels of Nigeria police’s invitation of Ajaero over alleged terrorism financing.

3. President Bola Ahmed Tinubu will soon transmit a reworked Whistleblowing Bill to the National Assembly for legislative action, Minister of Finance and Coordinating Minister for the Economy, Mr. Wale Edun said on Wednesday. The minister said that the Federal Government has recovered N83,019,178,375.86; $609,083,391.91 and 5,494,734.71 euros since the introduction of the whistleblowing policy in 2017.

4. The Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) says it has directed all Mobile Network Operators (MNOs) to complete the mandatory verification and linkage of SIMs to NINs by September 14, 2024. This was disclosed in a statement signed by Mr Reuben Muoka, Director, Public Affairs at NCC, on Wednesday.

5. Flooding has so far killed a total of 179 persons in 15 states and displaced 208,655 others in 22 states within this year, the National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) has said. The agency, which disclosed this in its 2024 Flood Updates released on Wednesday, also said 107,652 hectares of farmland and 80,049 houses were destroyed.

6. Members of the proscribed Islamic Movement in Nigeria (IMN), better known as Shiites, have accused the police of killing four of their members and taking their corpses away during last Sunday’s clash around the Wuse Market in Abuja. IMN’s Secretary of Academic Forum, Ibrahim Abdullahi Musa, who denied the allegation of killing the police, said that three of their members were killed at the Wuse Market area, while the fourth person was killed in the Mabushi axis.

7. Two persons lost their lives on Tuesday when a truck driving against traffic collided with another truck along the Sagamu-Benin Expressway in Ogun State. A traffic official privy to the incident said on Wednesday that one of the victims was driving in the opposite direction of the expressway at top speed when his vehicle collided with an oncoming vehicle causing his death and another person.

8. The Lagos State Police Command has rescued a 25-year-old man (name withheld) who was abducted on Tuesday in the Oke Moro, Ishashi area of the state. It was learnt on Wednesday that three suspects, identified as Edem Chucks, Oluwatobi Adeniji, and Emmanuel Ebere, were arrested by officers of the Ishashi Police Division in connection with the crime.

9. The National Security and Civil Defence Corps, Osun State Command, on Wednesday, said it has commenced a probe into the circumstances surrounding the abduction of a five-month-old baby on a farm in Agbeye town. The security agency said the child was laid under a tree, while the mother picked firewood nearby, but by the time she returned to the spot where the child was laid, she could not find her.

10. Sixteen persons were burnt to death in an auto crash at Ajue community, along the Ore-Ondo highway, Ondo State. It was gathered on Wednesday that three other persons were seriously injured, while two others reportedly escaped unhurt.

11. The Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) has directed the leaders of its 54 affiliate unions to accompany its President, Joe Ajaero, to the office of the Nigeria Police Force (NPF) today over alleged terrorism financing and other infractions. The NLC gave the directive in a circular by its General Secretary, Emmanuel Ugboaja, and copied to all affiliate unions, state chapters, and national officers.

12. The Federal Government and the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) have agreed to resume talks on September 6 to address some of the grey areas in the demands by the university teachers. Minister of Education, Prof Tahir Mamman said this after a closed door meeting with the leadership of ASUU led by its President, Prof Emmanuel Osodeke.

13 The Federal Government has appealed to the members of the National Association of Resident Doctors, NARD, to call off their seven-day warning strike. The Minister of State for Health, Dr Tunji Alausa, made the appeal on Thursday in Kaduna during a visit to the National Eye Centre.

14. More than 300 persons have been detained by the International Criminal Police Organization, INTERPOL, on suspicion of having ties to Black Axe, one of the most dangerous criminal networks in West Africa, and other related organizations.

15. The National Assembly has waded into the controversy surrounding the announcement of the Federal government, prohibiting individuals under the age of 18 from taking part in the National Examinations Council and West African Examinations Council exams. The proposal, announced by the Minister of Education, Professor Tahir Mamman, on Sunday, has sparked widespread criticism from various quarters, including former Vice President, Atiku Abubakar and several civil society organizations (CSOs).

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