Nigerian Newspapers: 10 things you need to know Sunday morning

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

1. No fewer than 39 Nigerians lost their lives following stampedes during food-sharing events in Okija, Anambra State, and Maitama, Abuja, on Saturday. In the struggle to get ahead and obtain the free food items distributed by organisers, the residents trampled upon one another, leading to the deaths.

2. The Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited has reduced its ex-depot price of Premium Motor Spirit, commonly referred to as petrol, to N899 per litre. This decision, coming days after the Dangote Refinery reduced its price to N899, was confirmed by the Petroleum Products Retail Outlets Owners Association of Nigeria in a statement on Saturday.

3. A fire outbreak involving a petrol tanker gutted a fuel station in Itam, near the Uyo metropolis of Akwa Ibom State in the early hours of Saturday. The Public Relations Officer, Akwa Ibom State Police Command, ASP Timfon John, who confirmed the incident in a statement, said there was no casualty and that an investigation to unravel the cause of the incident had commenced.

4. Three students of the Olabisi Onabanjo University, Ago-Iwoye, Ogun State, died in a road crash that occurred along the Ilisan-Ago-Iwoye Road on Friday. According to a statement issued on Saturday by the spokesperson for the Ogun State Police Command, Omolola Odutola, the accident occurred at about 3:30 pm.

5. The Federal Government has allocated a total of N6,364,181,224 billion for the renovation and rehabilitation of the residential quarters of President Bola Tinubu, Vice President Kashim Shettima, and some of their aides in the 2025 budget proposal.

6. The Speaker of the House of Representatives, Tajudeen Abbas, on Saturday urged the Central Bank of Nigeria to provide clarification on the sacking of about 1,000 staff members and the subsequent payment of a N50 billion compensation package to the disengaged persons.

7. The election petition tribunal sitting in Benin City disclosed on Saturday that Asue Ighodalo, the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, the All Progressives Congress, APC, the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, and Governor Monday Okpebholo will be calling 290 witnesses during the hearing of their petition.

8. Dangote Refinery has partnered with MRS petrol station to sell PMS at N935 per litre nationwide. This was revealed in a statement by Dangote Group on its official X account.

9. The Anambra Police Command says it recorded 38 cases of Gender-Based Violence, GBV in the state between January and December 21, 2024. CSP Adaobi Elosia, Officer-in-Charge of GBV in the state, made the disclosure in an interview on Saturday in Amawbia.

10. President Bola Tinubu on Saturday cancelled all his official events in Lagos, including his attendance at the 2024 Lagos Boat Regatta to mourn the stampede victims in Abuja and Okija, Anambra. His media aide, Bayo Onanuga made this known in a statement.

Nigerian Newspapers: 10 things you need to know Sunday morning