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| BREAKING NEWS | 04-Jul-24 | BREAKING: The Court of Appeal has nullified the expulsion of Martins Amaewhule and 24 others from the Rivers State House of Assembly by the Rivers State High Court. It held that only the Federal High Court has the power to determine whether the term of members has become vacant. | BREAKING: The Court of Appeal has nullified the expulsion of Martins Amaewhule and 24 others from the Rivers State House of Assembly by the Rivers State High Court. It held that only the Federal High Court has the power to determine whether the term of members has become vacant. | RIVERS | |||
| BREAKING NEWS | 04-Jul-24 | BREAKING: The Federal High Court has declared the Edo PDP primary that produced Asue Ighodalo as its Governorship candidate invalid. It was voided on the ground that 378 delegates who were supposed to vote at the primary election were unlawfully excluded. | BREAKING: The Federal High Court has declared the Edo PDP primary that produced Asue Ighodalo as its Governorship candidate invalid. It was voided on the ground that 378 delegates who were supposed to vote at the primary election were unlawfully excluded. | EDO 2024 | |||
| BREAKING NEWS | 09-Jul-24 | BREAKING: The Special Seats Constitution Amendment Bill that seeks to create additional seats for women as a temporary special measure has passed second reading in the House of Reps. The Bill was sponsored by the Deputy Speaker, Benjamin Kalu, and 12 others. | BREAKING: The Special Seats Constitution Amendment Bill that seeks to create additional seats for women as a temporary special measure has passed second reading in the House of Reps. The Bill was sponsored by the Deputy Speaker, Benjamin Kalu, and 12 others. | GENDER EQUALITY | |||
| GUARDIAN | 09-Jul-24 | Rivers Crisis: Court issues injunction protecting Governor Fubara | A high court in Rivers State has issued an interim order restraining the chief judge of the state, Simone Chibuzor-Amadi, from acting on any resolution seeking the impeachment of Governor Siminalayi Fubara. Ruling on a motion ex parte filed by Fubara and the state attorney-general, Jumbo Stephen, the high court also restrained the chief judge and clerk of the state assembly from dealing with Martin Amaewhule and 26 other lawmakers. | RIVERS; HOUSE OF ASSEMBLY | GUARDIAN | ||
| DAILY TRUST | 10-Jul-24 | Bill for stiffer sanctions against perpetrators Of violence passes 2nd reading | The Senate on Tuesday passed for second reading a bill seeking to provide stiffer sanctions against perpetrators of private and public violence and to create a support fund for victims. The bill, titled: “Violence Against Persons (Prohibition) Act (Repeal and Re-enactment) Bill 2024”, was sponsored by Senator Isah Jibrin (Kogi East). In his lead debate on the general principles of the bill during plenary, Senator Jibrin said the bill was aimed at addressing violence in all ramifications, stressing that the “several challenges and inadequacies” inherent in the 2015 act called for urgent legislative action to reposition the legislation for efficiency. | VIOLENCE; PUNSIHMENT | DAILYTRUST | ||
| DAILY TRUST | 10-Jul-24 | House of Reps grill Women Affairs Minister Over non-payment of N1.5bn to contractors | The House of Representatives Committee on Women’s Affairs and Social Development, on Tuesday, grilled the Minister of Women Affairs, Uju Kennedy-Ohaneye, over the non-payment of N1.5 billion to contractors after the release of funds for the purpose. The committee was investigating the alleged diversion of the N1.5bn meant for the payment of contractors after it received a petition from the contractors over non-payment for contracts they executed for the ministry. When asked why the contractors were not paid their money, the minister said funds were not released to the ministry, but the committee faulted her claim, saying the Director Finance and Accounts had earlier confirmed the release of funds for contracts. | HOUSE OF REPS; WOMEN AFFAIRS | DAILYTRUSTY | ||
| THE CABLE | 10-Jul-24 | Oronsaye report: Senate asks FG to suspend scrapping of video censors board | The senate has asked George Akume, secretary to the government of the federation (SGF), and Hannatu Musa-Musawa, minister of arts and culture, to suspend the scrapping of the National Film and Video Censors Board (NFVCB). The upper legislative chamber said if there is a need to scrap any government agency, a bill should first be sent by the executive. The resolutions followed a motion sponsored by Mohammed Ogoshi, senator representing Nasarawa south, on Tuesday. The President Bola Tinubu administration had said it would merge and scrap some agencies in line with recommendations made by the Oronsaye report. | ORONSAYE; FG; VIDEO CENSORS | CABLE | ||
| THE CABLE | 10-Jul-24 | Foreign Affairs Ministry writes Tinubu, list ‘offences’ of Perm Sec accused of sexual harassment | Some officers of the federal ministry of foreign affairs have accused Ibrahim Lamuwa, permanent secretary in the ministry, of “multiple cases of sexual harassment and other infractions”. In June, Simisola Fajemirokun Ajayi, a married female aide of Yusuf Tuggar, minister of foreign affairs, accused Lamuwa of sexual harassment. Lamuwa has since denied the allegation, claiming that he turned down Ajayi’s request to pay her bills during an overseas trip. However, in a letter dated July 3 and addressed to President Bola Tinubu, the employees, under the aegis of “concerned and patriotic foreign service officers,” claimed that the accusation against Lamuwa by Ajayi was not the first of its kind. | FOREIGN AFFAIRS; SEXUAL OFFENCE | CABLE | ||
| VANGUARD | 10-Jul-24 | Hon. Akinremi, Oyo APC House of Rep member dies at 51 | The House of Representatives announces with profound sorrow the passing of Hon. Olaide Adewale Akinremi, known as Jagaban, who represented Ibadan North Federal Constituency under the platform of the All Progressives Congress (APC). According to a statement by the Spokesperson of the House, Hon Akin Rotimi, he was a distinguished and ranking member of the 10th Assembly, Rep. Akinremi who served as Chairman of the House Committee on Science Research Institutions. He passed away this morning, Wednesday, July 10, 2024, after a brief illness. He was aged 51. | HOUSE OF REPS; APC; DEATH | VANGUARD | ||
| BREAKING NEWS | 11-Jul-24 | BREAKING: The Supreme Court has directed that allocations to Local Government (LG) Councils be paid directly from the Federation account and be managed by the LG. The court said it finds it unconstitutional that State Governors hold on to LG funds. | BREAKING: The Supreme Court has directed that allocations to Local Government (LG) Councils be paid directly from the Federation account and be managed by the LG. The court said it finds it unconstitutional that State Governors hold on to LG funds. | LGA; SUPREME COURT | |||
| THE CABLE | 11-Jul-24 | Fubara to pro-Wike lawmakers: You’re gone — I’m already preparing 2025 budget | Siminalayi Fubara, governor of Rivers, says he will soon present the 2025 appropriation bill to the state house of assembly. Fubara was reacting to the seven-day ultimatum issued by members of the Rivers assembly loyal to Nyesom Wike, minister of the federal capital territory (FCT). During plenary on Monday, the 27 lawmakers asked Fubara to resubmit the state’s 2024 budget within seven days. The sitting followed a court of appeal judgment in Abuja dismissing the order of a Rivers high court which restrained the lawmakers from conducting legislative proceedings. | HOUSE OF ASSEMBLY; BUDGET; RIVERS | CABLE | ||
| THE CABLE | 11-Jul-24 | ECOWAS court finds FG guilty of rights violation during #EndSARS protest, orders N2M in compensation to each victim | The Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) community court of justice has found the federal government of Nigeria guilty of human rights abuses in its response to the #EndSARS protest in October 2020. The court ruled on Wednesday that the Nigerian government’s actions, particularly its disproportionate use of force at the Lekki Toll Gate in Lagos, breached several international human rights standards, including articles 1, 5, 6, 9, 10, and 11 of the African charter on human and peoples’ rights. The court mandates the Nigerian government to pay N2 million in compensation to each victim named in the suit. The applicants, Obianuju Catherine Udeh (popularly known as DJ Switch), Perpetual Kamsi, and Dabiraoluwa Adeyinka, alleged several violations occurred during the peaceful protests at the Lekki tollgate on October 20 and 21, 2020. | ECOWAS; FG; ENDSARS | CABLE | ||
| THE CABLE | 11-Jul-24 | Only anti-graft agency can disprove our findings, Kaduna Assembly replies El-Rufai’s ex-appointees | The Kaduna house of assembly has responded to comments by ex-commissioners in the administration of Nasir el-Rufai, the former governor, defending their principal concerning the alleged financial mispropriation during his regime. The Kaduna assembly asked the former commissioners to save their energy to respond to questions from anti-graft agencies on the alleged corruption during their administration. | EFCC; KADUNA; EL-RUFAI | CABLE | ||
| BREAKING NEWS | 11-Jul-24 | BREAKING: The Court of Appeal has affirmed Usman Ododo as the duly elected Governor of Kogi State. Recall that the Kogi State Governorship Election Petition Tribunal had earlier dismissed SDP's petition and affirmed Ododo's election victory in May 2024. | BREAKING: The Court of Appeal has affirmed Usman Ododo as the duly elected Governor of Kogi State. Recall that the Kogi State Governorship Election Petition Tribunal had earlier dismissed SDP's petition and affirmed Ododo's election victory in May 2024. | KOGI; USMAN ODODO | |||
| THISDAY | 12-Jul-24 | Alleged Illegal FAAC Deductions: Adamawa, Oyo States drag FG to Supreme Court | The Adamawa State Government, and its Oyo State counterpart have dragged the federal government before the Supreme Court over alleged deductions from the federation account. The states in their separate suits are seeking an interpretation of Section 162 (1), (2), and (3) of the constitution regarding the distribution of revenue from the account. Specifically, in Suit Number SC/CV/547/2024 between the Attorney General of Oyo State and the Attorney General of the Federation, filed by Chief Bolaji Ayorinde SAN, the state is asking the apex court to restrain the federal government from further deduction for the purposes of funding any project or effecting any payment whatsoever, except for the constitutional purposes of distributing such monies or amount among the federal, state and the local government councils. The suit is also seeking for “an order directing the federal government, whether by herself, agencies, commissions, officers, servants, and/or privies or howsoever described to henceforth pay and distribute such sums or amount standing credit of the Oyo State Government and the Local Government Councils, from the Federation Account, from time to time, to the Oyo State Government, in accordance with the mandatory provisions of Section 162(4) and (5) of the Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, 1999 (As Amended) on such terms and in such manner as may be prescribed by the National Assembly. | OYO; ADAMAWA; FAAC | THISDAY | ||
| THISDAY | 12-Jul-24 | #Edo2024: PDP appeals Federal High Court judgement nullifying party’s governorship primary in Edo | The Peoples Democratic Party, has approached the Court of Appeal, Abuja division, to appeal the Federal High Court judgment that invalidated the primaries that produced Asue Ighodalo as its gubernatorial candidate in the forthcoming 2024 governorship election in Edo State. The appellant (PDP), in an appeal hinged on 25 grounds, asked the appellate court to set aside the judgment of the lower court delivered on July 4, 2024. Justice Inyang Ekwo of the Federal High Court, Abuja, had declared the PDP primary election held on February 22 in Edo State as invalid. Justice Ekwo held that the PDP did not comply with the relevant provisions of its constitution or the electoral guidelines for primary elections when it excluded 378 elected ward delegates from participating in the primary election. | EDO; PDP; APPEAL | THISDAY | ||
| PREMIUM TIMES | 12-Jul-24 | Bill for creation of Etiti State out of South-east passes second reading in House of Reps | The bill seeking to create Etiti State from the five South-east states has passed the second reading in the House of Representatives. The bill, sponsored by Amobi Ogah (LP, Abia), Miriam Onuoha (APC, Imo), Kama Nkemkama (LP, Ebonyi), Chinwe Nnabuife (YPP, Anambra), and Anayo Onwuegbu (LP, Enugu), was passed for the second reading on Thursday during a plenary session after a debate on its general principles. The constitutional alteration bill seeks to amend Section 3(1) of the 1999 Constitution to increase the number of states from thirty-six to thirty-seven by inserting “Etiti” immediately after “Enugu.” It aims to carve out a new state from the five South-east states of Abia, Enugu, Anambra, Ebonyi, and Imo. | STATE CREATION; NASS | PREMIUMTIMES | ||
| CHANNELS TV | 15-Jul-24 | PDP clears all 25 seats in Delta Local Government poll | Candidates of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) have won all 25 local government chairmanship seats in the election conducted on Saturday, July 13th 2024. The Chairman of the Delta State Independent Electoral Commission, Jerry Agbaike, on Sunday, said one of PDP candidate was returned unopposed. PDP candidates contested against other parties and emerged winners in the 24 local government areas where the elections were conducted. However, there were no election in the Udu Local Government Area as the chairmanship candidate of the PDP, Vincent Oyibode, returned unopposed. | PDP; LOCAL GOVT; DELTA | CHANNELSTV | ||
| DAILY TRUST | 16-Jul-24 | Nigeria loses $9bn to illegal mining annually – House of Reps | The House of Representatives Committee on Solid Minerals says the country is losing N9 billion annually to illegal mining activities across the country. This is as the Nigerian Army said it had arrested 387 suspects in connection with illegal mining activities in the last seven months. Chairman of the committee, Jonathan Gaza Gbefwi who disclosed this on Monday at a public hearing organised by the committee to investigate issues of illegal mining in the solid mineral sector, said the menace had hampered the country’s ability to maximize the benefits from its mineral resources. He lamented that only a paltry three percent royalty was being paid by the few licensed miners in the country. | HOUSE OF REPS; MINING | DAILYTRUST | ||
| DAILY TRUST | 16-Jul-24 | There’s no money in Women Affairs Ministry -- Minister | The Minister of Women Affairs, Uju Kennedy-Ohaneye, has said that there is no money in the ministry. She said this on Monday on the backdrop of the alleged non-payment of N1.5 billion to contractors after the release of funds. The House of Representatives Committee on Women’s Affairs and Social Development had grilled the minister over the issue last Tuesday. But during the interview on Channels TV’s Politics Today, Kennedy-Ohaneye said that the ministry was underfunded. She said, “Some people will not even give you time to explain how you spend the money. Fuel costs a lot since I came into office. How can I say yes or no without giving an explanation? I have explained the issue of N20million and that of N45 million. | WOMEN AFFAIRS; CORRUPTION | DAILYTRUST | ||
| DAILY TRUST | 16-Jul-24 | Kogi lawmaker mulls N/Assembly move to amend the Constitution to allow INEC conduct LG elections | The National Assembly is considering amendment to the 1999 constitution to create room for the conduct of local government elections by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) and not the state electoral bodies. This is sequel to last Thursday judgement of the Supreme Court which granted autonomy to local governments following a suit filed by the federal government on the matter. Reacting to the development during a press conference in Abuja, the Senator representing Kogi West, Sunday Karimi, said the National Assembly would ensure that state governments complied with the judgement of the Supreme Court by amending the constitution to address the contentious issues inherent in it. The senator said, “These include grey areas like the transfer of the responsibility of the conduct of elections to the local councils from the various state electoral bodies to the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC).” | NASS; LG AUTONOMY; INEC | DAILYTRUST | ||
| PREMIUM TIMES | 16-Jul-24 | Reps create electronic platform for submitting petitions — Speaker | The Speaker of the House of Representatives, Abbas Tajudeen, has said the House has concluded plans to amend its Standing Orders to accommodate the electronic submission of petitions. Mr Tajudeen disclosed this on Monday during the commissioning of the newly digitalised hearing room of the Public Accounts Committee (PAC) and the unveiling of PAC News. Under the current system, public petitions are presented manually through any member of the House. The speaker says the House will amend its rule to accommodate e-petition. | NASS; PETITION; | PREMIUMTIMES | ||
| PREMIUM TIMES | 16-Jul-24 | Why we’ll support temporary ban on mining activities in Nigeria — Military | The Nigerian military says it will support a temporary ban on mining activities to address the general insecurity in the country. The Chief of Defence Staff, Chris Musa, a general, said this on Monday while appearing before the House of Representatives Committee on Solid Minerals. The committee is investigating illegal mining in Nigeria. Mr Musa, who was represented by the Director of Operations of the Nigerian Defence Headquarters (DHQ), Nnaemeka Ignatius, stated that the military backs the call for a one-year suspension of mining activities in the country. | MINING; MILITARY; ARMY | PREMIUMTIMES | ||
| PREMIUM TIMES | 16-Jul-24 | Governor Obaseki sacks his Commissioner for Health | Governor Godwin Obaseki of Edo State has sacked the state’s Commissioner for Health, Samuel Alli. The Secretary to the Edo State Government, Osarodion Ogie, disclosed this in a statement issued on Monday in Benin City. The Edo State Governor, Mr Godwin Obaseki, has approved the disengagement of the Commissioner for Health, Dr. Samuel Alli, with immediate effect. “He is to hand over all government documents and resources in his possession to the most senior civil servant within the Ministry of Health,” the statement said. No reason has been given for the sacking of the commissioner. | EDO; HEALTH | PREMIUMTIMES | ||
| PREMIUM TIMES | 16-Jul-24 | INEC accredits 134 observer groups for Edo, Ondo elections | The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has accredited 134 observer groups for Edo and Ondo governorship elections. The commission disclosed this in a statement by its National Commissioner and Chairman, Information and Voter Education Committee, Sam Olumekun, in Abuja on Monday. Mr Olumekun said a total of 153 applications were received from interested organisations. “After a review as provided by our regulations and guidelines, 134 groups (124 domestic and 10 international) met the requirements for accreditation. | INEC; EDO; ONDO | PREMIUMTIMES | ||
| THE CABLE | 16-Jul-24 | Makinde: Supreme Court verdict on Local Government autonomy created a lacuna -- we should go to court | Seyi Makinde, governor of Oyo, says his administration will ensure that residents do not suffer from the supreme court verdict on financial autonomy for LGAs. Makinde spoke on Monday during a meeting with LG stakeholders in Ibadan, the state capital. The governor also said the apex court’s judgment has created a lacuna. His statement reads, “I called this meeting because I felt that even though we have not seen the certified true copy (CTC) of the judgment of the supreme court, we have to be proactive and discuss the decision of the supreme court as it concerns the financial autonomy of the local government councils because I believe a lacuna has been created between the decision and the constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria that we all swore to uphold,” Makinde said. “The law is the law and when there is a conflict, yes, we should go to the court. | SUPREME COURT; LG; Makinde | CABLE | ||
| THE CABLE | 16-Jul-24 | Another member of the House of Representatives, Ekene Adams, dies at 39 years. His death is the third in three months | Ekene Abubakar Adams, a member of the house of representatives, is dead. The lawmaker, who represented Chikun/Kajuru federal constituency of Kaduna on the platform of the Labour Party (LP), died on Tuesday morning at the age of 39. Until his passing, he was the chairman of the house committee on sports. He was the general manager of Kada City Football Club and Remo Stars at different times, before winning the house of representatives seat in the 2023 general election. | HOUSE OF REPS; DEATH | CABLE | ||
| THIS DAY | 17-Jul-24 | Kano Government slams fresh corruption charges against former Governor Ganduje | Kano State government has slammed fresh corruption charges against a former governor of the state, Abdullahi Ganduje, and his erstwhile Commissioner for Justice, Musa Lawan, as 1st and 2nd Defendants, respectively. Among the charges were Criminal Conspiracy contrary to Section 96 and punishable under Section 97, Criminal Breach of Trust contrary to Section 311 and punishable under Section 315, Criminal Misappropriation contrary to Section 308 and punishable under Section 309 of the Penal Code (as amended) CAP 105, Vol. 2, the Laws of Kano State of Nigeria. The duo as contained in the charge sheet are standing trial for “dishonestly, fraudulently and without reasonable justification, in the abuse of your respective officers, conspired between yourselves, misappropriated, diverted and converted the sum of Two Hundred and Fourty million naira to finance purely personal and private case for your own personal and private benefit thereby causing wrongful gain to yourselves and wrongful loss to the Government and people of Kano State.” | KANO; GANDUJE; CORRUPTION | THISDAY | ||
| GUARDIAN | 17-Jul-24 | NLC vows one-month protest if NASS passes ‘obnoxious’ wage law | Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) has put its members on notice, threatening to embark on a one-month shutdown of the country if the National Assembly passes into law ‘unpatriotic and obnoxious policies’ that could hinder the success of a New Minimum Wage Act for Nigerian workers. It maintained that as President Bola Tinubu prepares to transmit the Minimum Wage Bill to the National Assembly next week, the labour movement would not accept a slave wage. Nigerian workers and citizens have had enough in terms of hardship, the congress said. NLC President, Joe Ajaero, disclosed this in Lagos, yesterday, during the 67th yearly meeting of the Nigeria Employers’ Consultative Association (NECA). | NLC; NASS | GUARDIAN | ||
| 17-Jul-24 | Kano Governor reinstates deposed Emir, appoints two others as second-class Emirs | Governor Abba Kabir Yusuf of Kano State has approved the appointment of the second class emirs of Gaya, Karaye and Rano Emirates. Director General, Media and Publicity to the governor, Sanusi Bature Dawakin Tofa, disclosed this in a statement made available to newsmen in Kano. The newly appointed emirs are Alhaji Muhammad Maharaz Karaye as Emir of Karaye, who until his appointment was District Head of Rogo, Alhaji Muhammad Isa Umar as the emir of Rano. Until his appointment, Umar was the district head of Bunkure. | KANO; EMIRATE | DAILYTRUST | |||
| PREMIUM TIMES | 17-Jul-24 | Alleged N2.8 billion Fraud: Kano govt charges Murtala Garo, Atiku’s son-in-law | The Kano State Government has charged a former commissioner for local government affairs, Murtala Garo, with embezzling N2.8 billion. Mr Garo is the son-in-law of former Vice President Atiku Abubakar. Former vice president of Nigeria, Atiku Abubakar. The state government charged Mr Garo and his brothers, Mustapha and Mohammed, before the state High Court for alleged diversion of the said amount when he served as commissioner under the immediate past administration of Abdullahi Ganduje. | KANO; FRAUD; LOCAL GOVT | PREMIUMTIMES | ||
| PREMIUM TIMES | 17-Jul-24 | Outcry as Taraba Governor appoints 573 more aides | Taraba State Governor Agbu Kefas has appointed 573 more people into his government. The Secretary to the State Government, Timothy Kataps, announced the appointments in a statement on Tuesday. Mr Kefas, serving a first term, recently named 134 political appointees. The new list takes the number of his appointments this year to 707. This is the first time in the history of the 33-year-old state that a governor has picked so many aides. | TARABA; APPOINTMENTS; AIDES | PREMIUMTIMES | ||
| BREAKING NEWS | 17-Jul-24 | BREAKING NEWS | The Fed High Court has reinstated Philip Shaibu as the Deputy Governor of Edo State and has ordered the IGP to immediately restore his security details. Edo House of Assembly has filed for stay of execution pending their appeal. | BREAKING NEWS | |||
| BREAKING NEWS | 17-Jul-24 | BREAKING NEWS | The Federal High Court has dismissed a suit by Philip Shaibu and others, seeking to void Asue Ighodalo’s nomination as the candidate of the PDP. Shaibu had argued that Asue forged his voter’s card, but the court held that the suit was statute-barred. | BREAKING NEWS | |||
| BREAKING NEWS | 17-Jul-24 | BREAKING NEWS | The Senate has removed Senator Ali Ndume as Chief Whip following his criticisms of the Tinubu administration. A voice vote was immediately put for Senator Monguno to replace Ndume as the new Chief Whip of the Senate. | BREAKING NEWS | |||
| DAILY TRUST | 18-Jul-24 | PDP Governors back Fubara, worry over hardship and mismanagement of economy | The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Governors’ Forum Wednesday rose from their two-day meeting in Enugu, saying that it has noted the “unprecedented hardship and impoverishment” of majority of Nigerians, which they said resulted from the mismanagement of the nation’s economy by the All Progressives Congress (APC)-led federal government. The governors also raised concern that the minimum wage negotiations were becoming “unduly protracted”, even as they appealed for restraint in the discussions between organised Labour and the government. | PDP; HARDSHIP | DAILYTRUST | ||
| DAILY TRUST | 18-Jul-24 | Speaking the truth is slowly becoming a crime in Nigeria – Labour Party reacts to Ndume's removal | The leadership of Labour Party (LP) has condemned the removal of Senator Ali Ndume as the chief whip of the senate. At plenary on Wednesday, Senate President Godswill Akpabio read a letter from the leadership of ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) demanding the removal of Ndume as a principal officer in the 10th senate. The party also asked Ndume, who has been very critical of President Bola Tinubu, to resign and join any opposition party of his choice. But responding in a statement on Wednesday, Obiora Ifoh, National Publicity Secretary of the party, said Ndume’s removal clearly signified that speaking truth to power is now a crime in Nigeria. Ifoh said the humiliation of Ndume by the senate is portraying dictatorial inclination. | APC; NASS | DAILYTRUST | ||
| DAILY TRUST | 18-Jul-24 | Tinubu has appointed a new Head Of Service | President Bola Tinubu has approved the appointment of Mrs. Didi Esther Walson-Jack, OON, as Head of the Civil Service of the Federation. According to Ajuri Ngelale, Special Adviser to the President on Media & Publicity, the appointment takes effect from August 14, 2024. Mrs. Walson-Jack was appointed as Federal Permanent Secretary in 2017 and has served in several Ministries. The new appointee will take over from the incumbent Head of the Civil Service of the Federation, Dr. Folasade Yemi-Esan, CFR, who is due to retire on August 13, 2024. | TINUBU; HEAD OF SERVICE | DAILYTRUST | ||
| PUNCH | 18-Jul-24 | Bill seeking six-year single term for President, Governors and Local Govt Chairmen scales first reading at the House of Reps | The House of Representatives on Wednesday passed through the first reading a bill, seeking to amend the 1999 constitution to provide for a single term of six years for the Offices of the President, State Governors and Local Government Areas Chairmen to curb wastages occasioned by four years periodic elections. The private member bill was sponsored by the member representing Ideato North/Ideato South Federal Constituency, Imo State, Ikenga Ugochinyere and 50 other lawmakers. The proposed bill seeks to alter Sections 7, 135, 137, 180 and 182 (1) of the 1999 Constitution (as amended). | HOUSE OF REPS; CONSTITUTION AMENDMENT | PUNCH | ||
| THE CABLE | 18-Jul-24 | Abia: Two commissioners resign from Governor Alex Otti’s cabinet | The Abia government has confirmed the resignation of Chima Oriaku, commissioner for science and technology, and Monica Ironkwe, agriculture commissioner. In a statement on Wednesday, Ukoha Ukoha, chief press secretary (CPS) to Alex Otti, governor of Abia, confirmed the resignation of the two commissioners. The CPS did not state if the former commissioners gave reasons for their resignation. Ukoha said the governor appreciated the commissioners for their service to the state and wished them well in their future endeavours. | ABIA; ALEX OTTI | CABLE | ||
| THE CABLE | 18-Jul-24 | Senate and House of Reps pass bill seeking to raise 2024 budget by N6.2trn for second reading | The senate and the house of representatives have passed a bill seeking to increase the 2024 budget by N6.2 trillion for the second reading. The bill was introduced for first reading after Senate President Godswill Akpabio and Tajudeen Abbas, speaker of the house of representatives, read a request by President Bola Tinubu. This increases the 2024 budget to N34.9 trillion from an initial N28.7 trillion budget Tinubu signed into law on January 1. | NASS; BUDGET | CABLE | ||
| THE CABLE | 18-Jul-24 | Akpabio names Musa Mustapha as senate committee chairman on livestock development, shuffles some other committees | Senate President Godswill Akpabio has carried out a minor shake-up of the standing committees of the upper legislative chamber. Akpabio made the changes on Wednesday after Ali Ndume, senator representing Borno south, was removed as the chief whip and replaced with Tahir Monguno, the senator representing Borno north. The senate president appointed Musa Mustapha, the senator representing Yobe east, to head the committee on livestock development. | LIVESTOCK; NASS; COMMITTEE | CABLE | ||
| BREAKING NEWS | 18-Jul-24 | BREAKING NEWS | BREAKING: The Court of Appeal has dismissed the appeal brought by the APC and Timipre Silva, challenging the judgment of the Bayelsa Election Petition Tribunal. Recall that the tribunal had upheld Duoye Diri's re-election in May 2024 for APC's failure to prove electoral fraud. | APPEAL; BAYELSA; APC; PDP | |||
| THE CABLE | 19-Jul-24 | #EDO2024: Police officer killed as gunmen attack Philip Shaibu, Okpebholo’s convoy in Edo | Philip Shaibu, the former deputy governor of Edo, and Monday Okpebholo, the governorship candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in the state, escaped death on Thursday when their convoy was attacked in Benin City by suspected gunmen. Witnesses said the incident happened Thursday afternoon near the Benin airport, shortly after the two politicians arrived to a rousing welcome by their supporters. TheCable understands that their convoy came under attack at the exit gate of the airport when some gunmen in a Sienna car opened fire at them. There was an exchange of fire between the assailants and the security operatives attached to the APC candidate and the former deputy governor, according to a witness. | EDO 2024; GOVERNORSHIP | CABLE | ||
| THE CABLE | 19-Jul-24 | Senate introduces bill to establish electoral commission for Local Governments | The senate has introduced a bill seeking to establish the Local Government Independent Electoral Commission. The bill, which was read for the first time on Thursday, has Sani Musa, senator representing Niger east, as its sponsor. The proposed legislation was introduced about a week after the supreme court ordered the federal government to pay allocations directly to local government councils from the federation account. | SENATE; LOCAL GOVERNMENT | CABLE | ||
| THE CABLE | 19-Jul-24 | Lawmakers slash salaries by 50% for six months over economic hardship, appeals to Nigerians to find alternatives to protest | Members of the house of representatives have resolved to slash their salaries by 50 percent due to the pervasive economic hardship across the country. The lower legislative chamber passed the resolution during plenary on Thursday, following the adoption of a motion of urgent public importance. The motion was titled: ‘An Appeal to the Proponents of Proposed Nationwide Protest to Maintain Peace, Eschew Violence and Open the Windows for Meaningful Engagements with Government at all Levels in Order to Address their Issues’. It was sponsored by Ibrahim Isiaka from Ogun state. | HOUSE OF REPS; HARDSHIP | CABLE | ||
| THE CABLE | 19-Jul-24 | We have identified sponsors of planned nationwide protest," Nat. Orientation Agency claims, urging them to pursue dialogue over disorder | The National Orientation Agency (NOA) says it has identified sponsors of the proposed nationwide protest. There have been reports that some Nigerians, under various bodies, are planning a nationwide protest between August 1 and 10 against the rising cost of living and the economic hardship in the country. In a statement on Thursday, Paul Odenyi, deputy director of press at NOA, said the agency has “successfully” identified the sponsors of the proposed nationwide protest and likely flashpoints where it may occur. | NOA; PROTEST | CABLE | ||
| THE CABLE | 19-Jul-24 | El-Rufai accuses judge of bias, seeks transfer of suit against Kaduna House of Assembly | Nasir el-Rufai, former governor of Kaduna, has asked John Tsoho, the chief judge of the federal high court, to reassign his fundamental human rights case to another judge. In June, el-Rufai sued the Kaduna house of assembly over the allegation that his administration diverted N423 billion when he was the governor of the state. The former governor, through Abdulhakeem Mustapha, a senior advocate of Nigeria (SAN), filed the fundamental rights suit at the federal high court in Kaduna. | EL RUFAI; HOA | CABLE | ||
| CHANNELS TV | 22-Jul-24 | Rivers: Court rejects push to bar Fubara from spending public funds | A Federal High Court in Abuja has declined to bar Governor Siminalayi Fubara from spending government funds pending the hearing and determining the suit filed by the Martin Amaewhule-led Rivers State House of Assembly. Ruling on the motion ex parte marked FHC/ABJ/CS/984/24, Justice Emeka Nwite declined to grant the prayers, though he ordered the plaintiffs to put the defendants on notice. Justice Nwite however granted the motion ex parte to serve the 5th to 10th defendants in the matter by substituted means saying “the leave is hereby granted to the plaintiffs/applicants, to serve the 5th to 10th defendants/respondents with the plaintiffs/applicants’ originating, and any other process (es) filed or issued in this suit by substituted means to wit: by publishing same in the Nation Newspapers.” | RIVERS; BUDGET | CHANNELSTV | ||
| GUARDIAN | 22-Jul-24 | Court orders INEC to hold Governors, Deputy Governors, others, to account for 2023 electoral offences | Federal High Court sitting in Abuja has ordered the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to hold the state governors, their deputies and others to account over cases of electoral violence, bribery, vote-buying, and conspiracy during the 2023 General Elections. The court, in a judgment, ordered INEC to ensure the appointment of independent counsel to investigate cases of electoral violence and other electoral offences against state governors and their deputies during the 2023 General Elections. The court also ordered INEC to “promptly, thoroughly and effectively investigate cases of electoral violence and other electoral offences committed during the elections and to identify suspected perpetrators and their sponsors and ensure their effective prosecution.” | INEC; 2023 ELECTIONS | GUARDIAN | ||
| GUARDIAN | 22-Jul-24 | CISLAC faults Ndume’s removal by Senate, says it stifles dissent and undermines democratic representation in the Senate | Civil Society Legislative Advocacy Centre (CISLAC) has criticised the recent removal of Senator Ali Ndume as the Senate’s Chief Whip, accusing the Senate, under Godswill Akpabio’s leadership, of curtailing senators’ voices, introducing autocracy and stifling dissent and undermining democratic representation in the Senate. In a statement, signed by its Executive Director, Auwal Musa Rafsanjani, CISLAC condemned Ndume’s removal, stating that it demonstrated a trend of silencing senators and preventing them from voicing the concerns of the Nigerian people whom they were elected to serve, likening it to autocracy. The Senate’s actions undermined the constitutional role of its members as representatives of the people at the highest levels of government,” the non-government organisation asserted. | ALI NDUME; CISLAC; SENATE | GUARDIAN | ||
| GUARDIAN | 22-Jul-24 | Tinubu says ECOWAS channelled $14m to counterterrorism, humanitarian efforts in a year | The Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS), yesterday, said it allocated at least $14 million to counterterrorism efforts in frontline states and to shore up humanitarian efforts in the region. This is just as the regional bloc said it was exploring other funding options for its $2.6 billion standby force. Nigeria’s President, Bola Tinubu, who serves as Chairman of the ECOWAS Authority of the Heads of State and Government, revealed these as part of a one-year report highlighting the bloc’s achievements and challenges at the Sixth Mid-Year Coordination Meeting of the African Union (AU) in Accra, Ghana. | ECOWAS; INSECURITY | GUARDIAN | ||
| DAILY TRUST | 22-Jul-24 | Army reaffirms ban on unauthorised use of military camouflage | The Nigerian Army (NA) has reiterated that the ban on the unauthorised use of military camouflage remains in full effect. The Director of Army Public Relations, Maj.-Gen. Onyema Nwachukwu, said this in a statement on Sunday while reacting to a video depicting a soldier molesting a civilian for wearing Army Desert Camouflage uniform. Nwachukwu said the video footage was a stale audio-visual being circulated by individuals with malicious intent to create tension between the military and the civilian populace. He said that only personnel of the Armed Forces of Nigeria and the Nigeria Police Force were legally permitted to wear military camouflage. | MILITARY; BAN | GUARDIAN | ||
| PREMIUM TIMES | 22-Jul-24 | Nigerian senator proposes part-time legislature, says lawmakers’ salaries not enough | Abia North Senator Orji Kalu has proposed an amendment to the constitution to reduce federal and state lawmakers’ plenary to four times a year. Mr Kalu, a former governor of Abia State, made the proposal in a viral video shared on his verified Facebook page on Sunday. In the video, Mr Kalu, chairman of the Senate Committee on Privatisation, said the amendment would be part of the measures to reduce the cost of governance. | NASS; COST OF GOVERNANCE | PREMIUMTIMES | ||
| PREMIUM TIMES | 22-Jul-24 | APC sweeps all seats in Ebonyi Local Government elections | The Ebonyi Independent Electoral Commission (EBSIEC) on Sunday declared the All Progressives Congress (APC) as the winner of Saturday’s local council polls in the state. Jossey Eze, chairperson of the commission, who announced this in Abakaliki, said the party won all the 13 chairmanship seats and 171 Ward councillors. Mr Eze said three political parties, APC, APGA and LP, took part in the election. | EBONYI; APC; PDP | PREMIUMTIMES | ||
| PUNCH | 22-Jul-24 | More defections as Governor Aiyedatiwa receives defecting Ondo PDP chieftains | Ahead of the November 26 governorship election in Ondo State scores of Peoples Democratic Party party leaders in the Ilaje Local Government Area, on Wednesday, decamped toondo the ruling All Progressives Congress in the state. The defectors pledged their support for Governor Lucky Aiyedatiwa to win the poll and retain his seat. The defecting PDP chieftains included a former Commissioner for Environment, Mr. Lebi Adepiti, and a former Ondo State Oil Producing Areas Development Commission Chairman, Prince Debo Ajimuda. | PDP; ONDO; ELECTION | PUNCH | ||
| LEADERSHIP | 22-Jul-24 | PDP Ex-national Officer, Mustapha, Defects To APC in Kaduna State | A former national organising secretary of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Abubakar Mustapha, has defected to the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) in Kaduna State. Mustapha, a former head of the Civil Service in Kaduna Atate, announced his resignation from PDP through a letter to the chairman of Gubuchi ward in Makarfi local government area of the state dated July 15, 2024. He explained that he voluntarily resigned his PDP membership for personal reasons while appreciating the party for allowing him to serve in various capacities since he joined the party. | PDP; KADUNA | LEADERSHIP | ||
| CHANNELS TV | 22-Jul-24 | #Edo2024: Philip Shaibu Defects To APC | Reinstated Deputy Governor of Edo State, Philip Shaibu, alongside the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) legacy coalition members in his company, have defected to the All Progressives Congress (APC). He defected during the APC Edo State’s inauguration of the National Working Committee of the Edo governorship election meeting held on Saturday. | APC; EDO | CHANNELSTV | ||
| PREMIUM TIMES | 23-Jul-24 | #Edo2024: Appeal Court affirms Ighodalo as PDP Governorship candidate, says Shaibu lacked the right to seek nullification of the primary | The Appeal Court in Abuja has rejected an appeal to nullify the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) primary election that produced Asue Ighodalo as its candidate for the upcoming Governorship Election in Edo. The appellate court, in a unanimous decision by a three-member panel led by A. M Lamido on Monday, dismissed the appeal filed by the embattled Deputy Governor of the state, Philip Shaibu. Mr Shaibu was earlier impeached from office but recently got reinstated by the court, though he is yet to resume his office. He has now defected to the APC. | EDO 2024; GOVERNORSHIP; PDP | PREMIUMTIMES | ||
| DAILY TRUST | 23-Jul-24 | Women Affairs Minister: National Assembly victimising me for refusing to sign dubious $500m loan - Uju Ohaneye | The embattled Minister of Women Affairs, Uju Kennedy-Ohanenye has said that she was allegedly being victimised by some cabals in government because she refused to sign a $500 million World Bank loan request. On July 10, 2024, a near physical confrontation between Kennedy-Ohanenye, and the House of Representatives Committee on Women Affairs and Social Development was averted at the National Assembly Complex, Abuja, where the minister had appeared to clarify the controversy surrounding her alleged diversion of N1.5 billion meant for the payment of contractors by officials of the ministry. | WOMEN AFFAIRS; CORRUPTION | DAILYTRUST | ||
| PREMIUM TIMES | 23-Jul-24 | Minister says N6.2trn supplementary budget includes minimum wage and infrastructure | The Federal Government says the proposed N6.2 trillion supplementary budgetary will be used to pay the minimum wage. Atiku Bagudu, the minister of budget and national planning, gave the assurance while addressing the House of Representatives Committee on Appropriation in Abuja. He said the funds would be spent on stimulating the economy through the implementation of various infrastructural projects including oad, rail, water, irrigation, and dam projects in the 2024 fiscal year with prudent utilisation of the funds. He said the N3 trillion would cater for the newly proposed national minimum wage, which President Bola Tinubu said the bill would soon be sent to the National Assembly. | MINIMUM WAGE; BUDGET; | PREMIUMTIMES | ||
| BREAKING NEWS | 23-Jul-24 | BREAKING NEWS | BREAKING: Following the agreement reached between the Federal Government and labour leaders on a new national minimum wage, the Senate has passed the new National Minimum Wage Bill into law. It now awaits concurrence from the House of Representatives. | MININUM WAGE; FG; LABOUR | |||
| THE CABLE | 23-Jul-24 | Only 5 Labour Party senators remaining in the Senate as another LP senator defects to APC | Ezenwa Onyewuchi, senator representing Imo east and a member of the Labour Party (LP), has defected to the All Progressives Congress (APC). Onyewuchi’s defection letter was read on the floor of the red chamber by Senate President Godswill Akpabio on Tuesday. Hope Uzodimma, governor of Imo and chair of the Progressives Governors Forum (PGF), was in the chamber when the letter was read. The Imo senator based his communication on Section 68(1g) of the constitution. | LABOUR PARTY; SENATE; DEFECTION | CABLE | ||
| THE CABLE | 24-Jul-24 | LGA Polls: Kogi APC reserves vice-chairperson slots for women | The All Progressives Congress (APC) in Kogi state has reserved the position of LGA vice-chairperson for women ahead of the October election. The Kogi State Independent Electoral Commission (KOSIEC) has scheduled October 19 for the conduct of elections in the 21 LGAs in the state. TheCable understands that the APC in the state has also resolved to reserve 40 percent of its councillorship tickets for female candidates. Speaking at the APC stakeholders’ meeting on Monday, Usman Ododo, governor of Kogi, commended the party for keeping the LGA vice-chairperson tickets for women. | LG; APC; KOGI | PREMIUMTIMES | ||
| THIS DAY | 26-Jul-24 | Supreme Court Judgment: Wale Edun says there are impediments to direct payments to LGs, fails to give details | The Minister of Finance and Coordinating Minister of the Economy, Mr. Wale Edun has disclosed that there are certain undisclosed impediments to direct payment to the local governments following the recent ruling by the Supreme Court. The apex court had ruled that federal allocations to the local councils should be directly paid to them as against the extant structure of paying into state/local government joint accounts in the 36 states of the federation. Although the minister did not give details on the impediments, he also disclosed that the federal government would float the much advertised $500 million bond for Nigerians in the Diaspora in the next four weeks. | SUPREME COURT; LG; WALE EDUN | THISDAY | ||
| THIS DAY | 26-Jul-24 | #Edo2024: PDP Governorship candidate, Asue Ighodalo hosts EU pre-election diplomatic watch delegation | The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) candidate in the Edo State gubernatorial election, Dr Asue Ighodalo, has played host to the European Union pre-election diplomatic watch delegation to Nigeria and ECOWAS in his campaign office in Benin City, Edo State. The meeting, which was at the request of the EU, according to a letter signed by the EU Ambassador, Samuela Isopi, was to discuss the September 21 election with Ighodalo and his running mate, Osarodion Ogie, as well as other stakeholders within the party. The delegates said their mission was for pre-election assessment purpose basically to, “gain a sense of how the preparations are coming along, issues that require the attention of international partners such as the EU both for the purpose of the ensuring that the elections are violent free and in our deployment planning.” | EDO 2024; GOVERNORSHIP; PDP | THISDAY | ||
| DAILY TRUST | 26-Jul-24 | I engaged in protests but without violence," Tinubu says as he engages with ambassadors, traditional rulers | President Bola Ahmed Tinubu yesterday spoke about the planned nationwide protest by some Nigerians, emphasising the importance of sustaining democracy and its institutions. He said that protests are an integral part of democracy, but that no government will condone demonstrations that will lead to the destruction of lives and property. | TINUBU; PROTEST | DAILYTRUST | ||
| THE CABLE | 26-Jul-24 | INEC claims it can conduct Local Government elections if given the responsibility | Mahmood Yakubu, chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), says the electoral umpire can conduct LGA elections. Yakubu spoke on Thursday before the joint senate and house of representatives committee. He told the lawmakers that there have been three arguments regarding the supreme judgment. He said the first argument is that the conduct of LGA elections be transferred to the INEC, while the second argument is that there should be a new federal electoral commission for local government polls. | INEC; LGA | CABLE | ||
| PREMIUM TIMES | 26-Jul-24 | Defection: Labour Party asks Senate to declare Senator Ezenwa's seat vacant | The Labour Party (LP) in Imo State has asked the Nigerian Senate to declare a lawmaker’s seat vacant for defecting to the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC). The Senator, Onyewuchi Ezenwa, who represents Imo East District, defected to the APC on Tuesday, citing the alleged existence of factions in the LP at the national and state levels. | LP; SENATE; DEFECTION | PREMIUMTIMES | ||
| PREMIUM TIMES | 30-Jul-24 | Akpabio summons emergency plenary session on Wednesday, 31 July 2024 | Senate President Godswill Akpabio has summoned an emergency plenary session slated to hold on Wednesday. The notice of the emergency session was announced in an internal memo on Monday in Abuja by Chinedu Akubueze, Clerk of the Senate, noting that issues of national importance will be discussed. | SENATE; AKPABIO | PREMIUMTIMES | ||
| PREMIUM TIMES | 30-Jul-24 | National Assembly promises speedy passage of women-inclusion bills | Senate President Godswill Akpabio has assured of the commitment of the 10th National Assembly to speedily consider and pass gender-based bills in the ongoing Constitution amendment process. Mr Akpabio made the pledge on Monday at the opening of a workshop organised for all female legislators at the national and state assemblies in Abuja. The workshop, organised by the National Institute for Legislative and Democratic Studies (NILDS) in collaboration with UN Women, was titled “Role of Legislators in Enhancing Gender Responsive Legislations and Budgeting in Nigeria” in Abuja. Mr Akpabio said that promoting gender-responsive legislation and budgeting was an expression of genuine commitment to gender mainstreaming. | NASS; WOMEN; INCLUSION | PREMIUMTIMES | ||
| PREMIUM TIMES | 30-Jul-24 | Enugu APC losing its glory as new Chairman gets appointed after suspending previous head | The All Progressives Congress (APC) in Enugu State on Monday appointed Alphonsus Nwafor, as its acting chairperson following the suspension of its former chairperson, Ugochukwu Agballah. It also ratified the appointments of Sunday Onah as acting state deputy chairperson, David Nwobodo as the acting organising secretary and Callistus Ngwu as the acting state treasurer. Recall that the APC had on Saturday, suspended its chairperson, Mr Agballah and other executive members over alleged abuse of offices. | APC; ENUGU; CHAIRMAN | PREMIUMTIMES | ||
| PREMIUM TIMES | 30-Jul-24 | Peter Obi cautions against negative remarks on Kenneth Okonkwo, says civility must prevail even in the face of divergent views | The 2023 presidential candidate of the Labour Party (LP), Peter Obi, has disagreed with the LP over labelling Kenneth Okonkwo “a mole” in the party. The former campaign spokesperson, in a post on his X handle on Saturday, said he decided to leave the LP because the party failed to inspire the brand of leadership that can solve Nigeria’s challenges. He also accused the LP presidential candidate, Mr Obi, of failing to solve the party’s leadership crisis after the 2023 general election, which he lost to Bola Tinubu, now president. In a statement on Sunday night, the national spokesperson of the LP, Obiora Ifoh, accused the former spokesperson of “smuggling himself into the presidential campaign” of the party, describing him as “a political mole.” But reacting via a post on his X handle on Monday, Mr Obi said contrary to the party’s comments, Mr Okonkwo “remains my beloved brother and a trusted ally.” | LP; PETER OBI; KENNETH OKONKWO | PREMIUMTIMES | ||
| GUARDIAN | 30-Jul-24 | Political parties reject Local Government Electoral Commission, push for scrapping of SIECs to allow INEC conduct LG elections | Nineteen political parties in the country, under the auspices of Inter-Party Advisory Council (IPAC), have rejected a proposed bill by the Senate to create a Local Government Independent Electoral Commission. The council rather called for the amendment of the constitution and the Electoral Act to empower the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to conduct all local council polls. Chairman of IPAC, Yusuf Dantalle, stated this, yesterday at the third regular quarterly consultative meeting of INEC and political parties in Abuja. The bill passed its first reading at the Senate last week. | LGA; INEC; SIEC; ELECTIONS | GUARDIAN | ||
| GUARDIAN | 30-Jul-24 | Osun Government directs schools to shut down over planned protest | The Osun State Government has asked heads of both public and private schools in the state to close down and proceed on break over the forthcoming nationwide protest against hardship in the country. According to the directive, all schools in the state are to proceed on third-term vacation from Wednesday. The directive is contained in a public service announcement signed by the Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Education in Osun State, M. K. Jimoh, on Monday. The state government called on parents and guardians to ensure the safety of their wards during the vacation. | OSUN; PROTEST; INSECURITY | GUARDIAN | ||
| VANGUARD | 31-Jul-24 | Nationwide Protest: Organisers list meeting points for rallies as Court restricts Lagos protesters to only 2 venues | Organisers of the nationwide protest against hardship have listed points of convergence for public meetings, rallies and processions across the country.But a Lagos High Court has restricted protesters in Lagos taking part in the proposed August 1 nationwide protest to the Gani Fawehinmi Freedom Park in Ojota and Peace Park, Ketu area of the state. | PROTEST; ENDSARS; HARDSHIP | VANGUARD | ||
| VANGUARD | 31-Jul-24 | ADC responds to defection of its ex-Kogi Governorship candidate to APC, says action is inconsistent with party's ethos | The African Democratic Congress (ADC), has disowned its candidate in 2023 Kogi State Governorship elections, Hon. Leke Abejide, as well as a self-proclaimed member of its Board of Trustees (BoT), Shola Samuel. National Chairman of the ADC, Ralphs Okey Nwosu, in a statement in Abuja, yesterday, said the activities of the two politicians were at variance with the party’s ethos. He said, “Since the futile governorship attempt of Honorable Leke Abejide, our party has continued to follow developments in Kogi state with much caution and concern. “The party raised issues with the candidate over the contest and his attitude during and after the election. “His attitude has created toxicity within the party space in Kogi and beyond. Sadly, his inordinate ambition and greed led him to the public disgrace of yesterday 29th, July 2024, which he tagged Press Conference, meant to disparage the party because of its position on national issues as an opposition party. | ADC; APC; KOGI | VANGUARD | ||
| PREMIUM TIMES | 31-Jul-24 | House of Reps Committee gives Finance Minister, AGF 60-day ultimatum to automate foreign revenue collection | The House of Representatives Public Accounts Committee (PAC) has issued a 60-day ultimatum to the Ministry of Finance and the Office of the Accountant General of the Federation to implement the automation of foreign currency collection in Nigeria’s foreign missions. The committee, chaired by Bamidele Salam, gave this directive on Tuesday when the Accountant General of the Federation, Oluwatoyin Madein, appeared before it for an inquiry into revenue collection by foreign missions. Mrs Madein informed the lawmakers that the previous administration had awarded a contract for a collection portal, but the portal is not currently in use. | HOUSE OF REPS; AGF; FINANCE; REVENUE | PREMIUMTIMES |