Good morning! Here are six top headlines from Nigerian Newspapers today;
1. Mallam Nasir El-Rufai, former governor of Kaduna State, has alleged that the government of President Bola Tinubu is worse than any military regime Nigeria has ever experienced. Speaking when he hosted former Vice-President Atiku Abubakar at the weekend, El-Rufai described the Tinubu government as a “disgrace to democratic ideals”.
2. Police officers and a passerby were shot dead at a check point in Abugi village, Lokoja local government area of Kogi state, on Sunday morning. The gunmen later struck at a check point along Ilafin Road, Isanlu in Yagba East Local Government, killing another two police officers.
3. Troops from the 3 Division/Joint Task Force Operation ENDURING PEACE (JTF OPEP), a unit dedicated to restoring peace and harmony in Plateau State, have arrested 15 suspected armed militia men. The arrests were made during a joint operation around Jamrop village in the Qua’an Pan Local Government Area of the state.
4. The Edo State Special Security Squad on cultism has arrested 20 suspects following a clampdown on cultists over the alleged killing of two people during a cult clash in Auchi and South Ibie, Etsako West Local Government Area of Edo State. The clash, it was gathered, reportedly happened at a popular hotel, the venue of a “signing out” party celebrating the successful completion of the last examination paper of a cult leader at Auchi Polytechnic.
5. No fewer than 16 security personnel are feared dead, while several others remain missing, following an ambush by suspected armed herdsmen supported by local militia gangs during an operation at Agu Centre, a rural settlement in Mbatyula/Mberev Council Ward of Katsina-Ala Local Government Area, Benue State.
6. Four suspects linked to cattle rustling and motor vehicle theft have been arrested by the Jigawa State Police Command in the Hadejia Local Government Area of the state. This is contained in a statement made available to journalists on Sunday in Dutse, the Jigawa State capital, by the command’s Public Relations Officer, SP Shi’isu Adam.
