2027: No Vacancy In Aso Rock–Ganduje Taunts NNPP Leaders
News Source: Vanguard Newspapers
National Chairman of the ruling All Progressives Congress APC, Dr Abdullahi Umar Ganduje has told those planning to replace President Bola Tinubu in Aso Rock that there is no vacancy in the presidential seat in 2027.
The former Kano state governor specifically taunted the leadership of the New Nigeria Peoples Party, NNPP and its chieftains in Kano state, accusing them of sponsoring protests and campaign for his removal as APC national chairman.
Addressing a crowd of supporters who paid him a solidarity visit on Monday evening in Abuja, Dr Ganduje said the NNPP and its chieftains were afraid of future electoral losses, having been defeated across the country in the last general election.
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Tinubu To Declare House Retreat Open Tuesday
News Source: Vanguard Newspapers
The House of Representatives will on Tuesday, commence a two-day retreat for members on major economic laws, policies, and programmes of the Federal Government, especially under the administration of President Bola Ahmed Tinubu.
The retreat has been themed: ‘Economic Transformation & Development: Towards Effective Implementation of the Petroleum Industry Reform Act (2021) and Tax Reforms / Modernisation. The sub-theme is ‘Navigating Change: Legislative Strategies for Economic Transformation.’
A statement on Monday evening by Musa Abdullahi Krishi, Special Adviser on Media and Publicity to the Speaker, said President Tinubu is expected to declare the retreat open at the Abuja Continental Hotel (formerly Abuja Sheraton Hotel and Towers), while the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, FCT, Nyesom Wike, will serve as the host the event.
Emefiele Collects Bribes Before Awarding Contracts, Ex-CBN Staff Testifies
News Source: Channels TV
The second prosecution witness, a former Director of Information Technology of the Central Bank of Nigeria, John Ayoh, has told the Lagos High Court Sitting in Ikeja that former governor of the apex bank, Godwin Emefiele, does not award contracts without collecting bribes.
Ayoh stated this while testifying before Justice Rahman Oshodi on Monday in the ongoing trial of the former Central Bank Governor on allegations of abuse of office and accepting gratification to the tune of $4.5bn and N2.8bn.
Ayoh said, “That is how he operates, he will not award contracts without collecting anything”.
Electricity Tariff Hike: FG Acting On IMF, World Bank Script, Says Falana
News Source: Channels TV
Human rights lawyer, Femi Falana, has accused the Federal Government of pandering to the whims and caprices of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and the World Bank following a hike in electricity tariff.
Falana claimed that the move is a policy imposed on the Nigerian government by the Bretton Wood institutions.
“The Honourable Minister of Power is acting the script of the IMF and the World Bank,” Falana said on Channels Television’s Politics Today on Monday.
“Those two agencies insisted and they continue to insist that the government of Nigeria must remove all subsidies. Fuel subsidy, electricity subsidy and what have you; all social services must be commercialised and priced beyond the reach of the majority of Nigerians.