Top 10 Nigerian newspaper summary for you this Friday morning

Here is today’s edition of our daily newspaper summary you can’t afford to miss.

1. The Federal Executive Council (FEC) has given the green light for a proposed N47.9 trillion budget for the 2025 fiscal year, according to Atiku Bagudu, Minister of Budget and Economic Planning.

2. The Executive Secretary, Federal Capital Development Authority (FCDA), Engr. Shehu Hadi Ahmad, has been suspended indefinitely.

3. 48 hours to the governorship election in Ondo State, three gubernatorial candidates have withdrawn from the election, endorsing Governor Lucky Orimisan Aiyedatiwa of the All Progressives Congress (APC).

4. The Nigerian entertainment world has been thrown into mourning after the sad passing of famous producer and gospel actor, Moses Are Korede, well known as Baba Gbenro.

5. The family of the late Ondo State Governor, Oluwarotimi Akeredolu, has declared its support for Otunba Bamidele Akingboye, the Social Democratic Party (SDP) candidate, ahead of the state’s governorship election scheduled for November 16.

6. An Air Peace flight from Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport in Abuja to Lagos made an emergency stop on the runway Thursday morning following a bird strike, prompting the evacuation of passengers.

7. On Thursday, Edo State Governor Monday Okpebholo directed the immediate suspension of all transactions from state-owned bank accounts.

8. Nigeria’s National Security Adviser, Malam Nuhu Ribadu, announced that President Bola Tinubu’s decision to remove the fuel subsidy has effectively curbed smuggling within Nigeria, as only a limited group of Nigerians benefited from the subsidy before.

9. President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has appointed Daniel Bwala as Special Adviser on Public Communications and Media for the State House.

10. The Naira weakened to N1,740 per dollar in the parallel market on Wednesday, down from N1,735 per dollar on Tuesday.