Nigerian Newspaper: 10 things you need to know this Saturday morning
good morning! Below is today’s summary from a Nigerian newspaper.
1. The Court of Appeal sitting in Abuja on Friday dismissed 11 members of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) from the Plateau State House of Assembly. In a unanimous decision, the commission led by Justice Okon Abang found that all the sacked members received wasted votes during the March 2023 general elections due to lack of party structure. did.
2. FCT Federal Capital Territory Minister Ezenwo Nyosom Wike on Friday rubbished speculation that he would revive his 2027 presidential ambitions, taking on his boss, President Bola Tinubu, as a man who hates dishonesty. He said he could not. Wike said he remained committed to the success of the Tinubu administration.
3. Chimobi Ezenwa, a Lagos resident whose mansion reportedly worth NOK 300 million was demolished, says he is now homeless. The administration of Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu recently began demolishing houses said to be in violation of the Lagos Master Plan.
4. Federal Capital Territory (FCT) Minister Nyesom Wike on Friday derided Rivers State Governor Siminalai Hubara as ungrateful. Mr Wike, the immediate past Governor of Rivers, spoke to selected journalists in Abuja on Friday and delved into the strained relationship with Mr Hubala.
5. Tension was high in Kano city on Friday as supporters of the ruling New Nigeria Peoples Party and All Progressives Congress vowed to press ahead with a protest scheduled for today (Saturday) in defiance of warnings from the state police command. has increased.
6. The months-long political crisis in Ondo State may have ended after President Bola Tinubu intervened in the matter late on Friday, eliciting a resolve from the opposition to embrace peace and maintain the status quo. This is as Deputy Governor Lucky Ayedatiwa promised to bring all commissioners and officials with him to handle the affairs of the state.
7. Gunmen have assassinated the ward chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party, Kyedoziem Anyanwu, in Ife/Akpodim/Chokoneze ward in Ezinihitte Mbaise Local Government Area of Imo State. Anyangwu is believed to have been shot dead by gunmen on motorcycles on Thursday. When they arrived at his home, the killers gave him his name and asked to see him, officials said.
8. Kogi State Governor Yahaya Bello on Friday promised not to interfere in the administration of the state’s next governor, Usman Ododo. When Mr. Ododo and Imo State Governor, Hope Uzodinma, presented the certificate of return to President Bola Tinubu at Aso Rock Villa in Abuja, Mr. Bello told state house correspondents that Mr. Ododo carried his cross. He said he would carry it on his back.
9. President Bola Tinubu on Friday advised governors elected on the platform of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) to always put the interest of the people first and work in the interest of the state. He gave this advice when he received the Kogi State Governor, Yahaya Bello, the reinstated Imo State Governor, Hope Uzodinma, and the incoming Kogi State Governor, Ahmed Usman Ododo, at the State House, Abuja.
10. The Court of Appeal in Abuja has upheld the March 18 election of Nasir Idris as the duly elected Governor of Kebbi State. On Friday, a three-member committee ruled that the appeal by the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and its gubernatorial candidate, General Aminu Bande, was without merit.
Source: dailypost.ng