Top 10 Nigerian News Headlines, Naija News For Today, 8th June 2023

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1. President Bola Tinubu has directed the National Economic Council to come up with inputs on palliatives and the minimum wage review as part of measures to cushion the pain of subsidy removal. Speaking during a meeting with members of the Nigeria Governors’ Forum, Tinubu directed NEC led by Vice President Kashim Shettima to mobilise various interventions to cushion the hardship faced by Nigerians.

2. The Labour Party and its presidential candidate, Peter Obi, tendered in evidence on Wednesday the final results for the 36 states of the federation and the Federal Capital Territory. The court admitted the forms in evidence and marked them as exhibits. Thereafter, it adjourned further hearings on the petition to Thursday, June 8, 2023.

3. The former Secretary to the Government of the Federation, Boss Mustapha, on Wednesday, signed and handed over documents of office to his successor, George Akume. The handover took place at the SGF office located at the Three Arms Zone in Abuja, shortly after Akume’s arrival.

4. The Nigerian National Petroleum Company has confirmed that once the Dangote Refinery starts pumping out refined petroleum products from late July or early August, the NNPCL will cut down on its imports of Premium Motor Spirit, popularly called petrol.

5. Ahead of the inauguration of the 10th Assembly on Tuesday, some aspirants for the Senate Presidency and Speaker of the House of Representatives aspirants have continued to insist on contesting for the positions in open defiance of the zoning arrangement announced by the All Progressives Congress in early May.

6. A former governorship aspirant of the Peoples Democratic Party in Edo State, Ken Imasuagbon, on Wednesday, resigned his membership of the PDP. The frontline Edo politician, in a letter sent to the chairman of the party in the state, Tony Aziegbemi, and chairman of his local government, Esan South-East ward 2, was silent on his reasons for quitting the PDP.

7. A boy has been reported killed by a truck and many others injured during the demolition of structures at the Eid-Ground in Kano metropolis. It was gathered that the incident happened when thugs invaded the place to loot from the debris of the demolished structures.

8. A Kano State Sharia court sitting in Dambare, in Ungogo LGA has remanded a DJ, Ali Dan-Asabe, for disrupting studies and other activities in an Islamiyya school. Dan-Asabe was dragged before the court by the police following a complaint from the school’s management that his activities were disrupting pupils with loud music while they were having classes.

9. Senate President Ahmad Lawan on Wednesday said he was not bothered that the 9th National Assembly under his leadership was tagged rubber stamp Assembly. He stated this at an interactive session with the Senate Press Corps at the National Assembly, Abuja.

10. No fewer than 75 senators-elect are backing Senator Godswill Akpabio for Senate President ahead of next week’s inauguration of the 10th National Assembly, Senator Ali Ndume said Wednesday night.

 

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