NIGERIAN NEWSPAPERS: 10 THINGS YOU SHOULD KNOW THIS MORNING

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

1. Governor Ahmadu Fintiri was declared the winner of the Adamawa State governorship election on Tuesday by the Returning Officer, Prof Mohammed Mele. Fintiri received 430,861 votes, defeating Aisha Dahiru, popularly known as Binani, of the All Progressives Congress, who received 398,788 votes.

2. The Inspector General of Police, Usman Baba, ordered that Mohammed Barde, the Commissioner of Police on election duty in Adamawa State, leave the state immediately. The IGP also directed that the CP in charge of Gombe State, Etim Equa, travel immediately to Adamawa state to oversee election security for the hotly contested supplemental governorship election.

3. The Labour Party's leadership crisis deepened on Tuesday, when it suspended a factional leader, Mr Lamidi Apapa, as well as its National Deputy Chairman (South) and several other officials. According to a statement issued by Ms Ladi Iliya, National Deputy Chairperson, and Mr Kenedy Ahanotu, Deputy National Secretary, the party also named acting executive members.

4. Adamawa State Governor-elect Ahmadu Fintiri has apologized to his adoring followers for what he called "psychological trauma" caused by the events of the state's supplementary election.

5. In Benisheikh town, Borno State, a police sergeant named Ahmed Ali was shot by soldiers on duty after his team intercepted a vehicle belonging to a colleague and discovered it loaded with Indian hemp. According to locals and security sources, the incident occurred on Monday around 10 a.m. at the town's entry checkpoint.

6. The All Progressives Congress (APC) Gombe State chapter expelled Senator Muhammad Danjuma Goje from the party on Tuesday for alleged anti-party activities. The party's ward committee formed a commission last month to investigate the senator's suspected anti-party conduct during the 2023 elections.

7. The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has decided to write to the Inspector-General of Police, Alkali Baba, to investigate and prosecute the suspended Resident Electoral Commissioner (REC) for Adamawa State, Barr Hudu Yunusa Ari, over the illegal declaration of Aishatu Dairu Ahmed, popularly known as Binani, as the state governorship election winner.

8. Yesterday, Justice Inyang Edem Ekwo of the Federal High Court in Abuja stopped the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, from suspending the outgoing governor of Rivers State, Nyesom Wike, as a party member for alleged anti-party activities.

9. According to the World Health Organization, the violence that erupted in Sudan on Saturday has killed 270 people and injured 2,600. Dr Tedros Ghebreyesus, the organization's Director General, stated this during a virtual news briefing on Tuesday.

10. The discovery on Monday of a deceased stowaway in the wheel well of a KLM Royal Dutch Airlines Boeing 777 (registered PH-BQM) has raised questions about how and when the man was able to climb into the aircraft, which originated in Lagos, Nigeria. An investigation has been begun to investigate the details of the occurrence.