Nigerian Newspapers: Top 10 Newspaper Headlines Saturday, 9 April 2022

6. Some soldiers were ambushed at Osisioma, Tonimas junction, Aba, Abia State, in the wee hours of Friday. According to an eyewitness, the gunmen, who took the troops unaware, set patrol vehicles on fire.

7. The sit-at-home order of the Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, grounded economic activities in the South-East States, Friday, for the second time in the week, after it was held last Monday. It was gathered that residents were all forced to stay at home having been told by the enforcers of the sit-at-home not to come out.

8. Justice Binta Nyako of the Federal High Court, on Friday, barred journalists from covering the ongoing trial of the detained leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, Nnamdi Kanu. The court was billed to rule on an application Kanu filed to quash the 15-count treasonable felony charge the Federal Government preferred against him.

9. The Federal Government, on Friday, fulfilled its promise of allocating houses to the victorious 1994 Super Eagles Team after 28 years. The Minister of Works and Housing, Babatunde Fashola, handed over the Certificate of Occupancy of a three-bedroom apartment to each team member in Abuja.

10. An Abuja Federal High Court on Friday ruled on the terrorism charges against Nnamdi Kanu, leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB. Justice Binta Nyako struck out eight of the 15 counts against Kanu.