Naij.com digest: Top 10 news that broke this Tuesday
The Naij.com team has gathered the most important news for April 5, Tuesday. Find all the important things you might have missed but still need to know below.
1. CCT trial: Saraki appears in court for the 7th time
The Senate president Bukola Saraki has appeared in court for the 7th time. He was represented by 51 lawyers, though his lead counsel, Kanu Agabi was absent in court.
2. Boko Haram killed 20,000 people in 4 years – Presidency
According to the presidency, at least 20,000 people were killed by Islamic terrorist group, Boko Haram, between 2011 and 2015 in Nigeria, the presidency has revealed.
3. Police declare state of emergency in Kaduna
The Kaduna state police command has reportedly declared a state of emergency due to rising cases of kidnapping in the state.
4. Biafra: Judge is biased – Nnamdi Kanu’s lawyer
After the court hearing today, April 5, Kanu’s lawyer, Ifeanyi Ejiofor told journalists that it is so obvious that the judge is biased on the matter before it.
5. El-Rufai warns over new Islamic sect in Kaduna
Nasir el-Rufai,the Kaduna state governor, has raised the alarm over the emergence of a new deadly Islamic group, Gausiyya, in the state.
6. My reconciliation with Fayose was stage-managed – Aluko
Former Ekiti state PDP secretary, Dr. Temitope Aluko dropped a bombshell, saying that his purported reconciliation with Governor Ayodele Fayose on Sunday, April 3, was stage-managed.
7. Defiant Edo speaker bows, swears-in PDP lawmaker
Embattled Speaker of Edo state House of Assembly, Hon. Victor Edoror yesterday sworn-in Sylvanus Eruaga of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) as member representing Etsako West ll State constituency.
8. Sheikh Zakzaky has gruesome injuries
Department of state services can’t release Shiites leader Sheikh Ibrahim Zakzaky and his wife because of the gruesome wounds they sustained during Nigerian military raid on their house in December last year.
9. Boko Haram releases another video
The video, which included Arabic subtitles, featured masked Boko Haram fighters standing on sandy ground in front of the trucks.
10. Naira stays strong at 318-320 against dollar in parallel market
NAIJ.com findings on Tuesday, April 5, show that the naira still trades for between N318 and N320 as it was on Monday, April 4.
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