The ALEXLUCKYNEWS team has gathered the most important news that hit the headlines on Thursday, October 20. Find the top stories you might have missed below.
1 Aisha Buhari donates award to Nigerian soldiers
While some Nigerians are wondering if Aisha Buhari only belongs to the kitchen and the other room, the first lady got international recognition as she was given an award in Belgium.
2. Aisha Buhari under fire for shaking a
man in Belgium (photos)
Some Northern fundamentalists are not cool with the fact that President Buhari’s wife, Aisha, shook hands with a white man.
3. Reaction trails northern governors’ visit to US
The visit of 10 out of the 19 northern governors to the US has elicited reactions from Nigerians. The governors visited for a three-day symposium organised by the United States Institute of Peace (USIP).
4. Nigerians advise Buhari to sack THESE 5 ministers
Nigerians expressed their support for the call of Aisha Buhari to her husband President Muhammadu Buhari to reshuffle his cabinet of ministers.
The president’s wife in her controversial interview to the BBC claimed that her husband does not know most of the appointees in his cabinet.
5. Buhari nominates Mamora, 43 others as envoys
President Muhammadu Buhari has sent the names of 46 persons to the Senate for confirmation as ambassadors.
This was contained in a letter sent to Senate president Bukola Saraki who read it on the floor of the plenary on Thursday, October 20.
6. White woman comes to Nigeria to meet man who scammed her
I’m sure you would have heard various online scam stories between Nigerian guys and oyinbo women, but this one we found on BBC is somehow different and mind-blowing!
7. Navy arrests scores of oil thieves, seize 3 ships, 80 boats
The Nigeria Navy has arrested 75 persons suspected to be involved in illegal oil bunkering within the Niger Delta.
8. Read how Buhari was almost killed in Biafran war
On pages 16 & 17 of the book: Muhammadu Buhari: The Challenges of Leadership in Nigeria, written by President Muhammadu Buhari’s authorized biographer, some revealing details have come to light.
9. Somebody somewhere nominated me as VP – Osinbajo
Vice-President Yemi Osinbajo has spoken on how he was nominated to be President Muhammadu Buhari’s running mate in the 2015 presidential election.
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