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Good morning! Here is today’s summary from Nigerian Newspapers:
1. The Nigerian Association of Resident Doctors, NARD, has halted its nationwide strike, bringing an end to nearly a month of disruptions in federal and teaching hospitals. The industrial action, which started on November 1, was formally suspended on Saturday after the association’s Extraordinary National Executive Council (NEC) met to review negotiations with the Federal Government.
2. President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has restated that national security, unity, and community resilience remain central to his administration’s Renewed Hope Agenda. This was revealed by the Minister of Defence, Alhaji Mohammed Badaru Abubakar, in a goodwill message delivered at the North-West Zonal Security Summit, organised by the Senate ad hoc Committee on National Security, at the Umaru Musa Yar’Adua Hall in Kaduna.
3. President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has sent the names of 32 ambassadorial nominees to the Senate for confirmation. This was disclosed in a statement by Bayo Onanuga, Special Adviser to the President on Information and Strategy, on Saturday.
4. The main opposition Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, has demanded withdrawal of the ambassadorial list sent to the Senate by President Bola Ahmed Tinubu, saying it is populated by people with “integrity deficit”. The party also asked President Tinubu to renominate only Nigerians with “stellar democratic credentials and high moral standing, capable of commanding global respect for the ambassadorial assignments”.
5. The Nigerian Army has successfully rescued 12 teenage girls abducted by Boko Haram/ISWAP terrorists in Mussa District of Askira/Uba Local Government Area, Borno State. They were freed on Saturday, 29 November, following a swift, intelligence-led operation by troops of Operation HADIN KAI in the southern Borno axis.
6. Troops of the 28 Task Force Brigade, Sector 4, Operation Hadin Kai (OPHK), have successfully repelled a large-scale attack by ISWAP/Boko Haram terrorists in Chibok Local Government Area of Borno State. The incident occurred in the early hours of Saturday.
7. Anambra State Police Command confirmed, on Saturday, the recovery of two female bodies believed to be among three Cameroonian women who were allegedly kidnapped in the state. According to the police, the bodies were discovered in the Omambala River in Anambra West local government area.
8. Katsina State Police Command says it has foiled a bandit attack along the Kandawa‑Dankar road in Batsari Local Government Area, recovering two AK‑47 rifles, 24 rounds of live ammunition, and a Boxer motorcycle. The spokesman of the command, DSP Abubakar Sadiq, in a statement made available to newsmen on Saturday, said the suspected hoodlums were attempting to block the Kandawa‑Dankar road in the Batsari local government area of the State.
9. Three persons died while one other escaped with injuries in two separate fire incidents recorded in Kano State on Friday, according to the Kano State Fire Service. The agency confirmed the incidents in a statement released on Saturday and signed by its Public Relations Officer, ACFO Saminu Yusif Abdullahi.
10. Troops of 12 Brigade Nigerian Army, in collaboration with other hybrid forces, on Thursday rescued 21 passengers abducted by bandits along highways in Kogi. The 12 Brigade’s spokesperson, Lt. Hassan Abdullahi, confirmed the rescue on Saturday. Abdullahi said the passengers were abducted on Thursday along the Kabba-Obajana road axis, where two security personnel lost their lives during the rescue operation.
Nigerian Newspapers: 10 things you need to know Sunday morning
