Here is today’s summary of Nigerian newspapers – TrendyNewsReporters

Here is today’s Nigerian newspaper roundup:

1. The Federal Government has signed an agreement with the Government of the United Arab Emirates to resume issuing visas to Nigerians wishing to travel to the Middle Eastern country. The development sparked excitement among Nigerians on Monday.
2. Chief of Defence Staff General Christopher Musa said on Monday that the country’s elites were thwarting efforts by security agencies to arrest illegal miners. This was while the chairman of the House of Representatives Committee on Solid Minerals, Jonathan Gbefwi, said the country was losing $9 billion annually to illegal mining.
3. Minimum wage: Tinubu meets Labour Party leaders on Thursday, local governments call for more funding: President Bola Tinubu will meet Labour Party leaders again on Thursday to reach consensus on a new minimum wage, even as the Local Government Association of Nigeria has called for a new revenue formula for the country’s 774 local government areas.
4. A minor drama unfolded in a court in Niger State when a suspect asked the trial judge and the court clerk to appear as his witnesses.
5. Gunmen suspected to be armed herders, killed 13 people in separate attacks on Benue communities on Sunday. According to locals, 12 people were killed in Egwuma in Agatu Local Government Area, while a displaced person returning from a farm was killed in Gwer West Local Government Area of ​​the state.
6. Tiv communities protest alleged acquisition of 10,000 hectares of farmland by Nasarawa: A total of nine communities home to Tiv farmers in Obi and Awe Local Government Areas of Nasarawa State have rejected a proposed agricultural scheme on 10,000 hectares of land in the area by the state government.
7. Court approves repeal of Kano Emir Law, fires Bayero, others: A Kano State High Court presided over by Justice Amina Aliyu on Monday permanently restrained Alhaji Aminu Ado Bayero from flaunting his identity as the Emir of Kano. The court also restrained the deposed Emirs of Bichi, Rano, Gaya and Karaye from flaunting their identities as Emirs.
8. Federal government sends 740 trucks of rice to states: The Federal Government said on Monday it has sent 20 trucks of rice to each of the 36 states and the Federal Capital Territory, Abuja. The recent move is part of measures to ease the food crisis and economic burden on Nigerians.
9. Renowned gospel singer Mercy Chinwo and her husband, Pastor Blessed Uzochikwa, have provided full scholarships to 100 undergraduate students at the University of Calabar through the Mercyisblessed Foundation.
10. The organised private sector on Monday blamed worsening insecurity in the country for food inflation, which rose to 40.87% in June 2024 from 25.25% in June 2023.