We’ll Unseat You In 2027–Wike Tells Senator Kingibe
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The Minister of the FCT Nyesom Wike has vowed to ensure that the senator representing the area Ireti Kingibe does not return to the upper lawmaking house in the next election.
Wike spoke on Monday at the flag-off ceremony of the construction of the Mabushi Bus Terminal in Abuja.
“If we have done well, we have done well. If we haven’t done well, we haven’t done well. I am proud to say that in the short time that President Tinubu has appointed us, we have done well,” the FCT minister said.
“You said there are no schools and hospitals. You, as a legislator, what have you done? How many bills have you sponsored for us to improve our education and health sectors?
“I challenge that legislator. If you are very popular, in 2027, come and run under Abuja; we will fail you.
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FG Clears $850m Debt To EU Airlines
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The Federal Government has paid up the backlog of debts to European airlines to the tune of $850m.
The European Union Ambassador to Nigeria and the ECOWAS, Samuela Isopi, revealed this at the 9th edition of the Nigeria – EU Business Forum in Abuja on Tuesday.
She commended the government for its intervention in clearing the backlog as well as the removal of foreign exchange restrictions on the import of forty-three items.
Isopi said that Nigeria remains the EU’s largest trading partner with about 35 billion Euros in trade relations in the last year.
She also said that Nigeria is the E.U’s biggest foreign investor with a stock estimated at 26 billion Euros, representing one-third of Nigeria’s foreign direct investment.
BREAKING: Imo Assembly suspends four members over impeachment plot
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The Speaker of Imo State House of Assembly, Chike Olemgbe, on Tuesday, announced the suspension of four members for an alleged plot to impeach the speaker.
The suspended lawmakers included Ahiazu-Mbaise, Samuel Otuibe; Ezinihitte-Mbaise, Henry Agbasonu; Okigwe, Chidiebere Ogbunikpa and Oru-West, Dominic Ezerioha.
The Speaker said the decision to suspend them was taken at the executive session.
The Speaker also announced that all standing Committees belonging to the suspended members have been retrieved from them.
PUNCH gathered that during the plenary, the Speaker made minor reshufflement on the standing Committees.
Some of the suspended members present during the announcement declined to speak to newsmen.
Dozens Protest In Kenya With Riot Police Out In Force
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Dozens of Kenyans took to the streets Tuesday under a heavy police presence, with many shops shuttered as youth activists called for fresh protests after anti-tax hike demonstrations last month descended into deadly violence.
Activists have stepped up their campaign against President William Ruto despite his announcement last week that he would not sign into law a controversial finance bill that triggered what he has branded “treasonous” protests.
The Kenya National Commission on Human Rights (KNCHR) said on Monday that 39 people had been killed and 361 injured during two weeks of demonstrations and condemned the use of force against protesters as “excessive and disproportionate”.
On Tuesday morning, the capital Nairobi’s central business district — the focus of previous rallies — was quiet, with police patrolling and few people on the streets.