NIGERIA DAILIES: FACT YOU NEED TO KNOW ON SUNDAY MORNING

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

1. Governor Nasir El-Rufai of Kaduna State has dispelled the rumours of him jostling to become Chief of Staff to President-elect, Sen. Bola Ahmed Tinubu. El-Rufai made this statement to newsmen on Saturday in Gombe.

2. On Saturday, retired American mental health counselor Jeffrey Guterman revealed that the Federal Bureau of Intelligence (FBI) had denied his request for access to a file holding information on Bola Tinubu.

3. Bola Tinubu, the incoming president of Nigeria, congratulated King Charles III on his coronation as the King of England and expressed his eagerness to collaborate with the monarch. Tinubu wrote that he had faith that King Charles will carry on the legacy of his late mother, Queen Elizabeth II, who passed away in September 2022.

4. On Saturday, no fewer than 131 stranded Nigerian evacuees entered the nation. The total number of evacuees transported back to Nigeria since the nation began doing so on Wednesday now stands at 637.

5. The late Northern Region Premier Sir Ahmadu Bello advocated for the unity, peace, and stability of Nigeria, and according to Simon Bako Lalong, Chairman of the Northern Governors Forum and Governor of Plateau State, Northern Governors of the All Progressives Congress, APC, supported the transfer of power to the Southern region of Nigeria.

6. At Port Harcourt's Rumuekini axis, the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) detained 14 alleged internet fraudsters. They were captured on Friday during a sting operation in Port Harcourt, according to EFCC spokesperson Wilson Uwujaren.

7. The Academic Staff Union of Colleges of Agriculture's (ASUCA) leadership has pledged to take every legal action possible to combat any injustice meted out to its members regarding their exclusion from the recent 40% pay increase for those who are employed under the CONPSS salary structure. The union urged the government to reverse its decision and include its members in the 40% hike in a press release published in Lafia by its National President, Dr. Peter Aboki.

8. The governor of Oyo State, Seyi Makinde, has been urged by nine royal families in the Oyo Kingdom of Oyo State to delay the appointment of a new Alaafin of Oyo pending the outcome of a case brought in 2020 regarding the stool. The announcement was made at a press conference on Saturday at Oyo town's Akinmorin.

9. The Labour Party (LP) chapter in Kaduna State has distanced itself from what it described a fraudulent faction of the party, with Lamidi Apapa serving as its national chairman. Yesterday's State Executive Council (SEC) emergency meeting was followed by a communique from the party's Kaduna State leadership, which claimed the Apapa-led faction is a destabilizing force.

10. On Saturday, a group of young people believed to be members of a cult stormed Sagamu, the administrative center for Sagamu Local Government School in Ogun State, killing three people. The thugs, who were allegedly members of the confraternities of Eiye and Aiye, resumed their struggle for domination while disregarding safety.