[News] Good Morning Nigeria: Welcome To Roqwebblog Roundup Of Top 13 Nigerian News Headlines Today Monday June 4th.

Good morning Nigeria and Welcome to Roqwebblog Roundup of top 13 Nigerian News Headlines Today Monday June 4th.

1. Police Allegation Baseless, Ploy To Implicate Me – Saraki

Senate President Bukola Saraki has described the claim by the Nigeria Police linking him to the recent Offa robbery incident as baseless and a ploy to implicate him. Concise News reported that the Police had invited Saraki, for questioning over his alleged involvement in the offa Bank robbery attack in Kwara State.

2. DSS Withdraws Security Details From Saraki, Dogara

The Department of State Services (DSS) on Sunday recalled half of its operatives assigned to Senate President Bukola Saraki and Yakubu Dogara. This is coming ahead of Monday’s talks between Vice-President Yemi Osinbajo and the nPDP team to be led by Dogara.

3. Police Invite Saraki Over Offa Bank Robbery

The Senate President, Bukola Saraki, has been invited by the Nigeria Police over a recent bank robbery attack and killings at Offa, Kwara state. The attack resulted in the death of 33 people. And the general spokesman for the police, Jimoh Moshood, on Sunday said Saraki’s invitation followed confessions made by the arrested suspects.

4. Gov. Ahmed Denies Link With Offa Bank Robbery Suspects

Governor Abdulfatah Ahmed of Kwara State has dismissed police allegations of sponsoring and arming political thugs in the state. The governor was responding to a statement by the Nigeria Police accusing him of sponsoring political thugs allegedly linked to the Offa Armed Robbery incident, that claimed over 30 lives.

5. Saraki Betrayed Ex-President Jonathan – Reno Omokri

Reno Omokri has claimed that if Senate President Bukola Saraki had not betrayed ex-President Goodluck Jonathan, the administration of President Muhammadu Buhari would not be victimizing him. Saraki had been invited by the Nigeria Police over a recent bank robbery attack and killings at Offa, Kwara state.

6. Desist From Framing Gov. Fayose, Fani-Kayode Warns Fayemi

Former Minister of Aviation Femi Fani-Kayode has warned Ekiti State governorship candidate Kayode Fayemi against framing Governor Ayodele Fayose for murder. This is following the shooting of an ex-lawmaker and Chieftain of the APC, Hon Opeyemi Bamidele and a yet to be identified person by a policeman, as Fayemi began the rally for the July 14 governorship election in Ekiti State.

7. Seven Killed In Fresh Attack On Benue Community

Seven people have been killed while six are injured in an attack on Kwande area of Benue state by suspected herdsmen, chairman of the local government has said. Terdoo Kenti said on Sunday in Makurdi that the attackers also abducted a woman during the incident on Saturday night at Tseadough village.

8. SERAP Asks Buhari To Probe Election Bribe To NASS Members

President Muhammadu Buhari should probe allegations of payment of N17 billion to the National Assembly as ‘election expenses’ of its members to pass the 2015 budget, the Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project has said. Former Minister of Finance Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala had made the allegation recently and SERAP has called on Buhari to order the right agencies to investigate the claims.

9. Rohr Drops Mikel, Releases Final W/Cup List

Super Eagles Head Coach Gernot Rohr has dropped defender Ola Aina and midfielder Mikel Agu from the final team to the 2018 World Cup in Russia. The three-time African champions lost 2-1 to England on Saturday in a 2018 World Cup tune-up played at the Wembley Stadium, London.

10. Russia 2018: Super Eagles Arrive In Austria

The Super Eagles arrived in Vienna, Austria on Sunday to put finishing touches to their preparations for the 2018 FIFA World Cup holding in Russia from June 14. The team’s arrival was confirmed in a 44-second video posted on the Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) verified Twitter handle on Sunday.

11. Pope Replaces Convicted Australian Archbishop

Pope Francis has appointed a bishop to administer an Australian archdiocese whose archbishop was convicted of covering up for a pedophile priest. The Vatican said Sunday that Bishop Gregory O’Kelly, an Adelaide native, will serve as apostolic administrator for the Adelaide archdiocese.

12. Chemotherapy Avoidable With Early Breast Cancer Test

About 70% of women with the most common form of early stage breast cancer can be spared the “agony of chemotherapy”, researchers say. It follows trials of a genetic test that analyses the danger of a tumour, reports BBC.

13. Davido, Wizkid Make 2018 Forbes Africa Under-30 Achievers (Full List)

Musicians Davido and Wizkid have made the list of the 2018 Forbes Africa under 30 individuals that are making waves in their industries across the continent. Other celebrities across Africa that made the list are Falz, Sarkodie, Nasty C, Cassper Nyovest, Yemi Alade, Beverly Naya, Sonia Irabor etc.

That’s the roundup of top 13 Nigerian news headlines this morning. More Nigerian news headlines are available on Roqwebblog News website. See you again tomorrow. Click Here For More News.