The NairaNaijaNEWS team has gathered the most important news for May 5, Thursday. Find all the important things you might have missed but still need to know below....
1. Boko Haram attacks Nigerian troops in Sambisa forest, read what happened after
The battle against insurgency in Nigeria’s northeast took another twist on Wednesday, May 4, when Boko Haram terrorists opened fire on Nigerian troops in Sambisa forest.
2. N’Delta militants blowup Chevron platform, threaten to attack Lagos, Abuja
The Niger Delta militants have continued their attacks on oil systems blowing up the Chevron Valve Platform in Abiteye, Warri North council area of Delta state.
3. Buhari in closed-door meeting with APC leaders (photos)
President Muhammadu Buhari received G-19 Group of he All Progressives Congress (APC) leaders at the Statehouse on Wednesday, May 4.
4. FG reveals 34 priority projects of 2016 budget
While President Muhammadu Buhari is waiting for the verified and probably final copy of the 2016 budget from the National Assembly, the federal government has listed 34 strategic priority programmes for 2016 year.
5. Nigerian troops avert major tragedy against Fulani herdsmen
The troops who have recorded massive back-to-back successes against Boko Haram terrorists, cattle rustlers and armed bandits, were on top of their game against the bandits who attacked them in Zamfara state.
6. Controversy: Why I leaked Sanusi’s letter to Jonathan – Amaechi
The minister of transportation, Rotimi Amaechi, has explained why he leaked the secret letter written by former governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria and now Emir of Kano, Sanusi Muhammad, to former president Goodluck Jonathan on the non-remittance of $49.8 billion from oil sale to the federation account.
7. BREAKING: Riot in Aba
A riot has broken out in in Ariaria and Ogborhill Aba, Abia state, following the alleged killing of an Igbo trader by a Hausa man.
8. Finally! President Buhari ‘ready’ to sign 2016 budget on Friday
A source, who spoke on condition of anonymity, revealed that President Muhammadu Buhari was “ready” to sign the budget on Friday, May 6.
9. Just In: Tinubu receives short-term appointment
Senator Oluremi Tinubu, the wife of the national leader of the All Progressives Congress, Bola Tinubu, was appointed by the Senate president, Bukola Saraki, as an acting chief whip of the Senate.
10. Special report: Tears flow in Enugu as Fulani herdsmen wreak havoc (photos, videos)
Ukpabi Nimbo community, Uzo-Uwani local government area, on Monday, April 25, became a red spot on the world map when rampaging Fulani herdsmen struck, killing scores of villagers, mostly farmers, and destroyed properties worth millions of naira in the process.