Newspaper Headlines: DSS seeks court order to extend Emefiele’s detention

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Newspaper Headlines: DSS seeks court order to extend Emefiele’s detention

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June 11, 2023

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The arrest and detention of Godwin Emefiele, governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), dominated the cover pages of Nigerian newspapers.

The Punch reports that the Department of State Services is likely to approach the court on Tuesday to obtain an order to keep Emefiele in its custody. The newspaper says security officials attached to the national assembly complex have arrested some legislative aides and national assembly workers for engaging in last-minute looting of the offices of lawmakers.

Daily Trust reports that Nigerian security agencies have continued to record clashes among their personnel, thereby robbing them of the needed synergy to win the fight against insecurity. The newspaper says bandits have killed at least 50 farmers in various communities in Rafi LGA of Niger state.

The Guardian reports that Vice-President Kashim Shettima has asked senators-elect to work for Nigeria’s stability and not their pockets. Ali Ndume, a senator, has expressed worry over the failure of 75 percent of the previous set of senators to achieve reelection into the 10th national assembly.

THISDAY reports that President Bola Tinubu’s policy advisory council has
proposed the sale of the major stakes of the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited (NNPC) in the upstream, midstream and downstream sectors of the oil and gas industry. The newspaper says Shettima has asked senators-elect to shun vote-buying during the inauguration of the 10th national assembly.

Vanguard reports that Enugu elders have endorsed the ban on the Monday sit-at-home by Peter Mbah, governor of the state. The newspaper says Idris Wase, immediate-past deputy speaker, is insisting on contesting the speakership position of the 10th national assembly despite the zoning arrangement of the All Progressives Congress (APC).

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