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

1. Emefielegate: Messy Details Surface

* Witness Reveals How He Collected $3m For Embattled Ex-CBN Boss
* Emefiele Gets N50m Bail, Freed After Meeting Bail Conditions
* Judge Adjourns Case Until April 29 As Emefiele Moves For Closed-Session Of Trial

There was a pin-drop silence at the Ikeja Special Offences Court, Lagos when a staff of the Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN, Monday Osasuwa spewed messy details of how he collect the sum of $3m in tranches from the apex bank on behalf of the embattled governor of the apex bank, Godwin Emefiele.

2. Bobrisky’s Travails Continue: To Spend Six Months In Jail

* Correctional Services To Hold Bobrisky In Male Cell Ward At Ikoyi Correctional Centre
* ‘I am A Man, Cross-Dresser Confesses In Court

The travails of socialite and popular Nigerian crossdresser Idris Okuneye, popularly known and addressed as Bobrisky continues after he was sentenced to six months imprisonment for naira mutilation without the option of a fine.

3. Naira Gets Goldman Sachs Endorsement To Continue To Outperform Other Currencies Globally If….

Nigeria’s domestic currency, the naira, could extend gains that have already made it the best-performing currency in the world this month if policymakers stay on track, Goldman Sachs, one of the world’s leading global financial institutions has predicted.

4. Nigeria Makes History, Becomes First Country To Roll Out New Meningitis Vaccine, Says WHO

Nigeria has made history by becoming the first country in the world to roll out a new meningitis vaccine (called Men5CV) recommended by the World Health Organization (WHO) in a historic move.

5. ‘Highway Of Fraud’ Atiku Bombs Umahi Again Over Lagos-Calabar Coastal Road

Former Vice President Atiku Abubakar has described the Lagos-Calabar Coastal Highway as a highway of fraud while insisting that the award of the project did not meet the minimum threshold of due process.

6. Super Eagles Coach: NFF Technical Committee To Choose Between Amuneke, Finidi On Tuesday

The Technical Committee of the Nigeria Football Federation, NFF, will meet next Tuesday in Abuja to decide on a new head coach for the Super Eagles.

7. Police Recover Three More Bodies From Boat Mishap That Killed Junior Pope

Police authorities in Anambra State have disclosed the recovery of three more bodies from a boat accident involving a movie cast that claimed the life of Nollywood star Junior Pope.

8. Three Abducted UNICAL Students Finally Regain Freedom

The three abducted students of University of Calabar who were kidnapped about three weeks ago have been released, the institution has announced.

9. Free At Last, Emefiele Meets Bail Conditions, Released!

The Former Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria, Godwin Emefiele is a free man at last as he has been released after meeting the bail conditions stated by the Court.

10. Nigeria’s Oil Production Maintains Steady Decline, Drops To 1.23mbpd In March - OPEC

Nigeria’s daily crude oil production maintained a steady decline in 2024 as it dropped to 1.23 million barrels per day in March 2024, the latest data from the Organisation of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) has shown.


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