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

1. Kano Emirship Tussle: Fresh Crisis Erupts

* Kano Govt Orders Demolition Of Ado Bayero’s Mini Palace
* Orders Police Commissioner To Remove Him From Palace
* Court Annuls Sanusi’s Reinstatement As Kano Emir

The ongoing Emirship tussle rocking the Kano Emirates has assumed a worrisome dimension if recent events are anything to go by. READ MORE

2. Nigeria’s Public Debt Up By N24tr In 3 Months, Hits N121trn-DMO

* Increase Caused By Domestic Borrowing To Fund 2024 Budget Deficit

Nigeria’s total public debt has risen by a whopping N24tr in three months, fresh data from the Debt Management Office (DMO) on Thursday, June 20, 2024 has disclosed. READ MORE

3. NEITI, Stakeholders Meet to Review Nigeria’s 2023 Extractive Industries Report

The Nigeria Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative (NEITI) is engaging stakeholders to review and validate Nigeria’s extractive industries’ 2023 Annual Progress Report (APR). READ MORE

4. Otedola Regains Position As Controlling Shareholder In FBN Holdings With 9.41 Percent Stake

Billionaire businessman and chairman of FBN Holdings, Femi Otedola has staked his claim as the majority shareholder of First Bank by increasing his equity in the company to 9.4%. READ MORE

5. Despite FIRS Charge Withdrawal, EFCC Continues Trial Of Binance Director, Gambaryan

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) on Thursday, continued with the alleged money laundering trial of an executive director of crypto trading platform, Binance Holding Limited, Tigran Gambaryan, at the Federal High Court, Abuja READ MORE

6. Rivers Crisis: IGP Reveals When Police Will Lift Barricade Of LG Secretariats

The Inspector General of Police (IGP) Kayode Egbetokun has disclosed that the police will only lift the barricade on the Local Government secretariats in Rivers State when a court of competent jurisdiction delivers judgment on the local government crisis in the oil-rich south-south state. READ MORE

7. Cholera: Despite Assurance By Health Commissioner, Death Toll Hits 21 As Suspected Cases Increases In Lagos

The death toll in the Cholera outbreak in Lagos State has risen to 21, Special Adviser to the Lagos State Governor on Health, Kemi Ogunyemi has disclosed. READ MORE

8. Real Reason Why Court Scrapped 33 Ondo LCDAs Created By Akeredolu Emerges

Indications have emerged that the 33 Local Council Development Areas (LCDAs) created by the administration of late former Governor Oluwarotimi Akeredolu were scrapped because they were inchoate and not lawfully created. READ MORE

9. ‘Odumodublvck Didn’t Lie’ – Wizkid Concurs Tems, Ayra Starr Have Achieved More Than Him

Odumodublvck has claimed on a recent podcast that Tems and Ayra Starr have done more for the Nigerian music industry than Afrobeat pioneer Fela Anikulapo-Kuti and Afrobeats megastars Wizkid and Burna Boy. READ MORE

10. Amid Poor World Cup Qualifier Performances, Super Eagles Fall Eight Places In FIFA Rankings

The poor performances of the Super Eagles of Nigeria in the ongoing World Cup Qualifiers have seen the country dropped by eight places in the latest FIFA rankings, moving to 38th globally. READ MORE


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All interesting stories & development... But please what's the solution to the Rivers state and Kano state quagmire?