Good morning, Nigeria, welcome to Naija News roundup of top Newspaper Headlines in Nigeria for today Saturday, 31st October 2020.
Here Are The Major Nigerian Newspaper Headlines.
The governor of Rivers State, south-south Nigeria, Nyesom Wike, has lamented that the #EndSARS protest that rocked various cities across the nation, has exposed that Nigeria cannot defeat Boko Haram insurgence because it lacks intelligence. Naija News reports that Governor Wike made this comment in a statement signed by his Special Assistant, Media, Kelvin Ebiri, spoke on Friday when the Nigerian Guild of Editors (NGE) paid him a courtesy visit at the Government House, Port Harcourt, the Rivers State capital.
The Inspector-General of Police, Mohammed Adamu has given all personnel of the force a go-ahead to attack back on any confrontation in the course of discharging their official duty. The police boss stated this on Friday, October 30 during an assessment tour of the Federal Capital Territory Police Command, Abuja, Naija News reports.
President of the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU), Professor Biodun Ogunyemi has submitted that parents and students may have to bear with them for a little longer as the strike by the union continues. This, he stated on Thursday during his appearance on Channels Television where he gave an update on the union’s negotiation with the federal government.
The Lagos State Judicial Panel of Inquiry into the brutality of the now-disbanded Special Anti-Robbery Squad (SARS) unit of the Nigeria Police Force (NPF) on Friday visited the Lekki Toll Gate. Naija News reports that the judicial panel had first sat on Tuesday, 27 October.
The Lagos State Judicial Panel on the Inquiry and Restitution for Victims of SARS Related Abuses & Lekki Toll Gate Incident on Friday discovered bullet shells at the Lekki toll gate plaza. The panel, led by its chairman Justice Doris Okuwobi had visited the scene of the Lekki tollgate shooting as part of their activities and investigations into the circumstances surrounding the Lekki toll gate incident.