1. Rotimi Amaechi, Minister of Transportation, says
he is still a member of the cabinet of President
Muhammadu Buhari. Amaechi, who is among the
10 ministers, whom Buhari bade farewell to on
Friday, announced this in Kaduna State on Sunday.
2. A Presidential aspirant under the Peoples
Democratic Party and Bauchi State Governor,
Senator Bala Mohammed, says President
Muhammadu Buhari does not understand politics.
While addressing delegates and party leaders in
Katsina on Sunday, Mohammed said Buhari failed
to live up to expectation because he is surrounded
by deceitful people.
3. The Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) has
appointed Mr Joeé Santos Peseiro as the new head
coach of the Senior men’s national team, Super
Eagles. Ademola Olajire, NFF’s spokesman
disclosed this in a statement in Abuja on Sunday.
4. Terrorists have reportedly taken over
communities between Mutun-Daya and Gunu in
Sarkin-Pawa Road, Munya Local Government Area
of Niger State. According to sources, these
communities, which are about 20 kilometres from
Minna, the Niger State capital, are currently under
siege.
5. Gunmen, on Saturday morning, attacked and
killed two policemen, three civilians, and left
several others injured in Ogbia Local Government
Area of Bayelsa State. It was gathered that a
vehicle conveying the police officers and some
civilians were attacked by yet to be identified
gunmen while coming from a colleague’s burial.
6. The Sokoto State Police Command, on Sunday,
debunked reports that it has categorised one of the
suspected killers of Deborah at Shagari College of
Education as a foreigner from Niger Republic. ASP
Sanusi Abubakar, spokesman of Sokoto Police
Command in a statement, described the publication
as an act by some mischief makers.
7. The Christian Association of Nigeria, on Sunday,
said it would explore all avenues to get justice for
Deborah Samuel, a 200-level student of Shehu
Shagari College of Education, Sokoto, who was
lynched last week for allegedly blaspheming
Prophet Muhammad.
8. Aileri Emmanuel, mother of Deborah Samuel, the
murdered Sokoto State student has said she would
never send her remaining seven children to school
because of the gruesome killing of her daughter.
She stated this yesterday in an interview with
reporters.
9. The negotiations between the Federal
Government and the abductors of no fewer than 68
Abuja-Kaduna train passengers may have
deadlocked following the insistence of the gunmen
on the release of their commanders in exchange for
the abductees. It was gathered that the gang
insisted on a swap of their men in custody with the
passengers.
10. The Aare Ona Kakanfo of Yoruba land, Iba Gani
Adams, on Sunday, warned those fanning the
embers of war to desist from such acts that are
capable of fueling religious war in Nigeria. He
insisted that the South-West will resist any attempt
that could trigger a crisis and disturb the peace in
the region.
