Good morning, Nigeria, welcome to YaahooJournalist roundup of top Newspaper Headlines in Nigeria for today Monday, September 30th, 2019.
There are indications that the cabal in President Muhammadu Buhari‘s government have penciled Babatunde Fashola and Governor Kayode Fayemi as a possible replacement for embattled Vice President Yemi Osinbajo.
YaahJournalist understands that Daily Independent quoted a credible source in the presidency, to have revealed that the ‘cabal’ already has two possible replacement should Osinbajo decide to take a bow.
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Pastor Tunde Bakare, the General Overseer of the Latter Rain Assembly, Lagos State, says Yemi Osinbajo, Nigeria’s Vice President will overcome his present travails in office.
YaahooJournalist reports that the clergyman, who insisted that he would take over from Muhammadu Buhari as Nigeria’s President, said Osinbajo will have “the last laugh.”
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The Lagos State Police command has released a list containing the names of a five-member gang of real estate scammers, YaahooJournalist understands.
YaahooJournalist reports that the self-acclaimed real estate agents were at the verge of fraudulently leasing out someone else’s duplex in Lekki Phase 2 to a house seeker for a sum of N4.5 million before their plans were stalled and they were arrested by the operatives of Rapid Response Squad (RRS) at the point of exchange of money and keys.
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Pastor Tunde Bakare, the General Overseer of the Latter Rain Assembly, Lagos State, says a trending video of him saying he will become Nigeria’s next President was merely an expression of his aspiration.
YaahooJournalist reports that the clergyman had declared that he would take over from President Muhammadu Buhari when his tenure expires in 2023.
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The Resident Electoral Commissioner (REC) of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) in Taraba state, Baba Abba Yusuf, is dead.
YaahooJournalist reports that INEC’s Secretary, Rose Oriaran-Anthony, announced Yusuf’s death.
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A popular Nigerian Twitter commenter, from the southern part of the country, Stanley Nwabia, has passed away.
YaahooJournalist reports that his death was disclosed on Sunday morning in various tweets by Nigerians commenting “Rest In Peace Stanley Nwabia.”
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The Presidency has dismissed reports that Aisha Buhari, Nigeria’s First lady and wife of President Muhammadu Buhari, has temporarily relocated to London, the United Kingdom over a purported crack in the Presidency.
YaahooJournalist recalls that a Daily Trust report said the First Lady has been out of the country for about two months now, raising concerns at the Presidential Villa.
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President Muhammadu Buhari has directed Chris Ngige, the Minister of Labour and Employment, to take swift action on negotiation with the organised labour on the new N30,000 minimum wage consequential adjustment.
YaahooJournalist reports that President Buhari gave the directive on Friday, September 27 at the 2019 Nigeria Civil Service Week celebration dinner and award night held at the State House Conference Centre, Abuja, Nigeria’s capital.
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Madam Beauty Ogere, the mother of the former coach of the Super Eagles of Nigeria, Samson Siasia, has been released by kidnappers.
According to The Nation Newspaper, the 80-year-old Ogere, mother of former Super Eagle skipper has been released by her abductors.
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Ike has been evicted from the ongoing Big Brother Naija (BBNaija) 2019 reality television show.
YaahooJournalist reports that he was evicted from the “Pepper Dem” edition of the 2019 BNaija after getting the third-lowest number of votes among the five nominated housemates.
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That’s the Nigerian Newspaper headlines for today. Read more Nigerian news on YaahooJournalist. See you again tomorrow.