Naij.com Digest: 8 Viral News You Might Have Missed Today

Naij.com made a compilation of the most interesting and important news for this Tuesday, September 29. Check out all the things you might have missed today below.

1. Soldiers Gun Down Notorious Boko Haram Kingpin In Borno

A notorious Boko Haram kingpin has been killed by troops in an offensive operation to clear the insurgents’ enclave around Kwatarha and Torikwaptir general area of Gwoza local government area of Borno state.

2. Buhari Sends Ministerial List To Senate, SEE Potential Candidates

Following his promise to unveil his ministerial list at the end of September, President Buhari has sent the list of his nominees through Senator Ita Enang, his special adviser on National Assembly Matters, who departed New York last night. Click the link above to see the list of politicians and technocrats expected to form the cabinet to be sent to the Senate.

3. Pictures Of President Buhari’s First Wife, Safinatu Buhari

Towards the celebration of the Nigerian 55th Independence day, Naij.com brings you pictures of late Buhari’s wife, Safinatu Buhari. He got married to his late wife in the year 1971, at the age of 18. Safinatu was born on December 11, 1952, in a family of Fulani descendants and related to the late Shehu Usman Danfodio.

4. Trial of Saraki: House Of Reps Speak Up, Call For Caution

The House of Representatives has called for caution in the ongoing prosecution of the Senate President, Bukola Saraki. He is facing a 13-count charge slammed on him by the Code of Conduct Bureau. “I wish to caution that there is need for great circumspection in times such as this in order to maintain proper focus in pursuit of the common good,” the speaker of the house, Yakubu Dogara said.

5. Pro-Saraki Protesters Besiege National Assembly Complex

Protesters under the auspices of Ohanaeze Ndi-Igbo Youth Movement have oragnised demonstrations at the entrance of the National Assembly complex in Abuja to show solidarity to the embattled Senate president, Senator Bukola Saraki, who is facing corruption charges at the Code of Conduct Tribunal.

6. Newspaper Vendor Gets Hot Slaps From Former Senator Inside Government House

The Newspaper Distributors Association of Nigeria, Akwa Ibom state chapter, has threatened to sue a former senator from Akwa Ibom state, Anietie Okon for publicly assaulting a newspaper vendor, Ndifreke Etim. Okon was said to have slapped the newspaper vendor multiple times somewhere around the banquet hall of the state Government House.

7. Buhari Suggests How Defeat ISIL, Boko Haram At UN

During the Global Leaders’ Summit on ‘Countering ISIL and Violent Extremism’, President Buhari said that military option alone will not be enough to defeat ISIL, Boko Haram and other extremist organizations.

8. Miracle: Meet The Pastor Who Can Walk On Air

Prophet Bushiri of the Enlightened Christian Gathering (ECG) in Malawi has left the Christian world awestruck with a miracle in which he floats on thin air.

 

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