Nigerian Newspaper Headlines: What You Must Know This Morning

Good morning: Here is a summary of what you must know from Nigerian Newspapers today June 13, 2023:

1. President Bola Tinubu has signed into the Student Loan Bill into law. This law was a promise he made during his campaign. President Tinubu had promised to give student loans as part of efforts to develop the education sector and build the youth capacity.
2. Before the inauguration of the 10th Assembly scheduled for today, President Bola Tinubu, on Monday, rallied support for Senator Godswill Akpabio, who is contesting the Senate Presidency. President Tinubu met the Chairman of the Progressives Governors’ Forum, Hope Uzodinma to mobilize support for Akpabio and other members of the All Progressives Congress.
3. The Northern Elders Forum had on Monday, issued a caution to President Bola Ahmed Tinubu, urging him to respect the principle of separation of powers and allow the 10th National Assembly members to elect their leaders.
4. Four policemen have been exposed after they extorted N153,000 from an Undergraduate student in Cyprus Unviversity, Emmanuel Nnawuihe while he was driving to a destination in the state. The police officers are attached to the Ogudu Police Division in Lagos State.
5. Some members of the All Progressives Congress (APC) who departed Imo State to attend the inauguration of the 10th National Assembly have died in a road accident. Cajetan Duke, spokesman of the APC in Imo, said the vehicle in which they were travelling had a head-on collision with another bus at Agbor in Delta State.
6. The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB), and the tertiary institutions, will, on June 24, fix the cut-off marks for admissions into tertiary institutions. The cut-off marks would be adopted at the 2023 policy meeting on admission into tertiary institutions.
7. President Bola Ahmed Tinubu on Monday promised to repay the trust and mandate of Nigerians with dividends of democracy. He said the removal of fuel subsidy was to free up the massive resources of the nation in the pocket of a few rich, admitting it posed temporary pains on the masses.
8. The Imo State government has raised an alarm over a plot by the state chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) to use the excuse of insecurity in the state to organise a “planned phantom protest in Abuja, scheduled for this week”
9. Parents of Chibok schoolgirls have appealed to President Bola Ahmed Tinubu to help facilitate the release of 92 abducted girls still in Boko Haram’s captivity. The parents made the appeal in a letter they jointly issued on Monday through Yana Galang (mother to Rifkatu Galang still in captivity) and Zanna Lawan (father to Aisha Lawan still in captivity).

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