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Good morning! Here is today’s summary from Nigerian Newspapers:
1. The body of late Chief of Army Staff (COAS), Lt. General Ibrahim Attahiru, who died in the ill-fated Nigerian Air Force plane, which crashed in Kaduna on Friday, was laid to rest yesterday in Abuja. He was buried at exactly 4:45 pm.
2. Yoruba activist, Chief Sunday Adeyemo, popularly called Sunday Igboho, has declared that there was no going back for him on the clamour for a Yoruba nation. He stated this while addressing a large crowd that attended a rally held in Akure, the Ondo State capital, yesterday.
Archbishop Emmanuel Chukwuma
The Archbishop of Enugu Ecclesiastic Province, Anglican Communion, Most Rev. Emmanuel Chukwuma, has frowned at the continuous reference to the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) as terrorists, insisting that they are not terrorists but agitators.
Chukwuma said that the more they are given bad names, the greater chances of pushing them to become aggressive. He tasked the government to identify the real terrorists.
Speaking to newsmen at Okpara Square, Enugu, shortly after the Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN) Enugu State chapter’s prayer rally, the archbishop reiterated the church’s stand against violence, alerting that bandits were sneaking into the South East from the North to infiltrate and cause trouble in the zone.
The Archbishop of Enugu Ecclesiastic Province, Anglican Communion, Most Rev. Emmanuel Chukwuma, has frowned at the continuous reference to the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) as terrorists, insisting that they are not terrorists but agitators. Chukwuma said that the more they are given bad names, the greater chances of pushing them.The Advocate