NIGERIAN NEWSPAPERS: 10 THINGS YOU SHOULD KNOW THIS SUNDAY

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

1. Nigerian students imprisoned in the Republic of Sudan say the Federal Government has shattered their hopes of being evacuated from the scene of a fierce military clash. The fighting between Sudanese army forces and the paramilitary group Rapid Support Force has claimed over 400 deaths and injured around 3,500 others.

2. On Saturday, Sunday Dare, the Minister of Youths and Sports Development, announced the temporary closure of the National Stadium in Surulere, Lagos, due to the collapse of a floodlight pole. Dare made the announcement after seeing the collapsed floodlight mast.

3. According to the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), the commission is focusing on people who hide under real estate to commit money laundering and other financial crimes. According to EFCC lawyer Chris Mishela, many estates rising up in Abuja, Lagos, and other parts of the country are thought to represent the proceeds of fraud.

4. Two years after the kidnapping of scores of schoolgirls from the Federal Government College Birnin Yauri in Kebbi State, four of the remaining 11 girls have been released. On Friday evening, Dogo Gide, a known bandit commander, released the four females, Bilha Musa, Faiza Ahmed, Rahma Abdullahi, and Hafsa Murtala.

5. Vice President Yemi Osinbajo will leave Nigeria on Sunday for the United States of America, where he will give a Special Lecture at the University of Pennsylvania (UPenn) in Philadelphia. UPenn, one of the eight private colleges in the United States known as the Ivy League, was founded in 1740 as a charity school.

6. On Saturday evening, an unconfirmed number of people were trapped after a block of flats fell in the Sango Police Barracks in Ibadan, the Oyo State capital. The event was confirmed by a source with the National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) who spoke on the condition of anonymity.

7. Abia State governor-elect Alex Otti has denied reports that he invited former President General Yakubu Gowon to the state for his (Otti's) inauguration. Otti has been attacked by members and supporters of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), who have also stoked public outrage over the role the former Head of State played in the death of late General Aguiyi Ironsi, an Abia son.

8. The APC Patriotic People's Forum, an All Progressives Congress (APC) support group, wants the ruling party to give the office of next Speaker of the House of Representatives to the North-Central in the sake of equity and justice. At a news conference in Abuja, the group's Acting Director-General, Prof. Husseini Garbo-Dokko, asked for concession for North-Central.

9. Zainab Abdullahi, one of the 85 abducted victims in Wanzamai village, Tsafe Local Government Area of Zamfara State, escaped from the terrorists' camp and returned home, while the remaining 84 remain in captivity.

10. Mr Dele Alake, Director of Strategic Communication for the All Progressives Congress Campaign Council, disputed yesterday allegations that President-elect Asiwaju Bola Tinubu is under pressure to name his cabinet with only six weeks till his inauguration.