THIS THURSDAY MORNING, HERE ARE TEN THINGS YOU SHOULD KNOW

Hello and good morning! Here is today's Nigerian newspaper summary:

1. The Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN, has finally completed plans to release to Deposit Money Banks all N1,000, N500, and N200 notes in its custody. This decision is expected to end months of hardship and pain for Nigerians as a result of the CBN's controversial naira redesign policy, which has resulted in a severe shortage of old and new naira notes across the country.

2. According to the British High Commission, the UK Minister of State for Development and Africa, Andrew Mitchell MP, is prepared to take action against those who engaged in or incited electoral violence during Nigeria's recently concluded general elections.

3. The Office of the President-elect announced on Wednesday that its principal, Bola Tinubu, has left the country for a vacation in Paris. Tinubu's media aide, Tunde Rahman, said in a statement that the President-elect would also travel to London and then Saudi Arabia to perform the lesser Hajj.

4. In Adamawa State, the All Progressives Congress, APC, has suspended Boss Mustapha, the Secretary to the Government of the Federation, for losing his polling unit to the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, during the presidential and governorship elections. The SGF, according to the party, did not help its presidential and governorship candidates win.

5. The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) candidate Peter Mbah was declared the winner of Saturday's governorship election in Enugu State by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) yesterday.

6. Alhaji Muhammad Sa'ad Abubakar, Sultan of Sokoto and President-General of the Nigerian Supreme Council for Islamic Affairs (NSCIA), has confirmed the sighting of the new crescent, signaling the start of Ramadan 1444AH.

7. Alex Otti, the governorship candidate of the Labour Party (LP), has been declared the winner of the Abia State governorship election. Professor Nnenna Oti, the election's Returning Officer, declared Otti the winner at the state collation center on Wednesday evening.

8. The federal government has announced plans to install facial recognition technology at the country's major airports. Clem Agba, Minister of State for Budget and National Planning, said in a statement yesterday that airports would soon be operating an automatic security measure that would incorporate the use of technology to improve security around airports and easily detect impostors.

9. Damilare Bello, a lawmaker-elect for the Ogun State House of Assembly, has been arrested by Department of State Services operatives. Bello, a Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) member, is accused of orchestrating the Sagamu mayhem, which resulted in the vandalism of several banks during the naira scarcity protest.

10. The Federal Executive Council approved N453.90 billion on Wednesday for the procurement of rolling stock, operation and maintenance equipment for the Kano-Maradi standard gauge rail line, which is currently under construction.