Top 10 important news stories you should not miss today

Here is today’s newspapers’ summary you should not miss. 

1. At least 25 people have been reported dead on Tuesday along Ojo-Iwo Road of Ibadan-Lagos expressway, around Agbowo/Ajao area of Oyo State when a trailer loaded with roofing sheets collided with 18 seaters hummer bus, a Micra taxi and Honda CR-V car.

2. ⁠President Bola Tinubu has signed into law the bill seeking to increase the salaries, allowances and benefits of Nigerian judicial officers by 300 per cent.

3. ⁠President Bola Tinubu will on today, Wednesday depart Abuja for Malabo, Equatorial Guinea, on a three-day official visit to honour the invitation of President Teodoro Obiang Nguema Mbasogo.

4. ⁠The University of Ibadan, Oyo State has received the total of N201m institutional fees remitted by the Nigerian Education Loan Fund, NELFUND for the payment of fees for students who forwarded their applications to the Fund.

5. A popular Nigerian gospel music artist, Aduke Ajayi, popularly known as Aduke Gold has been confirmed dead. The death of the singer was announced on social media by fellow artiste Esther Igbekele.

6. ⁠The Oyo State Police Command says it has launched an inquiry into the killing of 14-year-old Malik Kareem in Ibadan for an alleged money ritual.

7. The Federal Government has taken delivery of 70 hybrid Jet Mover buses from Jet Motor Company in a bid to enhance the country’s transportation sector.

8. ⁠The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, has disbursed N50 billion to the Nigerian Education Loan Fund, NELFUND, to support the education of indigent students.

9. ⁠The Coordinating Minister of Health and Social Welfare, Professor Ali Pate, has revealed that 67% of Nigerian-trained doctors are currently working in the United Kingdom. 

10. ⁠Nigerian ace affobeat artistes, Rema and Tems have become the only Nigerian singer to earn spots on Barack Obama’s highly anticipated 2024 summer playlist.