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Nigerian Newspapers: 10 things you need to know this Friday morning.


Good morning! Here are 10 things you need to know this morning:
1. An Improvised Explosive Device, IED, went off at the New Road Motor Park in Kano on Thursday, killing five people, while eight others were left injured.
Report says the explosion led to a stampede as people struggled to leave the scene of the blast
2. President Goodluck Jonathan has intervened in the impeachment move against Nasarawa state Governor, Tanko Al-Makura. The President on Thursday met behind closed-doors with six members of the Nasarawa State House of Assembly. The members who met with Jonathan on Thursday were led by their Speaker, Musa Muhammed
3. Nigeria and three other countries have promised to do everything within their powers to ensure a speedy creation of 2,800-strong regional force to tackle the Boko Haram Islamic sect. Report says that the Defence ministers of Nigeria, Cameroon, Chad and Niger have promised that each country would contribute 700 troops to the force.
4. Former Head of States, Gen. Muhammadu Buhari has said that Nigeria has the capacity to crush the Boko Haram sect. Buhari sensitized that the insurgents had nothing to do with Islam, urging the government to look at them as mere terrorists and tackle them as such.
5. Former Vice President, Atiku Abubakar has condemned the recent bomb attack of Gen. Muhammadu Buhari, saying that the attack on the APC chieftain has added a bad dimension to the bad security situation in the country. He called on the Federal Government to take urgent step to address the insecurity situation.
6. Nigerian Army from 144 Battalion, Ngwa High School in Aba, Abia State, have discovered and destroyed a kidnappers’ camp located at Amuzu Ibeku in Osisioma Local Government Area. Report says a bungalow had been used by the gang to harbour some of their victims whose relatives pay ransom before they are release.
7. The majority leader of Ebony State House of Assembly, Hon. Samuel Nwali, was on Wednesday afternoon kidnapped by some unidentified kidnappers. Report however claimed that security operatives were able to rescue him around 9:30am on Thursday within the boundaries between Ikwo Local Government Area and Cross River State.
8. The Ohanaeze Youth Council, OYC, has totally condemned the call by Arewa Youth Development Foundation that Nigeria be divided. The youth group said the statement was a treasonable one.
OYC also condemned the demand by the Arewa Youths for Southerners in the North to leave within two weeks and for Northerners in the South to do same.
9. Ekiti State chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, yesterday condemned the state House of Assembly for approving the creation of additional 19 Local Government Development Areas, LGDAs, in the state, saying the House acted illegally. The party made the condemnation in a statement by its Publicity Secretary, Pastor Kola Oluwawole.
10. Governor Emmanuel Uduaghan of Delta State has told pregnant women and nursing mothers in Delta state not to stop paying health official for medical services. He addressed pregnant women at the Mother and Child Centre, Central Hospital, Warri. He said that their medical was covered by the state government’s free maternal and under-five health care programme.

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