NIGERIAN DAILIES: Facts You Should Be Aware Of This Wednesday Morning

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Summary from Nigerian Newspapers for today is as follows:

1. On Tuesday, the Supreme Court affirmed the election of Osun State Governor Ademola Adeleke. A five-member panel that rendered a decision on the former governor Gboyega Oyetola's appeal ruled that it lacked "any scintilla of merit."

2. Femi Otedola, a multi-billionaire businessman, claimed on Tuesday that his offer to pay N250 billion for the Nigerian giant Transnational Corporation Plc was turned down. Weeks after acquiring interests in Transcorp and selling the shares, Otedola made several accusations against Tony Elumelu, the chairman of the company, in a statement to TheCable.

3. Kaduna State Governor Nasir El-Rufai has declared he will not serve as Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) in President-elect Bola Ahmed Tinubu's administration. El-Rufai was crucial to the transfer of power from the north to the south, which benefited Bola Tinubu, the president-elect.

4. Due to a dentist appointment, President Muhammadu Buhari has prolonged his vacation to London by a week. This was revealed in a statement released on Tuesday by Femi Adesina, the president's special adviser on media and publicity.

6. Following the consumption of tea at a wedding ceremony in Kano that is thought to have been brewed with an indigenous leaf called Zakami, seven individuals are presumed dead and a number of others hospitalized. According to eyewitness reports, it affected up to 50 people, and several were still missing. The incident took place in the Kumbotso Local Government's Sheka neighborhood in the city of Kano.

5. The motions made by Peter Obi, the Labour Party's (LP) presidential candidate, regarding the results of the election on February 25 will be heard today by the Presidential Election Petitions Tribunal. Justice Haruna Tsammani, the tribunal's presiding justice, set the hearing on the parties' responses to pre-hearing questions on Obi and LP's appeal on Monday.

7. In the Republic of Togo, a 14-year-old kid from Hotoro Quarters in Kano, Kano State, who was reported missing by his parents sometime in March has been located. The youngster was discovered wandering on a street in Togo looking for food with another boy who was also from Nigeria, according to a Freedom Radio, Kano broadcast.

8. According to reports that surfaced on Tuesday, at least five contenders for the position of Speaker of the House of Representatives in the upcoming 10th National Assembly who are upset with the APC's zoning plan are currently banding together to oppose the party's chosen candidates.

9. According to the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), it has requested a live broadcast of the presidential election petition tribunal's hearings in a move that was filed on notice. The move is being made in the interest of transparency, according to PDP National Publicity Secretary Debo Ologunagba, who made this announcement at a news conference in Abuja.

10. In connection with an alleged automobile theft and armed robbery, men from the Edo State Police Command detained Abdullahi Abdulwahab (26), a member of the Nigerian Correctional Service, and Ibrahim Adamu, a member of the Nigerian Navy. When introducing the suspects on Tuesday, SP Chidi Nwabuzor, the State Police Public Relations Officer, stated that they had been detained by agents in Ekpoma while wearing military uniforms after acting on reliable information.