Nigerian Newspapers: 10 things you need to know Wednesday morning

1. President Bola Tinubu told journalists upon his return from Europe that he appreciated his month-long vacation.

2. The Peoples Democratic Party has selected Prof. Isa Ali Pantami to contest in the 2027 governorship race in Gombe State. However, a recent court decision ordered a new primary election to be held.

3. The Allied Peoples Movement has urged international lenders to safeguard the welfare of over 200 million Nigerians amid President Tinubu's new loan request.

4. The value of the naira wavered slightly on Tuesday, reaching N1,370 per dollar in the parallel market but falling to N1,329 in the official exchange market.

5. Dangote Industries, Africa's wealthiest individual, expressed readiness to face legal challenges to his enterprises, including a potential reduction in his ownership stake in the Dangote Petroleum Refinery.

6. Public workers have reasserted their demand for a wage award and a new national minimum wage, threatening a strike starting October 2 if their concerns remain unaddressed.

7. Four individuals in Edo State have been sentenced to death for their roles in a recent kidnapping case that involved a woman in Benin City.

8. Two U.S.-based Nigerians have been handed 189 months in prison for masterminding an international cyber intrusion scheme that defrauded businesses of over $2.4 million.

9. Tensions erupted in Osogbo, Osun State, as residents stormed the Global Food Initiative warehouse seeking food items they had paid for, following the disappearance of its operators.

10. A young Lagos resident, imprisoned for nearly four years over similar slippers to those worn by a complainant, has been released after the NGO Citizens Gavel intervened on his behalf.