Newsflash

Morning cruise
By Mogaji Bowale Arisekola

1. Mr. Remi Babalola, Former Chairman of First Bank was quizzed yesterday by a panel set up by the governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN). He was asked to clarify some points he raised in his resignation letter.
2. FLASH: The National Rifle Association on Friday called for schools to be protected by armed guards as the best way to protect children from gun violence.
3. Close to 80 percent of poor households are in northern Nigeria, while employment creation and income gains have been concentrated on central and southern Nigeria. According to the report, Nigeria’s economy is expected to grow by 2.1 percent in 2022 and 2023, compared to an annual population growth rate of 2.6 percent.
4. FLASHBACK: December 21, 2001, Honourable Odunayo “Misty” Olagbaju was murdered close to the Moore Police Station in Ile Ife.
5. December 21, 1988, Pan Am flight 103 exploded over Lockerbie, Scotland, apparently as a result of a terrorist bombing. In 2003, the government of Libya accepted responsibility for the explosion and in 2004, agreed to compensate the families of the victims.
6. Pregnancy rumor trails Nigeria First Lady, Aisha Buhari as the Minister of Humanitarian Affairs, Disaster Management and Social Development, Sadiya Umar Farouq jetted out to deliver her baby in far-away America.
7. A 75-year-old man (name withheld) died at the Lagos Airport, Nigeria’s commercial capital.