Naij.com Digest: 8 big stories that made the rounds today

Naij.com Digest: 8 big stories that made the rounds today

NAIJ.com team has gathered the most important news that made the rounds on Monday, January 23. Find below, all the stories you might have missed.

1. REVEALED: How Tinubu’s private plane flew Gambia’s Jammeh into exile

Ousted former Gambian president Yahya Jammeh departed his country late on Saturday, January 21 after agreeing to step down for the newly-inaugurated leader Adama Barrow who won the December 1, 2016 presidential polls.

Naij.com Digest: 8 big stories that broke today

What many people did not know however, is that the Gambian president flew out into exile in Guinea on the private jet of a Nigerian, the national leader of the All Progressives Congress (APC) Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu.

2. I’m alive! President Buhari releases proof of life (Photo)

Naij.com Digest: 8 big stories that broke today

Following reports of his alleged demise in the UK, President Muhammadu Buhari has confirmed and provided evidence that he is alive and well.

3. Buhari are you really alive? - Nigerians react to President's photo

Naij.com Digest: 8 big stories that broke today

Nigerians say President Buhari is not concerned with the plight of the masses, for taking a vacation when the nation is in perils.

4. Buhari's minister to vacate office in March

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The Minister of Environment, Amina Mohammed, will stop being a member of President Muhammadu Buhari’s cabinet on March 2.

5. Just In: Helicopter fighting Boko Haram Crashes in Cameroon

A Cameroonian helicopter on a mission to fighting Boko Haran terrorists have crashed.

Naij.com Digest: 8 big stories that broke today

The military helicopter was said to have crashed on the country’s border with Nigeria killing the commander of the troops Jacob Kodji.

6. 30 retired senior police officers drag Buhari, IGP Idris to court

Naij.com Digest: 8 big stories that broke today

Thirty senior police officers, retired in 2016, have dragged President Buhari and the Nigerian Police Force before the National Industrial Court over allegations that they were unjustly retired by the force.

7. 6 very notorious tertiary institutions your children must not attend (Photos)

Naij.com Digest: 8 big stories that broke today

The decadence in the society as regards youths, and the drop in the standard of education, is one that should call for great attention.

Nigeria's academic crisis has gotten to such a height that we cannot boast anymore of the millions of graduates we churn out yearly from our tertiary institutions.

8. BREAKING: Former minister Sa’aka is dead

A former minister of state for education, Alhaji Saka Sa’adu, has died at the age of 79.

The Punch reports that Alhaji Saka Sa’adu died at the University of Ilorin Teaching Hospital, Kwara state, on Monday, January 23.

The death of the former minister was confirmed by his son, Alhaji Abdulkadir Sa’adu, who said his father died of natural causes.