Good morning.  Here is today’s summary from Nigerian Newspapers:

1. Rising Debt Profile: Obi Warns Tinubu Against Taking New Loans

Says It’s Worrisome There Has Been No Corresponding Visible Usage Or Investments
N10tr Used On Debt Servicing Greater Than Combined Budget For Defence, Education, Health, Infrastructure
Promises To Ensure That In New Nigeria, Scarce Resources Will Be Productively, Prudently Managed

Nigeria’s ballooning debt profile has emerged as a growing source of concern to the presidential candidate of the Labour Party (LP) in the 2023 election, Peter Obi who has come out to caution President Bola Tinubu against taking more foreign loans without first accounting for past borrowings.

2. Insecurity: Whereabout Of Officers Missing In Delta State Still Unknown- Force Spokesman

Says 9 Suspects In Custody Over Dastardly Incident

The whereabouts of six police officers who went missing in Delta State are still unknown, Force spokesman Muyiwa Adejobi has disclosed.

3. Diesel, Aviation Fuel From Dangote's  Refinery Hit Nigerian Market

Dealers Get one Million Litres Each at N1,225/litre, 

Dangote Refinery has commenced the sale of Automotive Gas Oil (diesel)  and  aviation fuel to oil marketers across Nigeria.

4. FIRS Apologises To CAN, Christians Over “Offensive” Easter Message

Following the outcry that trailed the Easter message which was termed as offensive by the Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN), the Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS) has apologised to Christians in the country.

5. Wike To Deploy FCT’s 2024 Statutory Budget To Infrastructure, Healthcare, Others

The Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, Nyesom Wike, has disclosed that the FCT’s N1.28 trillion 2024 statutory budget will be deployed towards revolutionising infrastructure provision in the nation’s capital.

6. Transfer: Osimhen Chooses New Club Amidst Arsenal, PSG, Chelsea Interest

Victor Osimhen has reportedly told his closest friends where he will be playing his fo....

7.  Nigerian Music Legend 2face Declared Burna Boy One Of Greatest Music Icons

Legendary Nigerian musician Innocent Ujah Idibia, sometimes referred to as 2baba or 2face, has entered the discussion on his younger colleague Dami Ogulu's standing in the music business.

8. Bank Recapitalisation: Agusto & Co Assured N4 Trillion Of Inflow Expected To Meet New Requirement 

If the apex bank could withstand pressure to include retained earnings or shareholders' money when computing banks' new capital, up to N4 trillion of inflow is expected by banks to fulfill the Central Bank's new capital criteria, according to credit ratings firm Agusto and Co.

9. Tinubu, Other African Leaders Present As Senegal Swears In Youngest President

The 44-year-old opposition contender, Senegalese presidential candidate Bassirou Diomaye Faye, took the oath of office.

10. Easter Tragedy: Former Oyo Governor’s ADC Commits Suicide

DCP Gbolahan Oyedemi, a deputy commissioner of police now on duty with the Lagos State Police Command, was discovered dead at his own residence in Ogbomoso, Oyo State.

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