Here are top 10 trending stories in Nigeria today, 29th November 2024, recaps from newspaper headlines across tabloids in Nigeria.
1. President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has called on the Senate to confirm four nominees for the Police Service Commission (PSC). The nominees include retired Deputy Inspector General of Police Buba Ringim, retired Justice Adamu Paul Galumje, Christine Ladi Dabup, and Abdulfatah Muhammed.
2. Amnesty International has accused the Nigeria Police Force of using excessive force during the nationwide #EndBadGovernance protests held from August 1 to 10, resulting in the deaths of at least 24 people across six states. Country Director Isa Sanusi disclosed this during a media briefing while presenting the organization’s report.
3. #The Senate advanced four controversial tax reform bills for second reading. The bills, transmitted by President Tinubu, were debated during plenary following a presentation by Senate Leader Opeyemi Bamidele.
4. The Federal Government revealed it spent over ₦8.8 billion to restore 128 vandalized transmission towers nationwide. The Transmission Company of Nigeria’s Managing Director, Engr. Suleiman Ahmed Abdulaziz, made the announcement during the Power Sector Working Group meeting in Abuja.
5. The House of Representatives confirmed Olufemi Oluyede as the Chief of Army Staff (COAS) following a report by Babajimi Benson, chairman of the Committee on Defense.
6. The Naira appreciated in the parallel market, trading at ₦1,740 per dollar, a slight improvement from ₦1,745 the previous day. Similarly, it strengthened to ₦1,644.86 per dollar in the Nigerian Autonomous Foreign Exchange Market (NAFEM).
7. A Federal Capital Territory court is set to hear the Department of State Services’ (DSS) lawsuit against the Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP). Senior lawyers Tayo Oyetibo and Ebun-Olu Adegboruwa will represent SERAP before Justice Yusuf Halilu.
8. The operational capacity of the Port Harcourt Refining Company has been questioned amid allegations that petroleum products loaded from the facility this week were not newly refined but had been stored in tanks for three years.
9. The Federal Government has granted a license to Process Design and Development Limited for the construction of a 27,000 barrels-per-day refinery in Gombe State.
10.Protesters gathered at the Lagos State House of Assembly to oppose the appointment of a traditional ruler in the Ajah community. They argued that the Obaship matter remains in court and called on the state government to maintain the status quo.
Be the first to comment