Top 10 news from Nigerian Newspapers this Monday morning

Beautiful morning TopNaija.ng fam! Here is today’s summary from Nigerian Newspapers

1. Suspected herdsmen, Sunday night blocked the Daudu-Gbajimba road at Tse Torkpande, killing several persons in Guma LGA of Benue State.

Among those killed, our reporter gathered, were two natives of the community identified as Kator Ayilaga and Mr. Mzough.

2. It was indeed a sad Sunday for the Christian community following the tragic death of Rev Ben Ubeh, the Taraba State chairman of the Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN).

Ubeh reportedly died after he was crushed beyond recognition by a truck transporting sugar along Jalingo-Yola Expressway.

3. The Nigeria Police have debunked a statement purported made by the Inspector General (IGP), Ibrahim Idris, who assured that Boko Haram was set to release Leah Sharibu, the only Christian Dapchi School girl still in captivity.

The Force in a statement on Sunday by its spokesman, Jimoh Moshood said the IGP was misquoted and the police IG did not at any point gave such assurance.

4. The Minister of Information, Lai Mohammed, has declared that the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) should cease to exist as a party.

The Minister noted that the party failed in government and was also failing as an opposition party, especially its crude and unwarranted attacks on the Buhari government over the abduction of Dapchi girls by Boko Haram.

5. There was wild jubilation in Dapchi town, Yobe on Sunday as the freed schoolgirls reunited with their parents and loved ones.

A NAF C-130 Hercules Aircraft airlifted the schoolgirls on Sunday morning from Abuja to Maiduguri, Borno State, from where they were taken by road to Dapchi to meet with their families.

6. Governor of Ekiti State, Ayodele Fayose has reacted to call by elder statesman and former Chief of Army Staff, Lt. General TY Danjuma (rtd), to the people of Nigeria to defend themselves against rampaging herdsmen.

The Ekiti governor, while throwing his weight behind Danjuma’s clarion call, said it was time Buhari listened to warning concerning herdsmen.

7. The Nigerian Army and the Federal Government have refuted the report by one David Bako, an army deserter, who alleged that the Dapchi school girls abduction was planned in the villa and executed with N80 million.

Jude Chukwu, the Director of Army Public Relations and Lai Mohammed, Nigeria’s Minister of Information and Culture in separate statement described Bako as fake, stressing that after cross-checking its record, they did not find any one called Sgt. David Bako, who neither serves in the army, deserted or dismissed.

8. The federal government says it has recovered over N143.89 billion through the implementation of the whistleblower policy. This was contained in a report by the presidential initiative on continuous audit (PICA).

The report showed that government had successfully recovered N7.8 billion, $378 million and £27,800.

9. Atiku Abubakar, former Vice-President, has pledged to give 40 percent of appointments in his cabinet to the youth if he wins the 2019 presidential election.

Atiku said the 40 percent representation was because of the “critical role” the youth play in elections.

10. The Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has warned President Muhammadu Buhari against granting amnesty to members of the Boko Haram terrorist group.

SERAP in letter dated 23 March 2018 and signed by its deputy director, Timothy Adewale, said Boko Haram should not be allowed to escape the consequences of their crimes if the authorities were to prevent a cycle of revenge leading to further violence and conflict.