1.Prior to the start of Premium Motor Spirit (PMS) distribution today, a lengthy wait of petrol tankers gathered on Saturday along the section of road that leads to the Dangote Refinery in Lekki, Lagos. The tankers moved slowly towards the company’s fuel loading gantry. A vessel called Binta Saleh is also kept on standby at the refinery’s loading/discharging facility for the same reason.

2. Following gunfire that disrupted the elections conducted by the Jonathan Lokpobiri-led Ijaw Youths Council (IYC) for the Eastern Zone, graphic pictures of murdered youths surfaced on Saturday in Abuloma, Port Harcourt Capital City. While some individuals stated that the six young people were either shot and killed or fatally hacked with cutlasses, others stated that two of the youths were pronounced dead and the remaining three had varying degrees of injuries.

3. On Sunday, President Bola Ahmed Tinubu will return to Abuja from his official visit to China and his brief sojourn in the United Kingdom. Mr. Bayo Onanuga, the President’s Special Advisor on Information and Strategy, made this revelation.
4. Governor Godwin Obaseki referred to the September 21 exercise as a “do or die” situation, stating that PDP candidate Asue Ighodalo will be the next governor, two days after the party declined to sign the Peace Accord for the Edo governorship race. Obaseki made these remarks on Saturday during the PDP’s governorship campaign grand finale in the Oredo Local Government Area.

5. The next round of ITs 2023/2024 recruiting into the Federal Fire Service (FFS) has begun, according to the Civil Defence Correctional Fire and Immigration Services Board (CDCFIB). This was revealed by Ja’afaru Ahmed, the Board Secretary, in a statement that was made public to the media on Saturday.
6. A fire destroyed a few of the Sokoto State Police Command’s offices. The chief imam of the command, the chaplain, and the assistant commissioner of police in charge of administration all lost their offices in the early hours of Saturday morning’s fire.

Because it is too expensive to source petroleum supplies from other marketers than the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation, several filling stations in Aba, the state’s economic hub, have closed. According to an investigation, several filling stations in the city that charge between N1300 and N1350 for petrol were the ones that lifted the goods at prices higher than those set by the NNPC.

8. On Saturday at approximately 2:58 p.m., a lone crash occurred near Saapade on the Lagos-Ibadan motorway, leaving one person dead and ten others with significant injuries. It was reported that one of the tires on the white Mazda bus involved in the collision, registered as GGE 858 XY, ruptured while the driver was driving at a fast speed, causing the vehicle to tumble and the driver to lose control.
9. On Saturday, the All Progressives Congress (APC) held a massive rally in Edo State to conclude its campaign for the September 21 governorship election. Guests included serving ministers and members of the House of Representatives, along with Vice President Kashim Shettima, Senate President Godswill Akpabio, and nine governors from the party.

In a Premier League match on Saturday at Anfield, Nottingham Forest defeated Liverpool 1-0. Since 1969, Forest has not triumphed at Anfield till now. The visitors’ victory was sealed in the 72nd minute by a goal from Callum Hudson-Odoi.