Good morning! Here is today’s summary from Nigerian Newspapers:

1.Diezani Alison-Madueke, a former minister of petroleum resources, has sued the Attorney-General of the Federation and the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission for libel. Diezani claims in the lawsuit that the EFCC and the AGF, the first and second defendants, have written and published “false and defamatory reports about her of being a corrupt, dishonest, decadent public officer.”

2.Rev. Fr. Mathias Opara, a Catholic priest, was abducted by gunmen on Friday. He was kidnapped along the Ejemekwuru-Ogbaku Road, which connects the Imo State local governments of Oguta and Mbaitoli. The priest was reportedly in charge of the Catholic Archdiocese of Owerri’s Man of Order and Discipline.

3.In a three-minute operation, a four-person robbery team stole an investor’s $11 million on Friday in the Abeokuta neighborhood of Oke-Sokori, in the Abeokuta North Local Government Area of Ogun State. Abimbola Oyeyemi, the police public relations officer, claimed that the command’s agents were already pursuing the culprits.

4. President Muhammadu Buhari on Friday commissioned a 3000-capacity ultra-modern custodial centre in Janguza, Kano state. Buhari during the commissioning, stated that his administration embarked on the construction of six such mega custodial facilities in the six geopolitical zones of the country.

5. Gombe State Governor, Muhammadu Yahaya, on Friday dissolved his cabinet with a caveat that they would still remain handy till May 29 inauguration. Yahaya made this disclosure during a valedictory meeting at the council chamber, Government House.

6. Reports emerged on Friday that the Boeing 737-800 series aircraft which the Federal Government flew into Abuja for the unveiling of Nigeria Air belongs to Ethiopia Airlines. The aircraft took off from Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, at 9:55am on Friday and landed at the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, Abuja, at 12:43 pm.

7. President Muhammmadu Buhari, on Friday, took the President-elect, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu, on a familiarisation tour of Aso Rock Presidential Villa, Abuja. The symbolic event ahead of Monday’s presidential inauguration ceremony was carried out after the duo had observed Jum’aat prayers at the State House Mosque.

8. The Federal Government has declared Monday May 29 work free to commemorate the inauguration of the 16th democratically elected President. Minister of Interior, Ogbeni Rauf Aregbesola, made the declaration in Abuja on Friday on behalf of the Government.

9. The police in Bayelsa State have arrested 22 suspected robbers and cultists. The new Commissioner of Police, Romokere Ibani, stated this during a press briefing at the command’s headquarters in Yenagoa on Friday.

Gunmen have killed the traditional ruler of Orsu Obodo community in the Oguta Local Government Area of Imo State, Eze Victor Ijioma, and the traditional prime minister of Mgbele community in the same Oguta LGA. It was gathered that the two traditional rulers were murdered in separate attacks on Thursday by the gunmen.

10. Benue State University, BSU, chapter of the Academic Staff Union of University, ASUU, has commenced indefinite strike. BSU ASUU Chairman, Dr Kwaehfan Tarmombo, who confirmed the development, said the action was due to “several problems”, with the university administration.