NIGERIAN NEWSPAPERS: 10 THINGS TO KNOW ON SATURDAY MORNING

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Good morning! The summary from Nigerian Newspapers for today is as follows:

1. According to playwright and professor Wole Soyinka, the Obidients are some of the most disgusting and unsettling mixtures he has ever come across in a political setting. Obidients refers to the backers of Peter Obi, the Labour Party's nominee for president in the election for president on February 25. On Friday, the wise guy made a statement.

2. The Department of State Services has not commented on the Friday arrest and detention of Tomi Arayomi, the founder of the RIG Nation and the Pioneer Church in the United Kingdom, and his wife Tema at the Murtala Muhammad International Airport by its agents. Unconfirmed reports said that Arayomi was detained for making "prophecies that are believed to be provocative," despite the fact that the basis for their detention remained unclear.

3. According to the 36 state chairs of the Labour Party, the current leadership issue is not about Julius Abure, the party's embattled national chairman, but is instead a plot to prevent Peter Obi from winning the presidential election tribunal.

4. In the states of Zamfara and Katsina, at least 100 people have been kidnapped from farms. According to information, the armed group raided Wanzamai, a town on the Zamfara–Katsina border.

5. After a three-day crusade, residents of Aponrin in Ibadan's Agbowo neighborhood claim that a pastor fled with 52 android and iphone phones, cash, and other valuables. According to reports, the pastor informed his victims that he had been guided by God to travel from the Gambia to Ibadan for the crusade.

6. Professor Onje Gye-Wado, a former deputy governor of Nasarawa State, has been abducted. According to reports, gunmen attacked his town of Gwagi in the state's Wamba Local Government District and kidnapped him.

7. Each intending pilgrim's hajj fare for 2023 has been estimated by the National Hajj Commission of Nigeria (NAHCON) at N2.89 million. Zikrullah Hassan, the chairman of NAHCON, revealed this on Friday and attributed the increase to inflation in Saudi Arabia and Nigeria.

8. The Igbo Lawyers Association (ILA) has denounced claims made by the federal government that Mr. Peter Obi, the Labour Party (LP) candidate for president in the elections of February 25th, committed a treasonable offense by calling for justice after being denied victory. The group announced that it will call an immediate meeting to talk about the situation.

9. On Thursday, gunmen in the Imota, Ikorodu region of Lagos State killed an Assistant Superintendent of Police who has not yet been identified along the Ikorodu-Ijebu-Ode Road. After committing the murder, it was learned that the suspects took two weapons while the slain policeman's comrades fled for safety.

10. On Thursday, a suspected kidnapper died in a gunfight with police officers in the Lagos State neighborhood of Ikorodu. The policemen also freed two kidnapped victims who had been left in the kidnappers' hideouts during the shootout.